snow squall out of the nor'east

"I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!"

Nikos Kazantzakis
Zorba the Greek

OK, so it's not Finland, or Sweden, or Norway, but nonetheless it was stunning this morning in the woods after an overnight squall pasted the north-facing sides of all the trees with a confection of sugar.