Wonderland

Sorry for the photo-heavy post, but I couldn't help it. It was just so beautiful today, what with the fog, and the hoarfrost, and later a touch of sun and blue sky. After a stressful bit getting Christmas packages mailed to faraway lands, a walk around the farm with camera in hand was the perfect tonic.

With white frosting for contrast, colors pop that you wouldn't ordinarily notice on a typical gray, winter day.


Red berries,


blue-green needles,


a forest of chocolate-colored twigs.

Even weeds in the ditch become artforms under the cloak of the hoarfrost.


Graceful curves,


prickly spikes,


curlycues and starbursts,


and my favorite, tiny buttons that look like hornet nests.