Winter is a meaningless word where I live, so I will ignore the fact that the climatic extremes which make good photos of this season affects only 40% of the human population. I will post about what this navel-gazing majority expects. Straight. No chasers. Winter is snow and cold, chill and gray. Winter is fir trees covered with snow, and a little chalet below them nearly buried in snowdrifts.
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
Nursery rhyme
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
On a cold and frosty morning!
Or winter is frost that covers branches of trees: looking glorious if the sun is out. But usually it is not. The sky is grey, and the frost on the trees just looks like the killer it can be.
I’m a little snowman, short and fat,
Traditional rhyme
Here’s my scarf!
And here’s my hat!
When I see the snowflakes, hear me shout!
All you children, please come out!
Or winter is frozen fountains, and a time to wear layers of clothes to keep warm. It is certainly not a time to take off your clothes, sit under the open sky and admire yourself in a mirror. No, that way lies rigor mortis. And as the song goes, rigor mortis conturbat me.
Come sing a song of winter, of winter, of winter!
Traditional rhyme
Come sign a song of winter, the cold days are here!
With Winter winds blowing, and cold cheeks a glowing!
Come sing a song of winter, the cold days are here!
Winter is a time to take out your skis and drive up to places where the slopes are good and the snow is that dry powder which you can just brush off. Winter is a time to come down from the slopes after a nice morning, eat a heavy lunch and go back to the slopes. Winter is a time when you can relax with a good drink in the evening after a hot shower.
The north wind doth blow and we will have snow,
Old English song
and what will the poor Robin do then?
He’ll sit in a barn, and keep himself warm,
With his head hid under his wing, poor thing.
Winter is when the north wind blows, birds hide, leaves are long gone, and bare trees poke up into a leaden sky. If you are lucky you can try to build a snowman. Winter is the best of times. Winter is the worst of times. When there is a winter, that is.
Don't hold your breath 
