Frozen Dandelion

Last night we had the first hard frost, with several minus degrees. As we feared it seems to have killed off almost all the flowers, though a few survived, including the well-named ice-flower (kärlek

This dandelion seed head grew a fine collection of ice crystals.
There was ice on the water butt and even a very thin layer on the edges of the lake.
While I was taking this photograph there was a a lot of background noise from masses of birds feeding furiously. I think it was the waxwings that arrived on 12 October last year and stripped the rowans of their berries, before continuing their southward journey.
Winter is coming, :-) but I think there's a fair bit of autumn still to go.