Happy Solstice!
 

Happy solstice everyone ... as of about one hour ago.

You especially, Elspode. Here is the end of last year and the beginning of the new year. The old is out, the new will germinate.

And you too, Wolf. May gainful employment appear in your life soon.

Now I'm off to work on my suntan in this 32 degree (Celsius) heat. :D

my favorite time of the year. Now.. now the days grow longer (sorry Aus).

HAPPY HAPPY DAY!

[George] Here comes the Sun! [/Harrison]

It's like looking up from the bottom of a well as you grab the first rung and start climbing out.

Winter solstice is the best holiday of the year. Even as the dark reaches its deepest, it is conquered by the return of the light. I always try to honor the solstice in one way or the other. Last night I had to work at the Bates Motel, so I decided to spiff up the place with luminarias. I had luminarias all along the sidewalks in front of the Bates and along the entrance to the office. I think I set out 40 or so, and we got a lot of compliments on them.

Every day will get longer in light time from this day forward. Enjoy the darkness.

You're such a hemispherist!

Dad always used to tell us that the year was climbing upwards again into Summer.
What? This was before Christmas, with the cold weather yet to come. Silly Daddy.

Then again, we'd be slowly rolling down into darkness after June.
But I hadn't even had my birthday yet, let alone the summer holidays.

Of all the many things I will remember of my father if I outlive him is the way he marked the changing of the seasons.
Including a pinch, punch on the first of the month.
For a London boy he was in touch with country traditions.
I need to ask him about that. Soon.