Frosty December 1st

Stunning pics with the new camera, Lily :o)

lovely blog lily,, doesnt it look great with the frost, so pretty even though we dont like the cold, your front garden looks very neat and tidy to lily ;o))

It looks pretty on my pc here in front of the fire lol
Very Christmassy :o) I hope we don't get too much this winter though.

its rain here now hywel, changed again

Here too, but cold aswell.

lovely photos. it was dark when i went off to work so dont know how frosted things were. clear sky and bright moonshine. cold and clear but beautiful still.

Hi Lily, First I just wanted to say how lovely your photo's are! Your garden isn't that shabby either. Lol. I guess the frost (-2 here last night) has finally put paid to my summer bedding that was just hanging on by it's fingertips. I suppose I will have to take it all out now. :~((

Great pics! What an artist the frost is! Love Hydrangea photos!

ian like your new pic, havent even thought about xmas yet lol ;o)

Gorgeous wintery pics Lily....putting them into "Winter Colour" category:))

Lovely pics Lily, the flowers look sugared as if they could be eaten. Have sent you a pm for Goypeadia frost page.

Thank you San. :~))

yw ian ;o))

Looks like you had slightly more frost than me Lily

Oh lovely piccies Lily , your front garden is so neat, puts me to shame ! Lol.

Great shots Lily, nothing else to teach you is there? You are cooking with gas now. I would have loved to see footprints in the frost on the lawn though. :o)))))

So nice to see the flowers all dressed in frost a different view altogether.

Lovely, Lily!!
We had snow at teatime! I thought it was too cold for it!!

Wow Lily ! David Bailey eat your heart out !! Fabulous pictures :~)))

Lovely photos Lily.....I love to see the frost on things. Makes everything look so pretty.

Thank you everybody for all your kind comments, after all the dreary weather it was great to have something pretty to take pics of.
I don't do much to the front garden Sandra, just trim the bushes once a year and weed the gravel, there's lots more of that not in this pic. Front garden is bigger than the back which is definitely a summer garden
Stay by that fire with Blodyn, Hywel, it's the best place!
Yes Ian I think your bedding will definitley need a helping hand in the direction of the compost heap now.
Thank you for that AA and Denise, I'll do that asap.
Strange how 4 miles can make such a difference isn't it Andrew, it seemed pretty general round here, not just a frost pocket in my garden.
Bob, you're just a big kid aren't you! By 'lawn' I guess you mean my moss area - if you tread on that you would leave 1" deep (at least) footprints! Still it looks good from a distance and doesn't need cutting often. :o))
There's still lots of undiscovered settings on the camera to get to grips with. I'm saving them for the photography course in January. Plenty more to learn yet!!

Lily - thanks for the lovely photos! Watch out for that Loropetalum, though - even here, mine was damaged by frost last winter - and that was AFTER I'd fleeced it!

I fleeced mine AND covered the roots with straw but still lost it last winter :-(

Lily, just had to say that the first few pics reminded me of some flowers that were on a friends wedding cake, they were dusted in sugar to give an "iced" effect - can't beat the real thing tho!

Well Spritz and Andrew , it survived the last 2 winters in the front garden in a corner between a thuggish conifer and Phormium. It survived snow and all sorts but it was rather deprived of water etc by its neighbours. As I could hardly see it either I dug it up and put it in a pot until the right spot materialised. The pot is temporarily sunk in the ground and I did intend to move it undercover for the winter.......oops.....have done so now, hope it's not too late!! I have sneaked one Pennisetum indoors though! :o))
Hi Busylizzy, yes that's just what they look like....just a shame the 'icing' was the death of them! Ah well, they were on borrowed time anyway.

Lovely pics Lily thank you for sharing them :~)))

Frost adds another dimension - beautiful photos, Lily.

Loved your pictures,hope you were well wrapped up, out in the cold..I remember to put a jacket on,..but forget to change my slippers! bet I'm not the only one !! lol.
.

Thank you for taking me on a chilly trip around your garden.When I left for work it was still dark and I had to remove frost from the car ! Wish I too could have lingered with my camera,but you captured it all for me ! Beautiful sights,fleeting, but you caught them just in time :)

Lovely photos

Smashing photo`s Lily.......

Thanks Mobee, Wagger, Donnah and Sue, I'm glad you liked them but I can't claim much credit as the camera does it all!
Yes Bloomer, I've often got my slippers on out in the garden too. lol
Being able to do things like this is one of the few perks of getting to bus pass age Aster! Ice on windscreens just doesn't have the same charm does it? :o((

Doesn`t frost make things look all the more beautiful Lily? You have an excellent camera to get such clear shots. :o)

Sandra x

Really enjoyed your blog Lilly its great to be cheered up when the weather is cold and gloomy. It`s especially nice to see a whole or part garden for a change and that looks like a lovely statue you have in your front garden. Do you think we could see a pic of it with the planting round it come spring.

Lovely photos, Lily, only just seen this blog, beautiful. You must be an early riser - I'm not, most of the time, so I miss the frost, its gone by the time I get up if we have any, that is.

Thank you Sandra, Stroller and Bamboo. It all looked so pretty but of course it also meant the end of many things.
I like to get up around 7am but with hubby very recently retired I think that may slip........:o((( Frost I don't mind but snow....ugh!
Yes Stroller, I really like to see garden views too, 'The Lady' was rather chilly out there as she's a bit of a floozie and doesn't wear many clothes! LOL. I'll see what I can do about surrounding her with flowers in the spring but small things do struggle due to the many roots from all the shrubs and some trees (which are out of the shot) Maybe some pots?

New camera working well !