Looking good! Cold here in Nagano but not much snow so far. Although I have yet to venture up to my fields in the hills so there might be some more there. Anyway, it's funny what you said about children and adults: when I was getting up at 5 am to go to work just before Christmas I noticed how most adults (even here in Nagano) seemed really unprepared for the cold, feeling the need to leave their car engines running for ten minutes before getting into them to go to work, whilst just a few minutes later, joshikosei were walking to school in their miniskirts..! Sometimes I wonder what happens to people when they grow up! Does getting old and weak make you enjoy life less or does enjoying life less make you old and weak?!