Red Wine and Garlic

There is nothing quite like a walk or snowshoe in nature, such as it might be, on a mild sunny day in winter:
It's a chance to explore parts of our own neighbourhood inaccessible in summer, by following a frozen stream bed as far as it will take us. Here you can see what the true owners of this land, the wildlife, have been up to. In the picture below, several birds and at least one mouse have been to this now-frozen water-hole to get a drink: Other times, just find a cleared path at a local park, and walk to your heart's content: 
There is a lot to see:  
 
Not the easiest walking, even with a cleared path, but very enjoyable:
 

N.B: I am reading Reynolds Price's book A Whole New Life. What power and acuity he had:

Even our own feeble hands
Ache to seize the crown you wear
And work our private havoc through
The known and unknown lands of space

Absolute in flame beyond us
Seed and source of Dark and Day
Maker whom we beg to beOur mother father comrade mate .

This is my prayer, too.