What time is it?

Where did my summer go? I looked out of the window at around eight o' clock this evening to witness darkness already falling. It was a gentle sort of a fall, more of a flutter really, but it will almost certainly accelerate over the coming weeks and months. I feel vaguely cheated, as though weeks have been stolen from me and I'm owed time. I thought I'd been paying attention, but thinking back, I could easily have lost a hour here or there, or perhaps even an entire day. It all adds up.

According to the BBC, Honolulu in December receives an average of 7 hours of sunlight each day, with an average temperature of between 21 and 26 degrees C. Looking up the same information for Edinburgh reveals a mere hour of sunlight in December, coupled with temperatures hovering between plus and minus 7 degrees.

Emigration seems like such a tempting prospect...