Lovely way to start a dark winter's morning at 6.30.

Music and dance were a natural way to help get through the long, dark winters.

It was a dark winter night, cold by Miami standards.

But it was a sunny day after a long, dark winter.

I caught the first fish, a small bass still pale from the long, dark winter.

It also had large eyes to help it look in the dark winter.

This is particularly seen the in Scandinavian countries, with their long dark winters.

They go there to hunt and fish for food to sustain them through the long, dark winters.

During the dark winter the day is short, in high summer it begins to get light in the early hours of the morning.

"I wish to the gods this was truly the end of your dark winter, but I'm afraid it must last a little longer."