I generally find that a couple of weeks into the new year can be classified as the bleak period...a sufficient amount of time has passed since the removal of the Christmas decorations, and you begin to suffer fairy light and tinsel related withdrawl symptoms...the weather's cold and dreary...and you know that there are a couple of months to go before any of spring's green lushness will start to makes its presence felt. In other words...the world seems to be a grey, dank, slightly depressing place...in desperate need of a little color and whimsy...like one of these Danish mobiles (made by the same family since 1954).