I wonder whether we'll risk having a Christmas tree this year... probably not, but it would be nice to have one again sometime. The cats are four years old now so they are less flighty than they have been, but since they don't go out much at this time of year they do run around quite a lot in the house.

We had a nice clear day, with about five hours of proper sunlight today (plus a few hours of dawn and dusk) - it's pitch black now, at 3.30pm. I guess it's not so strange that people get depressed in this stupid country.