Well :) is just a bit cold, not very bitter, it's a short and mild winter ... is more like colder part of the autumn with some stronger then usual wind and rain, but without the particularly low temperatures, a little bit of snow can fall every 10 or 15 years and stay for a day or two... that is on the coast where I live ... but just 50 kilometers inland the winters are real winters, I visit these places, small towns surrounded by hills, to get me some winter fillings. But even with this mild winter, there are not many insects around, and that is good because then I can persuade myself to stay at home and do some drawing, painting and illustration work.