im being a negative nancy for the moment as i haven't busted out the smoker in more than 4 months. it's just turned winter, not overly cold, but the lack of daylight seriously gets me during the winter months.
so with that said:
in 8 days or so, your days (summer solstice) will be getting shorter, while ours (winter solstice) will be getting longer
it will still be another 4 months until you and i have the same length of days and temps, but ....
remember those 8:30 pm sunsets now