I want winter!

[DBNH22]

Absence of [heat, sun, green, growth] makes the heart grow fonder.

Yes and absence of Hawaiian shirts as part of one's wardrobe too

 

[northwinds]

Yes and absence of Hawaiian shirts as part of one's wardrobe too

33 degrees and a few snowflakes melting as they hit the ground. Preview of more to come, but I'll take some warm October days if available.

 

[Hansson]

I've been reading a bunch of Scandanavian detective novels. The one I'm reading now is by Asa Larsson and takes place in Kurravaara, Sweden. I looked it up on the map: it must be cold, snowy and dark there, even now.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sweden, kurravaara&hl=en&ll=67.94165,20.390625&spn=19.23653,86.572266&sll=60.716198,15.029297&sspn=24.893523,86.572266&hnear=Kurravaara, Norrbotten County, Sweden&t=m&z=4

Cool. I was to the town Kiruna and monitored rail welding in may. The boss at the firm lived in kurravaara
The got a really big mine there. One of the biggest i think?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiruna_Mine
View from the hotell.