Blue Snow

Last week - higher temperatures quickly melted the snow and ice around the pond. We had not seen the water in the pond and wetlands for two months. Friday a Nor'east swept in, refreezing pond and brooks, glazing field and forest. 12 inches of new snow. The snow is hued blue, looks edible.
Another thaw will come soon enough, but I am not quite ready to let the winter go. It arrived late this year. Still I have planned our vegetable garden and the seeds have already arrived in the mail. I can taste the harvest, determined this year our garden will bear fruit.