Got out early to experience the sunrise on the winter Solstice. Slightly underwhelming due to cloud on the eastern horizon but still …….
Very windy which largely put paid to bird observation. Just did the public area today as I’m quite tired just now and the early start didn’t help. All well. Saw three swimmers in their usual spot. No deer by the pond today.
As you’ve read this far let me regale you with a couple of snippets. The Winter Solstice used to fall on the 25th in the old Julian calendar - hence the Church co-opting it for the Birth. The Gregorian calendar recalculation put on the present 22nd, but by then the Church was fixed on the 25th. ‘Yule’ is an anglicisation of the Scandinavian ‘Juul’ which is/was a celebration of the lengthening of the days after the Solstice. The increasing light and heat from the Sun was represented by the light and heat from the ‘Juul’ log. For whatever reason, give yourself a moment for reflection today. Merry Yuletide and Merry Julian Christmas !
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