Frost, Snow and Ice

Western Dwarf Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that has Ponderosa Pine as its host. It is very common in the areas where we take our daily walks because the trees grow so closely together allowing the mistletoe to spread.

This is the Western Dwarf Mistletoe, a native parasitic plant that has Ponderosa Pine as its host. The photo was taken on a frosty morning on one of our daily walks near our home.

Taken on a snowshoeing excursion to Artist's Point in the North Cascades. Here is my blog post about the excursion: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2018/03/artists-point-on-snowshoes.html

Hoarfrost on Ponderosa Pine needles.

We have had an exceptionally hard winter for our area with a lot of cold weather, snow and frost. The ground has been snow-covered since late November and we've had quite a bit more snow the last couple of weeks. In December when this photo was taken we went through a period of freezing fog when everything was covered with hoarfrost and rime.

Taken on one of our daily walks this past winter on a morning we woke up to freezing fog and hoarfrost.