Supermarket Smoke part 2

It's been almost 2 weeks since my last update about this print.  There is a reason for that- weather.  We had a big snowstorm on the first weekend.  The snow itself was light and powdery, releasing easily from the shovel, but there was a lot of it, plus wind, so I was out there a few times shoveling as it fell, fighting wind, and it seemed like I moved more than two feet of the stuff.  There was so much wind, that it blew up against both the front and back doors of the house, so we had to open them regularly just to make sure we didn't get the doors blocked.  But then it turned to ice, falling as both pellets and frozen rain.   Ice coated everything- I couldn't open either the shed or my driver's side car door for almost a week. But worst of all, it got cold, the longest stretch below freezing since last century.   As a result, all the ice and snow hasn't gone anywhere yet.  We got to freezing the past few days, and everyone is celebrating, though not much is melting.  Most sidewalks are still not passable, so walking is not an option.  Because of all this, getting to the Studio was not an option either. 

Of course, I cleared the front steps on the first day, and got the front walk done, cutting a path to the street.  Not easy, with all the ice left behind by the plows.  A single wide lane was plowed down the street, and thanks to sun and salt, the road itself is clear and dry.  Getting to that road was impossible until my mother hired some professionals to clear the ice that blocked up or driveway.  I cleared the rest of the driveway, so my mother could get he car out.  Meanwhile, I worked on the snow and ice that covered my windshield and hood, and after several days I got that clear. About then I could finally get my door open (I had previously started and run the engine by crawling in through the back hatch, over various stored stuff), though with my car parked up the driveway, I had to get my mother to move hers in order to take mine out.  Today was the first day that happened, and I was thrilled to be out of the house.

Okay, now for art.  I had brought the block home with me, but putting in a few hours of snow removal each day left me in no shape for drawing.  So I brought it back to the Studio today.  I continued work on the drawing.  I made the store building larger, which I felt it needed to be to make sense with the size of the cars in the lot, and it was easier to change the store than the cars.  I think it's better now.  Added a few cars to the back row as well, away from the point of view.  Added a big "SALE!" banner to one of the store windows.  I may go back and fix a few cars some, but otherwise, I think this thing is ready to cut.  Results from today can be seen below:

For music today I brought with me something I've had for a while, a disc I burned with the first studio album from the Arctic Monkeys, and a bunch of their early demos after it.  I always had this disc. so it's not one of my recovered storage discs, though the two that I made if from (the Arctic Monkeys first album and a disc full of old demos that my friend Doug sent me) were in that recently re-acquired box.  Why I decided to bring it with me today is that the band was a clue in a recent episode of 'Jeopardy', an answer I knew.  If you want to know more about it, you can read the whole story back in October of 2023.