Name: Sandy B. Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b) (Zone 4b-maybe 5a)
I agree, Mary -- our winter days are short enough "way down here" where I am...; and then, of course, when you add on the days of no sunlight because it's just downright gloomy . No wonder so many northern animals just hibernate!
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." ~ Albert Schweitzer C/F temp conversion