First snow

First snow
Originally uploaded by Squonk11.

This weekend it has been snowing for the first time this winter here in Belgium. This picture was taken just after midnight, from the front window of our little appartment. It looks kind of magical...

Of course, snow is magical and fine if you're well off, cosy and warm inside. It's less fun for people who need to go on the road for their jobs and who get stuch in huge trafic jams. Or for those who were hit by a power cut as consequence of the snow. Or the worst, what about those two homeless people who died of the cold this weekend in Brussels...