Here it is, the sun, our life line, gracing us with its presence for a few minutes, teasing us with its existence. We take what we can get and that's it, no way around it. Unless one moves several (read: 20 plus) latitudes down south.
This is the mid day sun, that's as far up it climbs before heading back below the horizon in a few hours. The upside of that is that the tone of the light is very flattering all day, golden hour is not an hour, more like 5 hours.
The lake is not frozen yet, aside from a paper thin layer of frost on the shores. We are gonna need at least a week of consecutive days of sub zero temperatures for the lake to freeze over. While I wish for more snow, I'd prefer some really cold temperatures first so the lake could freeze over without having snow messing up the clear surface, perfect for ice-skating.
City I live in is full of crazy biker people, who will bike all throughout the winter. Doesn't matter how slippery, snowy, wet or slushy it is, they'll be on their bikes, fucking weirdos. And it's always the government’s fault if the bike lanes are not in perfect condition for biking. Mother nature surely has nothing to do with the matter. Needless to say, I'm not a biker.