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| It is unusual for the frost to cross the road in this way. I have not seen it before. |
Oh boy it was cold on Thursday morning when the dog and I walked out. The temperature was 27 degrees and the humidity was in the 80 percent range. There had been a fairly heavy frost during the night which left everything white. As we walked to the west end of the dirt road I saw many things that caught my attention.
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| Frost crystals are pretty up close. |
The frost crystals were standing tall on many things on the side of the road. One of them was a log lying in the open which had crystals that stood out like spikes. We made it to the end of the road and headed back to the house.
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| Dog of the north, I think. |
We crossed the pecan orchard where the dog decided to lay down on the frost covered grass and chew on a pine cone. People think I am mistreating my dog by somehow forcing him to live in the cold but the truth is he desires it. Many nights during the winter he will sleep out in the yard instead of in his dog house and in the morning I will find him curled up asleep with frost all around him. When I wake him he will get up and stretch like he has slept on a feather bed. It seems strange but my dog is acclimatized to the outdoors. I have tried to get him to come in out of the cold but he wants out as soon as he comes in. It is too hot for him inside.
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| The sky bends under the force of the panorama. |
I walked on past my house to the field down the street to get a panorama photo of the blue sky, sun and frost covered field. The sky was just so big that this was the only way to portray what I was seeing. How could we not be thankful on such a day as this.
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Even the hardy Zinnias will succumb
to the frost eventually. |
When we were back in our yard I took some photos of the zinnias covered with frost. Zinnias are very hardy and will continue to come up as volunteers until they all get killed by the cold. The bird bath froze solid so I will have to start bringing hot water out to melt it as it won't thaw till afternoon.
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The birds will have to wait a few
minutes for the water to thaw. |
This was the last straw for the banana trees. They will need their Thanksgiving trim this weekend or next.
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The roof across the street is supposed
to be brown. |
My car and the house across the street are my indicators of how cold it is outside. When I see the dark brown shingle roof across the street turned solid white and my dark blue car turned light blue I know how to dress for my morning walk.
Thanksgiving day is today and my family will gather at my sister's home to have our celebration. I don't eat poultry, pork or beef all throughout the rest of the year for health reasons but on Thanksgiving day and at Christmas day I do partake of a little. I have provided a turkey this year and I am hoping it will be good. I am very Thankful for all of the blessings The Lord has bestowed upon me this year. Thank you Lord for your Mercy and Grace. You gave them to me even though I was not worthy of them. Thank you.
