Snow Melt

The House of Snow

The July 24, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  is
You win a contest to build your dream home. Tell us all about it. What features will it have?

The House of Snow is a ranch style house with only two staircases. One staircase goes to the attic and the other to the basement.
This house has three bedrooms, with a bathroom for each bedroom. In addition, each bedroom will have a door that opens either into the backyard, front yard or garage.
This house has a kitchen-breakfast room combination with a door exiting into the backyard from the breakfast room.
This house has a dining room with a sliding door that opens onto a patio.
This house has an entrance hall that opens onto a huge front porch.
This house has a hall leading to the bedroom plus a bathroom that opens onto the hall.
This house will have a huge living room with a fireplace at one end.
This house will have a home office built in a huge oak tree growing in the backyard. The office will have every modern piece of technology, including a bathroom.
Everything in and around this house will run on solar power with panels on the roof.
This house will have a prayer or meditation garden close to the tree that contains the home office. This garden will have a fountain and a pool with fish.
Every room in the house of snow would have a bookcase containing books, with the main libraries in the living room and the office.
This house will have a vegetable garden and an orchard.

Food for Thought: "A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body." - Benjamin Franklin