Frost art

Sorry, a bit of a cheat making a collage but it does illustrate the beauty of a sharp frost.
I went for a walk to the shop for a paper and back via the ponds mid-morning and the frost was only melting where the sun caught it, it does make wonderful patterns. There were also skating moorhens (see extra).
Back home I read the paper and had a snooze before getting some Christmas cards made whilst listening to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Mr Rat had gone on a hillwalk with some friends in the snow but was back fairly early.