I hate the short days; I could not survive winters in Alaska too dark and too COLD! I feed in the dark AM and PM due to my other work - I hate that too. I like to be able to see what I am feeding, but if everyone shows up and no one is limping I assume they are okay. (No, I'm not really a grumpy person, thinking of winter, even our non-winter, just puts me in a bad mood.)