Have you ever seen “hair ice?” "Hair ice" or "bearded frost" is rare and occurs only in a small percentage of the world (it’s not Hoar Frost). Hair Ice grows specifically on the decaying wood of an Alder tree branch & is caused by a fungus living within decaying wood. The fungus "breathes" or releases its spores pushing the moisture out of the wood’s pores, causing it to immediately freeze. The small hole is as thin as a strand of hair thereby causing the hair-like ice to form.
Image - Matt Nichols
7K notes
·
View notes
…Zane?
My entry for @spinchip ‘s DTIYS :D!!! I’m a sucker for glacier 👉👈
1K notes
·
View notes
If you've ever looked at a bit of crumbling drywall and gone "boy am I hungry right now" then meringues are the recipe for you. They're simultaneously very simple and very finnicky, but if you can get the hang of them then you can experience eating chalk (but sweet!) whenever you want, with none of the limestone content involved in eating real chalk. A batch of meringues is just 3 egg whites, (at ROOM TEMPERATURE) 1/8th teaspoon cream of tartar, 3/4 cups regular white granulated sugar, and a half teaspoon of vanilla extract. (or you could do a different flavor, if you like your conkrete to be fancy. I do not. I am here to experience texture with minimal flavor.)
You combine all the ingredients but the sugar in a mixer with a whisk attachment, and whisk at high speed until soft peaks form. Then slowly sift in the granulated sugar, whisking as you go. Once all the sugar is whisked in, keep mixing for another five minutes--the mix should be glossy and sleek, not dry.
Then pipe the cookies onto a parchment-lined pan, about two inches across, leaving an inch of space between. If you have fancy frosting tips and a piping bag, use them. Bafflingly, I do not have those (why? what have I been doing with my life that I own three machetes but not frosting tips?) so I just used a gallon ziplock with a hole poked into it and made beautiful little angel turd shapes.
They bake at 200 F for 45 minutes, and then should be allowed to rest in the oven for another half hour with the temperature off. Don't open the oven while they bake! Let them cool completely, and then you can eat something that has both the visual look and the mouth-feel of a packing peanut.
I love these things. I'll post an out-of-oven picture when they're done in like an hour.
3K notes
·
View notes
You will have little joy of your command, but I think you have the strength in you to do the things that must be done.
220 notes
·
View notes
Wild to me they specifally say shes a sister. Someone canonically dating or married to someone else has never stopped shippers before
I KNOW 😂😂😂
they’re like “Sarah Kazansky??? Oh you mean Iceman’s sister???? Yeah no of course :) that’s what you meant when you casted a Sarah Kazansky right? :)”
nothing be stopping the IceMav shippers 🫡 (or any shipper when it comes to canon tbh)
49 notes
·
View notes
Simon probably stays clean shaven cause excessive facial hair probably reminds him of how the crown gave him that massive beard and being Ice King in general.
120 notes
·
View notes
asking betty for help is kind of a crapshoot because she's really good at magic but sometimes she makes things worse, like a LOT worse, and also once you ask her you can't retract your consent
68 notes
·
View notes