Geemonetti, Pam, that is funny. This is an annual event, huh? I would love to come and take my own pictures...these may not be, um, age-appropriate. <g>

Shootingstar, thank you for that link. I have so much good reading to do! I think I'm going to go join the UC San Diego research library, too, but these links are very helpful as I'm putting together the book proposal itself. It's morphing into seasonal myths versus just how the seasons happened myths. If the book doesn't sell, I'll have lots of good material for articles for kids' magazines.

LPH, I think I want to come visit Norway and just spend a season traveling and listening to your local storytellers. I've never heard any of these.

Crazycanuck, it's like that here in San Diego, too. We have Rainy Season, which is about six days sprinkled across November and December, sometimes January, and Fire Season, which is the rest of the year. Although the last couple of days have been weird. Yesterday and into this morning, it was 60 and a light rain was falling. As I type this, at 2:45 in the afternoon, it's 100 degrees and sunny. Go figure.

Thanks again, everyone, for the stories.

Roxy