Ambience/ASMR: Victorian Cottage Kitchen at Night (with Fireplace, Clock, & Snowfall), 8 Hours

List of Sounds: the gentle crackle & snap of a winter fire, which was in summer an unnoticed and unacknowledged necessity but has become now a motherly protector, whose nurturing warmth and maternal murmurings offer company and comfort through countless cold hours, whose presence (like a matriarch) is so central to the life of the family that it is the glowing sun around which everyday joys and sorrows and hardships and pleasures revolve the ticking of an heirloom grandfather clock, placed in the kitchen not from lack of love but from its abundance, since it is here that the clock's slow measure of minutes is most useful, heeded, and appreciated: the kitchen is the heart of this home, and the clock is its heartbeat the night-songs of the cottage's wooden beams, a creaking lullaby so familiar to its residents that their sleep would be oddly restless, in ways impossible to discern or articulate consciously, without the soothing, low sighing of the house settling deeper and deeper into the cradle of the surrounding mountains the distant dialogue of two owls, calling out to each other through night and snow, the seeking and the being-found thus softening winter harshness into delicate song a mountain wind that sometimes laughs its way cheerfully through treetops and valleys, sometimes screams and groans with a fury that seeks to strip and make-bare, but tonight whispers with a tenderness that dares not disturb even the smallest falling snowflake, hushing the landscape to sleep the inevitable, intermittent squeak & rasp of door-hinges and the drowsy shuffling of stockinged feet -- even at night, the house moves to the unique rhythms of a large family the quick boiling of kettle and subtle jingling of cup, saucer, and spoon as further evidence that not quite everyone sleeps occasionally, very quietly, the purring of the family cat on the chair nearest the fire: as a kitten, she was smuggled into home wrapped in shawl and skirt, this being the only way to avoid the uncertainties of "request" and "permission", and she has lived her whole life sheltered by the same impulsive, cosseting love, moving always with the certainty and ease of rightful expectation when ascending, queenly, to her usual throne one of the family's six children -- a little one -- entering the empty kitchen for "a drink of water", spying the cake beckoning from the table, and cutting a piece ever-so-quietly while glancing rapidly in all directions, as if these precautions alone will ensure that nobody will notice the missing slice, this precious, stolen snack consumed while standing in bare feet & nightshirt by the still-roaring fire (which is only temporarily unattended and thus increases the peril of the tiny thief); the whole family will remember with laughter, for years, this brief, moonlit repast relished with the gusto unique to treats grasped eagerly in two once-bare, now-chocolated hands * Question: What is an ambience video? Answer: Pleasant, soothing background images & sound for relaxation, study, play, or work; gently occupies an anxious or unfocused mind without causing unwanted distraction; creates a comfortable, inviting atmosphere; personalizes sparse, colorless, or impersonal environments; enlivens spaces where we live or work alone; fills silence with more subtlety, ease, and warmth than music or TV; offers softly dynamic "rainbow noise" instead of monotonous white noise; enhances interior design & personal style by turning screens/screensavers into live photographic displays. * A NOTE ON ADS: This channel attempts to be ad-free and noncommercial, in resistance to ever-more-intrusive, ever-more-ubiquitous ads and the promotion of unsustainable, dehumanizing consumerism. Any ads that may be visible are inserted automatically by YouTube without my approval, and to my great distress: I have not authorized and receive no revenue from ads. My channel was established with the sole intention of sharing as an act of love and service. I do not expect or intend to receive any personal gain; however, some viewers with the generous desire to donate have nonetheless requested a method by which to do so. Therefore, donations to support the channel are accepted via PayPal, with grateful assurances that they will be put to immediate good use. Donations/Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...