We're All Ears Challenge:: February :: Frozen

Kayaking in Blackwater Sound

There are two things that I like to do in the mornings especially in February. I like to watch the local Miami weather station and Al Roker's weather forecast on the NBC Today Show. Why? I live outside Miami in the Keys in the Winter. We have to be concerned about wind events like tornados in the winter. I watch the NBC Today Show weather out of a long addiction to it and because I have friends and relatives all over the place. I like to see what the weather is in their areas especially during storms. Another reason to know a lot about the weather when you are in Florida in February is that this is a peak time for visitors from the cold and snowy spots like Canada, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont, Maine and the list of goes on. Weather is a common topic that unites conversations everywhere. It is a little embarrassing to be from a middle Atlantic state. Delaware has had a cold and wet month, but there is no comparison to some of the other places in the country.

Boating in good weather in the Florida Keys

From my vantage point in Florida, I do enjoy looking at snow, frost, and ice in a digital format only. February's We're All Ears Challenge is devoted to nature's icy beauty by creating FROZEN earrings!

Frost Photo by Shaun Holloway on Unsplash

Most of us are familiar with the first frost of the season. For many it is in end of allergy season, time to get warm clothes out of storage. The earrings feature natural kyanite rondels in a wonderful multi blue green shade which reminds me of frost. I surrounded the gemstones with arabesque shaped sterling silver frames which hang from sterling silver ear wires. The sterling silver mimics the sparkle in the frost. These make classic earrings for everyday wear.  They are available for purchase HERE.

Kyanite Earrings by BayMoonDesign

Glacier National Park, Jackson Glacier photo by K.Lindemer

Glacier's are snowy and icy spots that many of us haven't seen or if climate change continues the way we are headed, we won't see too many of them in the future. For example, based on current trends, glacier recession models predict that by 2030, Glacier National Park will be without active glaciers (i.e. those large enough to be moving).

Glacier Photo by Joyce McCown on Unsplash

I choose to focus my next pair of earrings on something more positive. This photo is what I imagine I will find when I go to Alaska. I hope to get this trip off the ground in the next few years. I want to see glaciers there. In my mind, the glaciers will be a beautiful blue and clean white. I decided some turquoise and freshwater pearls captured the colors of this glacier and created this pair of earrings.

Turquoise and White Freshwater Pearl Earrings by BayMoonDesign

Turquoise and freshwater white coin pearls are combined with sterling silver and attached to sterling ear wires. This pair of turquoise and freshwater coin pearl dangles are one of a kind.  On an earlier trip to the southwest, I noticed white pearl and combined with turquoise in all shapes and sizes. I fell in love with the combination and picked up the high quality turquoise that I used in these earrings there.   I always have nice pearls on hand!

Glacier Photo by Eric Welch on Unsplash

Stay warm + be safe!
Now hop on over to this month's post to see what others created. 

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