Fire and Ice II

Spreading cotoneaster (Cotoneaster divaricatus)

Svartskog, Norway

This was my last encounter with warm colors in plants this year.

Winter is a bland affair when it comes to plants, except perhaps those still carrying red fruits that have escaped the eyes of birds.

After this beautiful manifestation it has been very hard to find any plant with frost or snow on it as the weather has been very variable with fog, rain, sleet, snow that has thawed and frozen again, and temperatures hovering around freezing. I should not complain as other parts of Norway have had floods and torrential rain.

With January the sun will slowly make its way higher in the sky and with it hopefully some warmth, at least by its coloring of the landscape as a start.

Image Copyright © 2017 +Morten Ross
Image Capture Date: 12 November 2017 13:29
Altitude: 8 meters

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