Oak leaf ice sculpture

A noisy, mini-cold front moved through last night and dropped the temperature into the mid-20s. But by daybreak, the wind had calmed, so it was perfect weather to see what the chill had wrought. There was, of course, the usual silvering of the grass blades, but the best frost work was at the bottom of the millpond waterfall, where the spray had coated a number of leaves in solid ice and created some fantastic sculptures. You can see how the artwork progressed, from the skeleton provided by the leaf and its stem to the layers added to frozen layers until the work was complete. I see this as a bird ready to take off, but other viewers suggested a resemblance to something more lurid, even, well, pornographic. If anyone takes offense, just remember: it's avian. Just avian.