Winter Holiday Decor

It's been very warm in Maryland for this time of year.  I'm wishing for a little snow, especially after reading this poem...

Snow in the Suburbs

by Thomas Hardy

.....Every branch big with it,

....Bent every twig with it;

........Every fork like a white web-foot;

........Every street and pavement mute:

Some flakes have lost their way, and grope back upward, when

Meeting those meandering down they turn and descend again.

....The palings are glued together like a wall,

....And there is no waft of wind with the fleecy fall.

.....A sparrow enters the tree,

....Whereon immediately

........A snow-lump thrice his own slight size 

........Descends on him and showers his head and eyes 

And overturns him, 

.And near inurns him, 

........And lights on a nether twig, when its brush 

....Starts off a volley of other lodging lumps with a rush. 

....The steps are a blanched slope, 

.....Up which, with feeble hope, 

........A black cat comes, wide-eyed and thin; 

.And we take him in. 

Most of you have probably finished decorating but in case you want to add a few more touches, here's some inspiration...

BHG

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I hope you are finding the time between shopping, decorating, entertaining, traveling, etc. to sit back, relax and enjoy this time of year!  I'm trying....