Snowshoeing the morning of my colonoscopy prep! Beautiful weather, mid-30s, good snow that kept us out of the not-quite-frozen places in the brook, on a nearby marshy trail that’s been recently abandoned (no longer maintained).

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There are some downed branches and trunks, which we stepped on, over, around, and a few we walked or ducked under. A couple of the bridges were a bit catawampus as well.

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The red winterberries (Ilex verticillata), lining the left side of the snowy path below and hither and thither elsewhere, really stand out.

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The icy, frosty formations — stars, filament, needle-like, serrated, splintery — caught my eye, too.

An animal running across the snow on a frozen brook left this artful elongated “track”:

Snow-covered rock and frost tatters in another bit of brook:

Fringed hoarfrost hanging with moss over the brook:

Delicate winged, feathery, or downy frost:

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