When a day last week dawned with freezing temperatures, cold enough to frost all the trees, Brita Haapala grabbed her camera and headed out along the Gay/Lake Linden road to capture some of the frosty beauty. She said that the sun shining through the trees will always be her favorite and looking at the photos she shared, I can certainly see why. Each shot looks like it’s a scene from a winter movie, like Dr. Zhivago with the frozen countryside. Everything all frosty white, the bright sun, the shadows on the snow, all so mystical like. In Brita’s last shot, you can see that nothing was untouched by the frost that morning, including the stately tree all dressed in white.
For more of Brita’s photographs, click on over to her Facebook page here: Copper Country Captures

Let’s join It’s Yooper Time for a look at Charming Small Town Festivities in downtown Houghton.

A rare occurrence indeed. Due to technical difficulties, Mary's post appeared one minute after midnight, but the fault is not hers. Your humble Webmaster has to take responsibility, one of about 3 such incidents occurring in the past 24+ years.

Better late than never :)

But, better never late :(

Your track record is remarkable, Charlie & Mary! And it seems all the 'misses' or very near misses, have been beyond your control.

Beautiful frosty pictures - with another footprint picture which is always appealing. The snow makes everything bright and clean looking. My favorite is morning frost.

No harm no foul, Charlie:-).


“Icy sun with frosty glow “ (Black Sabbath)


Frosty beauty, indeed.

How beautiful!
So nice to see the sun - here outside of Chicago we
haven't seen the sun for over a week!

That's called Hoar Frost.

Through the Trees is my favorite with
Morning Frost right behind. But all so
beautiful.
The video was very cute also, with lots of
winter fun. I would have used to say that
that is an oxymoron, but I've come to
realize that winter isn't so bad.