Notes & Queries response: Why is frost so beautiful?
This is my response to a question that appeared on the Notes & Queries page of The Guardian website on 22nd January, 2023. The Guardian is apparently no longer happy to host my comments on their site, so it is appearing here instead. This blog is obviously not affiliated with The Guardian. Its reference to a question that appeared in Notes & Queries is presented here under the terms of fair use. ~ Why is frost so beautiful? image generated by Craiyon It was a Sunday afternoon in July, 2022. That unbearable sweltering summer. Kirsty Briggs, Yvonne (I don't know, or can't remember, her last name) and Erik Malin walked into the village to see if the shop had opened. Earlier that morning when we went, the door had been locked and the interior was darkened. We loitered by the rail, overlooking the showy Victorian river stairs that protruded from the slimy brick foundation of the watermill. A rose-petalled cornucopia of ponybit spilled from the gaps in the mortar. The dark, h...