June 24, 2021, at 7:30 a.m.

Winter has started, officially. In our southern hemisphere, the seasons are reversed of course from those in the northern. Jeanne pointed out to me as I typed this, that June 24 here corresponds with December 24th back home. 

This post is a very brief look at what I saw this morning. This picture was taken at 7:27 a.m. The following shots soon after that.    

Jeanne's phone reported that the temperature outside was 0.6 C.  That gave us frost for the first time this year. You can see it on this wide view of the canopy area. 

It may not be really clear to you that it is frost, but compare this picture with the next.  

It didn't take long and the frost was being driven away by the rising sun.  

That's most of what I have for you today. 

These last two shots look to me like they were taken on a deep dive, next to an underwater cliff, looking up through waving fronds of seaweed toward the surface. 

In reality, they were taken at 9:43 p.m in our African Garden. We had a heavy overcast, and it was almost misting.  I'm standing beneath a black tree fern.  

I had walked past this point on my nightly stroll, and the moon, just visible above the fronds, intrigued me. I returned to our apartment get my camera. I took eight shots at various settings and liked these two for their 'otherworldly' feeling.     

I call these two, Returning to the Surface.                       -djf

--Remembering also that 6/24 was Mom's birthday.  Always thinking of you Mom.