This winter has seemed really long. Not that I'm complaining – I love winter. But starting with the fact that I've been traveling and/or rootless since last September (which tends to stretch time out) and add to that the fact there has, indeed, been a lot of wintery weather in the places I've been… well, that makes for a pretty long winter, subjectively speaking.
I saw my first snow back in early October, in Denver, Colorado, at my sister's. And I saw a scattering of snowflakes today, seven and a half months later, while riding the train up from Suwon to Ilsan. I love snow.