High noon

It's been a beautiful and relatively sunny October in Latvia this year. Yesterday, however, when I had recess duty at high noon on a crisp and sunny fall day, I noticed that shadows were quite long and the sun was sitting rather low in the sky. I felt the first morsels of dread, as I know the next time I will really, really get to feel and enjoy the sun on a sunny day won't be until about April again. Sigh..... It's pitch black as I wake up in the morning, I'm walking to school as the sun is rising. It's still light out when I head home, but it won't be much longer, till it's all happening in the dark. Daylight savings is this weekend. Hmph. It's nearly time to bring out the happy light again.