Winter wonderland
posted in Alaska, OmegaDotter | 
As promised, an early morning pic of our winter wonderland, birches towering over spruce trees. Right now, at 2:30 p.m., that corner of the yard is actually a little bit sunlit, but the photo was taken shortly after sunrise.
Miss C. wants to know what the difference between hoarfrost and rime frost is; so far as I can tell, the difference is that hoarfrost is ice that deposits on surfaces directly from cold, moist air, whereas the rime frost is deposited when there’s cold fog that builds up crystals. Hoarfrost, I believe, tends to form small beady shapes on surfaces; this frost is all feathery ice crystals fanning out from the surface of the trees.
Herewith a lousy pic to maybe show you what it looks like a little closer:
And here is the dotter’s decor–which, I assure you, no longer looks quite so pristine, but is now covered with horsies on the tops and various stuff shoved into the cubbies:
However, she actually grasps the concept of "sorting" and "storing" now; we have two of the drawers filled with legos, one filled with cars, one with dolls, one with airplanes and rockets, etc. More later!
