Question

how can I finish this descriptive paragraph?
The cottage was a solitary structure. The small house sat alone in a snowy forest clearing flanked by towering evergreen pines that turned the landscape a blur of green and white. A long thing cloud of smoke snaked up from the chimney and climbed higher up into the sky and a warm welcoming glow radiated from the house. A lean to just off the side of the house sheltered the firewood from the snow. A small black and white dog huddled in amongst it shivering a white cloud forming in front of its nose. Tree branches creaked and groaned in the icy wind