What can anyone say...? Summer is just not necessary...

Winter photo at the Chicago Botanic Garden, December 5, 2007 taken by my friend cotarr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/cotarr/archives/date-t...

this is what it looked like here in Umeå, northern Sweden, a few days ago. the snow is gone now though.

First snow and a bit darker every day. Flying above north Sweden.