The beauty of winter

Yes, winter drags on and on and on .... Then, I see something beautiful that only winter can create, and my spirits are lifted once again : ). This is where I was walking this morning for about three hours (temperature started off around -9C and rose to around -1C). I had never crossed the bridge at Mallard Point, in Fish Creek Park, and walked quite a way south along the eastern side of the Bow River. Later on this walk, the path climbs up the cliff and you get a beautiful (zoomed) view over part of Fish Creek Park (somewhere around Bankside) with the Rocky Mountains in the distance. Saw two Ring-necked Pheasants, a Northern Goshawk, a Pileated Woodpecker and all the usual ducks and Chickadees, and so on. Also watched about five or six White-tailed Deer cross the water. Forecast for the next three days (at least) is for SNOW - again : (