Sugar-Coated ...

 “While the earth has slumbered, all the air has been alive with feathery flakes descending.”

            ~ Henry David Thoreau

              ~ 1817 ~ 1862

          ~ from “A Winter Walk”

                 ~ published 1843

The Monocacy Creek meanders through Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, soon after almost a foot of snow blanketed the region, painting the landscape with a sugary white coat on a beautiful February afternoon.