Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts

Friday, December 10, 2010

Pattern in all things


yesterday: snow in the Parc de Saint Cloud

 photographic explorations by Bentley, the snowflake man
image Wikipedia 

Of all the forms of water, the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow, that form in such quantities within the clouds during storms, are incomparably the most beautiful and varied.

W.A. Bentley


lace pattern from Foillet's compendium of 1598

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image of snowflakes and more information on Bentley, here