Snow, Mother Nature's Fun and the Deer

We havve amassed quite a bit of snow in the past week or so. I think Jim has had his fill of smownlowing for awhile. We noticed this shape on one of the trees the other day and wondered if Mother Natute was questioning her decisions this winter or was she thinking back to Christmas and Candy Canes? The deer are starting to show up in the yard trying to find edible grass in the areas where the snow is not so deep due to Jim snowblowing.