Frozen water droplets

They look like liquid water droplets but when I touched them they were hard little ice balls.

Elegant Sunburst Lichen, Xanthoria elegans

This colorful lichen was growing on a dead branch in a Maple tree, when a gust of wind broke the branch and sent it to the ground. There are several Sunburst Lichen communities on the branch - all about 1/4" in diameter but each one with a slightly different color.

Water drops

These water droplets were photographed hanging in a Giant Sequoia, Sequoia giganteum.

Up periscopes

Moss spore capsules sticking up through the snow.

Patterns in a pothole

Interesting ice crystals in a pothole in the gravel road leading to our house.

Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii

The sun and accompanying blue sky made a very brief appearance today. Newly fallen snow on the Doug Firs complete the scene.

Douglas Fir cones are easy to identify due to the "mice" hiding in the scales.

With needles radiating out of a common point, newly sprouted Doug Fir seedlings look quite different than when mature.

As an example of the tenacity of trees, this Doug Fir is growing on top of an old bridge support on the Trask River in NW Oregon.