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Once it disappears, my attention is captured by a
network of wire fencing. e interlocking materi-
als collect the frost in delicately, etched crystals. A
leaf, entangled within netting, seems to hold on in a
death grip.
Photographing the hoarfrosted wonderland while
bison hover in the distance in Yellowstone Park,
I find "sugarcoated" trees while the bison bodies
look as though they are in a haze. And, when the
bison stand near the thermals, their fine-tuned,
threads of fur become sheathed in hoarfrost giving
them a grizzled look.
This frosty leaf is frozen in time.
