Currier and Ives

From the warmth of the front porch, in the company of the woman I love and the two geriatric puppies we are blessed to call ours, the snow gently falls.  Of course this idyllic image is somewhat tainted by the fact that the snow was preceded by some freezing rain and now that the snow has increased in volume, one notices that it is actually propelled sideways by the 20+ mph winds...  Even the squirrel in the tree is hunkered down.  One could dwell on the nature of winter in South Dakota, but one would have to be a masochist to do so.  I'm warm and happy, so mssr's Currier and Ives, eat your hearts out!  Let me add a little warmth to your life.  You are loved!