Shoveling Snow at the Farmhouse — Hans Andersen Brendekilde Postcard

A man in a dark coat shovels snow outside a yellow-painted farmhouse, a woman working nearby, while deep drifts cover the yard and a dark wooden barn stands behind them. A bare cluster of willows rises leafless against the wall, and the sky above is a brilliant, cloudless pale blue — the sharp light of a scene right after a hard freeze. Hans Andersen Brendekilde gave this winter morning none of the stillness of his quieter snow pieces.

An active, working postcard for anyone who knows what winter chores actually look like.