winter solstice

I always find this very uplifting,the light nights are on their way.Hope is in the air .Hope you enjoy it

I did, thank you. Its beautiful.

Lovely!

Is it the solstice tomorrow?

Yes 21st. Burning the clocks in Brighton with a huge bonfire on the beach and fireworks. All the local children make paper lanterns of amazing shapes and sizes and they all get burned on the fire to welcome the return of the sun.

Good video paddy

I love the winter solstice, second only to the day the clocks go forward in March. Such a beautiful song and video - thanks paddyann

Beautiful - thank you

Lovely video, thank you

Tonight Santa Claus, or Grandfather Yule as my grandchildren call him, comes. DD is having a small party to celebrate Yule with some close friends. Tomorrow DH and I are going to tea, and see the DGC open their gifts. They have a Yule log, with candles and their home is full of fairy lights and greenery. It's a lovely festival.

May the log burn,
May the wheel turn,
May evil spurn,
May the Sun return.

Won't be long before we are complaining that it is too hot!

Lovely. Thank you paddyann

I suppose early man celebrated a few days later when he could see the shadows were getting shorter., hence Christmas.

I’m looking forward to tomorrow, then January 1 and afterwards watching the days lengthen. Such a relief.

Sunset on 25th is two seconds later than 21st

That's interesting. So is dawn earlier?

Janus has two faces. One looking back, one forward to the New Year. We are nearly there now

Thanks paddyann; I'd forgotten about Thea Gilmore. Saw her in a Sandy Denny tribute show a few years ago and really liked her, but she then she slipped out of my mind. I must check out more of her music.

Three minutes later where I live, annie.

I think it seems to speed up, in fact might actually do so- I must have a look

its psycological Annie its a comfort to us who have SAD ,to know that the nights will get shorter within weeks.I count it down every year as does my Mum in law .Even a few seconds is a sign its moving in the right direction

Hauntingly beautiful.

I too struggle with dark days of winter.
From tomorrow I have nightly ritual of checking the time that the lamp post opposite lights up.
As Paddyann says purely psychological but even a few seconds helps.

Lovely, thank you.

I will expect DH to tell me tomorrow morning that the days will now be getting longer and that spring will soon be here.
He's predictable but reassuring

What would we do without their words of wisdom?

I'm still waiting!
He has been very busy