Winter begins today, 21st June, Saturday. It’s winter solstice, the shortest day of the year on the southern hemisphere and the longest on the other part. I have also lived in the Northern hemiphere and experienced the local solstice. When I pay attention to the sky, I see the low angles the sun makes with earth, and try to image my position in the globle.
Some local archeologists have a teory that many stones found in archealogical sites in the island were placed by ancient people to allow astronomical verification including summer and winter solstice.

This year the cold season started anouncing a cold forecast, considering the last week events, when temperatures suddenly dropped close to 0 C on Monday and in the mountain region, towns like Urubici and São Joaquim had -5 oC. But at least this weekend the weather is good and the sun is warm enough to allow outdoor activities.