It’s been a great season for ice formations and this one added a new one to my collection—pancake ice. It can form when there’s a frazil component to thinner ice combined with wave action.
The slushy frazil ice is tossed onto the edges of the larger ice pieces creating a lily-pad like appearance. Floating and spinning on the lake’s surface they created an everchanging element to the landscape. With spring bearing down like a freight train—the bears are out— I’m never sure if the ice I see will be the last of the season.
it's (almost always) about the water... 
Wonders never cease. And I write that without any hint of irony. I mean, “pancake ice”!
They do have a lilypad-like appearance too. Quite happy to come across them.