1.   And during the winter, when shorter days and cold weather make leaving the house less attractive, the isolation can be worse.

2.   And I still get excited when I see the shorter days, feel the cooler nights and watch leaves turn from plain green to vivid golds and reds.

3.   And if you get down laps, it can be a shorter day yet.

4.   -- Do not water plants as frequently because of shorter days and longer nights.

5.   -- Shorter days offer fewer hours of the stressful sun that bakes plants in midsummer.

6.   But as we slip into the shorter days of fall, some of those nonbloomers will respond by starting to flower.

7.   Concannon said the testes of male woodchucks, which shrink during the shorter days of autumn, spontaneously redevelop late in the hibernation period.

8.   In a house, dormancy is induced naturally by shorter days, or by your withholding water or putting the plant in a cooler spot.

9.   In animals, shorter days and cooler nights trigger instincts to hunker down.

10.   In the wild, plants recognize when to go dormant by being sensitive to shorter days, lower temperatures or reduced rainfall.