8 degrees and sunny

Sun applies sparkly sugar cookie glaze on snow;

Cold beauty freezes fingers and toes;

Air cuts through layered clothes.

Both dogs sniff and circle,

Find their spot, do their business,

Strain their leashes to go inside.

In cedars, birds sing back and forth.

Is it shelter from wind or food in foliage?

I do not ask and they do not tell.

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