For the past two days, the natural world around me has been decorated by beautiful hoarfrost on every twig, dried blade of grass, evergreen  needle and more...  It is so exquisite to see these intricate crystals decorating everything so perfectly. Accompanying this divine beauty has been complete stillness.  Yesterday evening I went for a hike at dusk and fog was all around like a blanket, especially visible in the fields  surrounding the forest. For a while I sat silently on the snow at … [Read more...]