the.com/hoarfrost
winter's overnight graffiti, drawn in ice needles on anything that dared to cool too far
name originhoar means ancient gray, like a bearded elder
skips liquidvapor freezes straight to crystal, no dew stage
needs calmforms only on still, clear, freezing nights
feathered icecrystals grow as delicate branching needles and plates
surface trickobject must be colder than the surrounding air