Humidity. Not a word I’d associate with Calgary, a city where jumbo-sized bottles of hand and body lotion and humidifiers in every room of the house are not mere luxury items. The air is normally very dry here – Wikipedia claims that we have an average relative humidity of 55% in winter and 45% in summer. Once the cold, blistering winds and snow arrives, you begin to feel really parched. It makes you wish for a tropical vacation (okay, so EVERYTHING makes me wish for a tropical vacation…sigh).
Over the past few days, however, we’ve been completely immersed in a foggy gloom, and the humidity levels have risen dramatically. The temperature has been sitting below zero, however, so the water droplets from the low clouds have frozen and accumulated on the windward sides of trees, power lines, fences, etc. as hoarfrost.
Isn’t it beautiful?
Is hoarfrost a common cold weather occurrence where you live?
Flowery Prose 
It is beautiful indeed, and that last picture is really stunning. Don’t think I’ve seen it in Chicago, though that could just be lack of observation.
Thanks! It’s one of the perks of the cold! (We have to look on the bright side, I guess!). 🙂
We’re very foggy here too, I’m heading out with my camera this morning. Just to the yard, mind you, but I should be able to get some nice pics.
A Chinook finally blew in this afternoon, it was really lovely. Hope you got your photos!
Not common here but we do see some every year as it is humid here…fabulous captures!
Thanks! It’s rather unusual for us to have it at this time of year – usually it happens more in January or February.
Thanks so much! I’m glad you don’t have to worry about ice!
I hear you about the freezing rain – it’s something we dread here, too. During the winter, we have such wild cycles of freezing and thawing, the roads and sidewalks are simply horrible to navigate sometimes!
So happy that the weather finally turned around over the past couple of days! We definitely needed a break! Your blog is great – I was doing a little browsing around it this evening. Looking forward to checking out more of your posts!
Thanks! Although the frost is so beautiful, I’m far happier with the sunshine and warmth this weekend! 🙂
Me too! Just came in from trying to clear up the garden a bit to get it ready for the winter season because I just haven’t had the time or the cooperating weather to do it yet. I am thinking the garden will have to stay the way it is until the spring. Oh well. Have a good week. ~Thea
Thanks, you too! 🙂
Beautiful, does not occur in Gauteng, South Africa.
It is definitely very pretty…but sometimes the cold and ice gets tiresome and we long for a climate more like yours! 🙂