Cold but Beautiful

We're currently experiencing our 5th day in a row of frosty overnight temperatures without it warming up enough during the day to fully melt the ice from the night before.  The highest temperature recorded over those days was 5 degrees, the lowest was -8.  We've heard of pipes freezing and splitting and toilet bowls freezing solid.  Thankfully we prioritise heating over most other things, unlike the flats of some of the local hospitality workers!  The next 10 days are forecast to be much the same, which will make for some very interesting driving conditions! 

Part of our section stays in the shade of the hedge all day at this time of year and so the frost is building up quite nicely into hoar frost on the grass and what's left of our vege garden.

The frost actually grows into what looks like little frost trees.  Ironically especially on the leaves that have recently fallen off the real trees.

More frost trees!  And grass that goes crunch when you walk on it, it's actually frozen and it snapping off when you walk on it.  So we're trying not to walk on it too much, considering it won't start growing again until spring.

One of the last remaining spinach plants in the background.  It's not dying, but it's certainly not growing either!

Watch your step!

This might look like a freshly groomed run up at Coronet Peak after a night of snowmaking...

But it's actually our new boat cover with half an inch of frost on it.