Winter fairy tale

In Essentuki is an old English Park (Victory Park now), at the end of the park, at the bottom, the river flows Trickle, beside her is fabulous houses with tiled roofs, balconies, porches, small pond, bridge, ducks, goats. ..
Recently been cold, all turned into a winter fairy tale. For us, the weather has become a rarity now, though, in my childhood I remember winters were real.