Thursday 20 January 2022

Jack Frost Pays a Visit

Over the weekend we had freezing fog and hoar frost. The maximum temperature on Saturday was -2C, but by Sunday we got to 1C and the frost on the trees started falling like snow. Here are some photos I took on my travels in the Sud Touraine while it was a winter wonderland.

Frost on clematis seedheads, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Clematis seedheads in our garden.

Freezing fog, Sainte Maure de Touraine, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
View of the church in Sainte Maure de Touraine from the Espace Theuriet. I was there for a botanical association meeting.

Freezing fog on the outskirts of Descartes, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
On the outskirts of Descartes.

Freezing fog on the outskirts of Abilly, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
On the outskirts of Abilly.

Freezing fog on the outskirts of Abilly, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
View from the car park at Archeolab on the edge of Abilly.

Freezing fog on the outskirts of Abilly, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
On the outskirts of Abilly.

Freezing fog, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
View from our orchard.

Freezing fog, Chateau de Boussay, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Chateau de Boussay.

Freezing fog, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Boussay.


7 comments:

Colin and Elizabeth said...

Winter post card shots, very nice. Better than the rain!

Ken Broadhurst said...

Beautiful.

Carolyn said...

You've had the ideal snow, soft and light and soon melted. As I scrolled down, I mistakenly connected the caption "View from our orchard" with the photo below it, the Chateau de Boussay. Nice neighbors, I thought, before realizing my mistake.

chm said...

Clematis seedheads are very delicate.

Susan said...

Colin and Elizabeth: Yes, so long as the roads don't get icy.

Ken: Yes, nearly as good as snow in the landscape.

Carolyn: Not snow, frost, but nearly as good.

chm: They are lovely, especially covered in frost.

bonnie groves poppe said...

I had to put on a sweater halfway through reading the post .... brrrr. We freeze at night these days but the sun comes out during the day and it heats up to 8-10 degrees.
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Susan said...

bonnie: It's no fun if it warms up during the day. You miss out on the spectacular ice landscape.

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