No, it's all rain, weird weather with leaves still on the grass after a fall which was colder than usual. At least there was a dusting of snow on the ground over Christmas to be pretty.
But the days actually are getting longer, with sunrise coming perceptively earlier. According to the data I found, the day is not that much longer than it was at the solstice, The sun is setting later though, because of a curious astronomical quirk, the earliest sunset actually occurs on December 10. The reason has something to do with a discrepancy between the way we measure time and the actual relation of the sun and the earth. Too complicated to figure out this morning: I'll just be glad that on this gray day, the sun will be out a little later this afternoon.
So I'll try to get going: after all the feasting over the last week, it's time to get back to work on finishing up the revisions to my next book, which is now called Fine Lines: The Love/Hate Relationship between Neighbo(u)ring States.
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