re-post from November 19 2001
It is unfortunate that across forty-four winters in Ontario I never knew about ice wreaths – all that cold weather wasted! When I learned about them I couldn't wait for the next cold snap here on Vancouver Island (actually I could wait – happily forever) but I had to experience them and during the next period of below zero temperature I did.
I put water and snowberries and holly berries and variegated leaves in a donut pan and froze it.
Strung the small wreaths on some clear fishing line so they would appear to float. Hung them outdoors on a branch. It was foggy. I stood and stared. They were enchanting.
How long did they last?
They were melting as I finished taking their pictures.