Not Pretty Anymore

Let's face it: at the beginning of the winter, we can always console ourselves with the (barely accurate) cliche that fresh snow is "pretty".  I say, don't encourage it as there's more out there waiting to fall. Here's an image that looked magnificent from the dining room window of our interim house... that is until the power went off and we played Scrabble huddled under comforters and retreated to bed wearing hats and gloves.

Have I mentioned that we had to move twice? Oh thank heavens for good friends that have empty houses available to house the (almost) homeless! We thought our closing was to be back in October and gave notice that we were moving. Our landlady promptly located a new tenant and we were in a bit of a bind. Our friend Tina came through and graciously allowed us to park ourselves and all of our chereished belongings here.  However, what with the intemperate weather persisting, a good third of our possessions remain stranded in limbo.