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[Ouachita]

We had little fixed wing aircraft that would search for pot fields in the woods of Arkansas. I noticed one of the planes circling over a neighbor's property several times, spending way too much time. The drive in to their place was an axle buster by design because they liked their privacy, but we were invited to come over anytime, so when I saw one of the planes start circling I jumped in the truck and climbed the hill to their home. They were an odd couple, the guy much younger than the woman, and they had an eighteen year old daughter. I pulled into their clearing and the daughter was mowing the open space... wearing nothing except some canvas tennis shoes. She walked over to the truck and leaned up against it, and indicating the plane with her eyes she said, "I like to ***k with them. I figure any time they spend here is time they aren't spending finding people to arrest."
My wife and I had been discussing building a house well off the road and I asked her if she would do the same thing, and she grinned and said, "Probably."
But damn, we never got that house built.

That wasn't my daughter

 

[Ned Jr.]

Can't remember the year but it was the day after Thanksgiving. It rained on Thanksgiving, which was odd for us, then we woke up to 5 feet of snow on the level. Higher elevations had 7 feet.

 

[greybeard]

Formation

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The formation of frost flowers is dependent on a freezing weather condition occurring when the ground is not already frozen. The sap in the stem of the plants will expand (water expands when frozen), causing long, thin cracks to form along the length of the stem. Water is then drawn through these cracks via capillary action and freezes upon contact with the air. As more water is drawn through the cracks it pushes the thin ice layers further from the stem, causing a thin "petal" to form.

The petals of frost flowers are very delicate and will break when touched. They usually melt or sublime when exposed to sunlight and are usually visible in the early morning or in shaded areas.

Examples of plants that often form frost flowers are white crownbeard (Verbesina virginica), commonly called frostweed, yellow ironweed (Verbesina alternifolia),[2]​ dittany (Cunila origanoides),[3]​ and Helianthemum canadense.

 

[greybeard]

My buddy sent me this picture today. I have never seen this plant growing in N Georgia ...and blooming when it's been frosty mornings.

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As a kid, I used to see those pretty often along a rail road track over near Houston Tx.
I always assumed they were some kind of orchid.
They had a nasty odor, but not a marijuana kind of nasty.

 

[TCRanch]

Formation

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The formation of frost flowers is dependent on a freezing weather condition occurring when the ground is not already frozen. The sap in the stem of the plants will expand (water expands when frozen), causing long, thin cracks to form along the length of the stem. Water is then drawn through these cracks via capillary action and freezes upon contact with the air. As more water is drawn through the cracks it pushes the thin ice layers further from the stem, causing a thin "petal" to form.

The petals of frost flowers are very delicate and will break when touched. They usually melt or sublime when exposed to sunlight and are usually visible in the early morning or in shaded areas.

Examples of plants that often form frost flowers are white crownbeard (Verbesina virginica), commonly called frostweed, yellow ironweed (Verbesina alternifolia),[2]​ dittany (Cunila origanoides),[3]​ and Helianthemum canadense.

Yes! They're gone/have melted generally within 2 hours after I see them. And so far, only in the woods by the house.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Okay, I'm now obsessed with my frost flowers. Mainly because I've never seen them before and after this year, probably won't again.View attachment 51752View attachment 51753View attachment 51754View attachment 51755

Super cool and strange.

 

[SBMF 2015]

Waiting on mom to finish breakfast.

 

[greybeard]

What's unusual about this photo?

 

[greybeard]

When she wakes me up too early... she gets

 

[Travlr]

 

[Silver]

My great grandfather lived in Nebraska. My grandfather sent him a similar picture one time and he could not figure out how someone got the snow to set on the posts. I was thinking of that today when I took these pics.

 

[GoWyo]

My great grandfather lived in Nebraska. My grandfather sent him a similar picture one time and he could not figure out how someone got the snow to set on the posts. I was thinking of that today when I took these pics.
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That happened here once. Was gone the next day when the wind picked up

 

[CowboyRam]

This stone is near the Union Pacific tracks between Bagg's highway and the Riner road. East if Creston Junction

 

[Ouachita]

My great grandfather lived in Nebraska. My grandfather sent him a similar picture one time and he could not figure out how someone got the snow to set on the posts. I was thinking of that today when I took these pics.
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Looks like me managing to stay balanced in my deer stand.
Contrary to popular thought, there's a lot more effort involved than the obvious. Gravity helps and hurts at the same time. The wind is my friend when it's not blowing.

 

[greybeard]

 

[Hippie Rancher]

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What's unusual about this photo?

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wonder what cabinet post he will get?

 

[greybeard]

The big rectangle shaped stones.. They are pretty common along the railroad tracks leading to/away from Austin Tx. The slabs were quarried of limestone, hauled to Austin to build the Texas Capitol on flatcars but some of it often fell off along the way. Evidently, quite a lot of it. Too big & heavy to just pick up and carry off so there it still lays today.

rockslab

rockslab2

The frost 'flower things...'
They happen almost exclusively in open woods, that is, woods where the cold air can penetrate and almost only on viney type plants...AND, on ground that is not yet frozen.. The viney stems fracture open when the liquid inside freezes and the pressure of freezing forces the ice out of the vines and upper roots into the flower shape we see. Later, when the ground itself freezes, you won't see any more of them till next year.

 

[Silver]

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What's unusual about this photo?

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I think it's the human imposter to Donnie's right

 

[kenny thomas]

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Is that fresh from 1968?

 

[greybeard]

Is that fresh from 1968?

Probably not but the ones I opened in 70/71 looked about the same and some of those were quite old. (They did taste better than they looked tho)