A few days back was the earliest sunset of the year. The sun angle is low this time of year, even by two o’clock in the woods it feels like it’s getting dark out. The shadows hang long, especially on a cloud free day like it was.

Starting now, the evenings are starting to get brighter but not by much at first. The mornings are still getting darker, they won’t gain daylight until early January. Eventually the snow will arrive, we will have real cold weather. But like everything, it’s just a stage that will pass.