Bet it looks like a fairland postcard in your area.
The mud is not that suckup mud in most places so, it's easy to walk on.
I've worn the ice treads 3 times so far and only fell once when I didn't have them on in a small runoff area leading to the pond. The snow was knee deep on that day, but the ice for some reason was not all hard underneath, and I fell in that runoff.
Anyway, alls well that ends well.
I see green branches on the rose bushes. That's God's way of saying spring will come.
sp = fairyland