I don't like November

I must admit November is one of my least favourite months. Several reasons for that: the days get really short, the temperatures drop, the trees lose most of the leaves; the fog or low clouds hang like a lid over the valleys, sometimes for days on end... The greyness, the lack of colour and light and definition; the drizzle that seems never to end; the huge heavy slushy snowflakes... The mushy pulp of what used to be leaves clogging the drains; the people in their vehicles jamming the roads, unable to cope with the conditions; others crammed in buses, poking around with their dripping umbrellas; the sellers beginning to decorate their stores with Christmas stuff way before time...

Today was such a day.