Changing of the seasons

Coming from the tropical climate zone, I still find it exhilirating, at times even unbelievable that althought places like the Philippines and England belong to the same planet, each has to undergo quite different climatic changes (well I have to admit that I already knew why), including changes in seasons. I have to say that back in the Philippines one is relatively sure that there is an almost year-round, 50-50 day and night time, that the sun will always comes out of her hiding place , and temparature never dips below a certain positive value nor go up beyond a positive high value, too (with exceptions of course every period of 10 years or so). The vegetations are almost always green, birds are abundantly feed by the presence of insects which need not take shelter or die because of a coming winter. In England though this is not always the case. There is a mark change in season here, even calendars have it specifically indicated. And today is such day of transition from one season - the is the summer - to the next - the autumn. So tonight when the clock strikes 12 midnight each and every person in this part of the world will gain one hour more. And for me I will devote it to an extra hour of sleep, warming my bones an hour more in preparation for the long, dark, rainy, windy cold season of winter.