Red sky in the morning ...

.. means it must be winter; if that shrub had leaves, I'd never see the sunrise from my window.

8:05 AM. Sunrise officially comes at 8:20 this week.

It also means the flock of starlings will be here any minute now to continue the work of gobbling down the suet put out for the smaller birds.  (In the cage barely visible at lower left.)

I'm driving down to Victoria in a few hours, and won't be back here until next year. Tomorrow, in other words.

See you then! And have a great, fun New Year's Eve, but drive carefully! I will.