A Frost Flower from the Texas Hill Country

Glenda Wolin
Assistant City Editor, San Antonio Express-News

Frostweed season arrived at the end of 2007. My curiosity won out over the cold, and I went out in the 37-degree weather one morning (it got down to 24, but I did wait a bit) and looked closely, and sure enough, they were there. I shot this photo on 29 December 2007 at my property here in Blanco, Texas, with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 on a macro setting.  A photo of another frostweed might have been better if my big dog hadn't been so enthusiastically trying to get in the way. All I ended up with was an "action shot."

Figure 1. Subfreezing weather left behind frost flowers at the base of white crownbeard plants across Central Texas. Photograph by Glenda Wolin.

Glenda Wolin, who edits a science column I write for her newspaper, lives in the country, where she chases nature with her camera. Glenda's blog is here. Editor

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