The ice age begineth

Yes... its is late fall/early winter here. The temperature is hovering around zero and I don't leave home without a hat and mitts. Its not unpleasant. In fact the temperture is pretty steady only changing a few degrees between night and day, but the long days are gone and we are hurtling toward the darker days of winter. This morning I went for a nice hike out to the inukshuk - pictured above. There was a dusting of snow from last night and even now the outside temperature is -0.8 C.