Fan Girl Wannabe

Woke up to a pretty dusting of snow on the ground.  About half an hour later, the power went out.  So I called in the report to the power company, and DH made a fire in the fireplace.  At that point, the snow started coming down in earnest, so we were snuggled in our living room with a cosy fire and a pretty view.  Good thing we'd already made the coffee and tea.

After a bit, I decided to straighten up since everything is still in disarray from the xmas decorating, which isn't quite done, and couldn't really be finished in the semi-dark.  Then DH made pancakes and bacon.  Just as we sat down to eat, the power was restored (maybe 90 min without? not bad at all).  So he put one of our favorite CDs on (Windham Hill's Solstice I).  I have to say, it doesn't really get much better than this.

On Windham Hill:  We've accumulated quite a lot of their works over the years.  Almost everything is acoustical, and a good bit of it is 'winter-appropriate.'  When DH and I first met, we discovered we had the same favorite album - December by George Winston, produced by Windham Hill.  That was the thing that really sealed the deal for us.  We had felt so connected so quickly, it was kind of scary.  Then he said, "I want you to hear this, it's my favorite."  When I recognized the album cover (he was opening a cassette box) from across the room, I realized we were gonna be stuck together for a long time.  The album was too obscure for the coincidence to be merely random, you know? Well. I knew.  And 26 yrs later, a perfect winter morning.
 
I'm going to finish my decorating, gift wrapping (wedding present, not xmas yet!) and laundry while continuing to listen to my favorite sounds of the season.