The end of winter?

It may not look like it, but things are melting. In the top picture, I tried to get a shot of the sun shining on the snow, which really does look like the cotton wool dusted with colored glitter that people used to put under their Christmas trees. So, the photo's not great, but maybe you can see the little red and blue glints that might give you some idea of what I'm talking about. It was great to see the sun today...but not so great to ski on the ice!