The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White has always been a favorite of mine.

https://furilabs.com/ may be of interest.

As I understand it, they’ve made a lot of their own improvements that improve the user experience.

Huh; any idea why that, of all things, would slow everything down?

This; it’s only 3 months out of the year (well, at least the snow) and I like that there’s variety in my year.

Being an adult also means I get to choose when I go out, now, so the cold/snow bothers me even less.

But, like you said, I also live here because I like snow.