Yeah man, as pretty as those summer photos of yours look, and as enticing the thought is to live with so much nature, all I have to do is think about your winters and the urge to want to live there passes. We're on the same latitude as Vancouver here and I can barely stand it in December.

Roommate just asked me if I was ready to clean up the attic - I said, no way I'm going in a room with no window while there's still half an hour of daylight left.

But it gets much easier after solstice, at least. Must be psychological.