This morning, many Chesapeake residents woke up to a rare and beautiful winter gift— hoarfrost. Essentially a frozen mist, thin ice particles coated everything from cattails to brambles, transforming a stark landscape into a glittery spectacle. Fox tracks laced through the coated marsh where glassine flakes gently blew away. After a long, punishing winter, the delicate, fleeting frost was almost like an apology. By 10 am, it was gone.