the northern lights are dancing over the lake tonight. wonderful! this is the first day of winter, i think... the nights have been below zero for a couple of days, and the small creek in our neighbours' lake has been covered with a thin layer of ice, but today was the first day with the smell of winter in the air. and the first day of toes turned in to ice. it was also the first day of using the winter shoes, and the day of covering up my poor rose with it's winter garment. i hope it will survive the winter even though it comes from a much warmer neighbourhood. i'm refusing to take my winter jacket out of the closet as long as possible. once the winter jacket is on there's no turning back...