Early October is typically the start of my search for fall colors, but this year…
![](https://garyrmorrison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Natures-Winter-Paintbrush-Brown-County-SP-IN-1.jpg)
Hoar Frost Brown County SP IN
I left home before sunrise with expectations of a colorful sunrise, fog, and temperatures in the 20’s. The sunrise was not colorful; however, there was fog and temperatures in the 20’s – the perfect combination for hoar frost! It was everywhere – on the trees, branches, and last summer’s plants. Mother Nature was busy painting many beautiful scenes.
![Hoar frost on last fall's plant](http:///garyrmorrison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Natures-Winter-Paintbrush-Brown-County-SP-IN.jpg)
The DNR person at the gatehouse told me there was not much color in the sunrise and he had not seen any fog earlier that morning. I drove on hoping to find something to attract my attention. While there might not be much color in the morning’s sunrise, the light often produces a nice scene. The road to two of my favorite locations was blocked by a gate due to snow from earlier in the week. I turned around and headed back to some other locations. As I was driving on the top of the ridge, I noticed that heavy fog was rolling in from the eastern valleys – it was too thick to photograph from an overlook. The fog on the west side of the road; however, was light. I have noticed this phenomena a few times recently.
The prairie garden had hoar frost on many plants and that I photographed. As I was returning to my car, I noticed the hoar frost on the tree branches. I spent over three hours photographing a variety of scenes. The following are some my photographs from the outing.
![Tree branches with hoar frost](http:///garyrmorrison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Hoar-frost-chaos-Brown-County-SP-IN.jpg)
![Tree branches with hoar frost](http:///garyrmorrison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Silhoutted-branches-with-hoar-frost-Brown-County-SP-IN.jpg)
![A plant with hoar frost](http:///garyrmorrison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Hoar-Frost-III-Brown-County-SP-IN.jpg)
![A plant with hoar frost](http:///garyrmorrison.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Hoar-Frost-I-Brown-County-SP-IN.jpg)