The wind howled around the house
And whistled through
the trees
Bringing snow in
blizzards
The strong winds
across the rooftops
Whipped up the loose
grains
And chased them like
white ribbon
Across the grey slate
It wasn’t pretty snow
Nor did it present a pretty
scene
Not at all picturesque
Or picture postcard
Snow was blown in
horizontally
With great ferocity
And as I drew the
drapes
It spattered the
casement windows
I shivered and thanked
God
I was safely home
Globetrotting
architect Taylor Scott (Tia Mowry-Hardrict) has her eye on Paris as her next
assignment, but with Christmas just weeks away, the firm she works for enters
her in a contest in which teams will design and build life-sized gingerbread
houses, but with the promise that after the contest she is likely be getting
the position she has dreamed of.
Taylor ends up being
teamed with a local baker and single Dad, Adam Dale (Duane Henry), he is
reluctant at first but winning would give the bakery and his designs
much-needed exposure which might in turn lead him to his dream of opening his
own bakery.
So both are motivated
by different dreams, but spending time with Adam and his daughter Brooke
(Melody Nosipho Niemann), either in their cosy home, decorating for the
holidays or exploring the town at Christmas, fosters a feeling of longing for a
place to call home.
Amidst the first flurry
People start to hurry
And urgently scurry
For the very first
sight
The first glimpse of
white
The heart takes flight
I’ve come to know
When it first makes a
show
How much I love the
snow
A silent soft blanket of white
Had hidden the land
from sight
It’s our job to
investigate the crime
Really, we want to
have a good time
We sledge and we
toboggan
Build the world’s
biggest snowman
We have a massive
snowball fight
Doing battle till the
enemy took flight
Then we stomp thru the
powdery crunch
Making our way home to
have lunch
The lake is frozen,
Nothing lives
In this frozen hell
Even the sky is
desolate
Save for the crescent
moon
Standing sentinel
