12/04/23

 Happy Monday and new week!  We had a neat and rare occurrence on Saturday.  We had some fog in our area which created Hoar frost!  It wasn't as large as some I have seen in the past but it made for some nice photos of a few things.  This is some Bittersweet that I captured in my yard that looks like it is sugar coated.  This is a focus stack of 2 images to get more detail.

 

12/7/20

 I have American Bittersweet growing wild in my yard.  People use the berries as decoration fairly often.  They keep their color when dry so they work well in wreaths or floral arrangements.  They are even more interesting when they pop open after a hard frost.  This was obviously taken before that happened.  On the White Wildflowers By Color page on this Blog, you can see what the flower looks like as I was finally able to capture a shot of them.  

1/13/19

I decided to be a bit different in what I post today, so the opposite of something steamy, something very cold.  We had another lovely snow and I captured this image.  It is a 2 image focus stack of snow covered Bittersweet in my yard.  The snow is still clinging to the trees and making for a lovely sight today.

12/15/17

Finally had a chance for rain yesterday and just got drizzle for a short while.  Sigh  This is an older shot in winter when we had some snow.  These are husks of Bitttersweet, the berries are gone, most likely eaten by birds.  The husk pops open when temps fall below freezing.  I like how these provide pops of color during an otherwise dull winter.