Snow and Drops

A white covering has covered the garden all day, as you may see its the crystal snow - like hailstones, it crunches as you walk over it.

I fancied a shot like this with the plant set in snow and like the little crystal melting on the leaf. There are also a few shots of daffodils standing to attention on their white parade ground, we have one plant that normally flowers in February, this is looking strong and almost ready.

*taken from the Internet:
Graupel consists of snowflakes that become rounded, opaque pellets ranging from 2 to 5 millimeters (0.1 to 0.2 inches) in diameter. They form as ice crystals fall through supercooled cloud droplets, which are below freezing but remain a liquid. The cloud droplets then freeze to the crystals, forming a lumpy mass. Graupel is sometimes mistaken for hail, but tends to have a texture that is softer and more crumbly. Graupel is sometimes also called snow pellets.