Now that it’s raining out, mud everywhere and just plain gloomy (WTH mid January thaw?? Oh that’s right, it’s Wisconsin), I felt a need to revisit a magical morning about 2 weeks ago, when I took the dogs for an early morning walk in the sparkling hoarfrost.

Hoarfrost landscape, December in Wisconsin

December 30, 2012, walking the dogs in the sparkling hoarfrosted morning. (click to enlarge)