Many words from the winter dictionary won't become part of my vocabulary but I think I could make an exception for pruinesence. It's the beautiful white covering of frost seen on crisp winter days. A much nicer term than hoar frost, I think you will agree. It's easy to find lovely cosy words for the winter but beautiful outdoor ones are to be treasured.
These days I admire the trees at a distance. All too often the weather is too snarry for me. Snarry? Piercingly, bitingly cold. It's much colder riding on a trundle truck than walking! I will watch any snow blossoms from a distance. And that's not just me being poetic - snowflakes were called snow blossoms (at least in written English) before they were called snowflakes.
Snow flowers sounds a much better name than flakes and I’m loving your posts about winter things. This will make a good quiz question so I have saved it on my phone for a later date. Thank you, Catriona
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