It's winter!

This post is NOT for people who are currently somewhere where it's colder than here. You're all probably under metres of snow, being blasted by icy winds, or something like that.

No, this post is for those of you who are currently enjoying heat and light. Hopefully you'll shiver once or twice on my behalf!

Over the last week and a half or so, I've been taking photos of the iciness of Oxford. It hasn't been consistently icy - the ice on the ditch melted for about a week, but it's back now (less spectacularly so, unfortunately).

Given that I'm in England, nobody will be particularly surprised to hear that I've been seeing a fair bit of fog around. These photos are from today:



It's not all quite like that - in some parts, there's a bit more visibility:







And it's not always this foggy. Here are some photos from last week:







As I said above, though, it was cold then and it was cold today. However, I think the ice that's now on the ditch must have formed more quickly.

The icy slabs from last week:





Last week, I took photos of the ice on two different days. The above two shots are from the second day; in this shot from the first day, you can see the ice crystals forming in long, thin fingers:



This week, the ice is much more even, and doesn't run up the sides of the bank. You can hardly even tell it's solid, but I decided not to take a shot of the various things that had been thrown onto it by curious others. I was, however, fascinated by the leaves trapped underneath it:



And the frost? The frost forms on everything:







I leave you with a sunset: