ain’t no sunshine…
originally posted by Jean Oct 9, 2011

it’s been days and days.
many
many
more than one day.
so many days that
memory did forget
any other days that
were not as this day.
gray
dull
listless, lifeless,
soundless swirl.
blending endlessly
each day
into
every day.
some day
begins.
no day
ends.

Jean, you could be describing northern Michigan over the months of October through to the new year in March.
Ohio is in that mix also.
You describe the Pacific Northwest to a tee but I haven’t seen any “bare trees” that resemble those. See them in the Northeast from PA to Maine but not out west.
Someday I’d love to see the PNW.