Eight or Ten Degrees

In the morning, the temperatures have been down around 8 or 10 degrees for weeks now.  I saw this pattern of ice crystals on the window in Amy's bedroom and I thought it was spectacular.  I had a dear friend in Arizona who was a terrific night sky photographer, and a great photographer of dramatic close-ups. When I would post a close-up photo, Dean would write me and say "Not close enough!"  Dean has passed now but his voice lives on in me and so this is only a small part of the photograph I took!  Look at the incredible tiny, tiny Christmas tree like kinds of crystalline formations.  These little pointy tree things are less than 1/4 inch long!  Nature still continues to astound me!