The Abilities of Snow

In the dead of winter, snow blankets the fields and roadways: covering, masking, and hiding. It hides everything that it touches, camouflaging it in white.

But the funny thing is... in the dead of winter, at night, when the moon is high in the sky and spreading it's light, the snow, along with the moon, reveals all. The reflection of white light and white snow reveals the herds of deer that line the Iowa fields, the same deer that normally are hard to spot in the lush forests and brown fields. It's as if, shortly after deer season, the bucks and their does come out using these reflections just to say, "Look at me! Look at me! I've been here all along. And now that your gun is put away, I'm going to stand here, so close and visible, just to tease you!"