Waiting for the sun Today is the winter solstice. At 8:50am the sun was as far away from us as it could possibly be, and I was there for it. Like a crazy person! The sunrise was set for 7:35am but we’re on the back side of a hill away from the rising sun so I knew it would emerge a tad later than that … Continue reading Waiting for the sun
It is always questionable as to when to start the growing season. But today is as good a time as any. Today is the shortest day and the thing to do on the shortest day is to plant onions. I know it is an old wives’ tale to be taken with a grain of salt as the planting window is wide open from April to … Continue reading Is this the start of something wonderful?
… if it means long for later! Today made a spectacular entry that made my early morning eyes go “wow” but then my foggy, half asleep brain remembered “red sky at night shepherds delight, red sky in the morning shepherds warning.” Once the beautiful glow faded from the sky the real nature of the day showed itself. It was grey and gloomy with clouds encroaching … Continue reading I’ll take short for now
Today is the shortest day and I guess you could say it is technically the first day of the new season as it is the day for the first crops that will be harvested this year to go in. Fortunately the sun was shining weakly on this cold winter day which made a nice change from the previous day where it was raining so desperately … Continue reading Think I’m going to run out of room
Hello ever so slightly shorter gloomy winter days. Well we have passed the winter solstice – the shortest day. No longer will the day be so abruptly ended at 5:11pm! With each passing day we will begin our descent towards summer. Each sunset will bring us a minute closer to the warmer sunnier days of a perfect summer. Because this season is going to be … Continue reading Goodbye long gloomy winter days…
We didn’t get our snow. In fact we didn’t even get any clouds. How can you have snow without clouds? Even the wind was gentle with just the hint of a chill. I think the second half of the storm bypassed us completely. Other parts of the country are clearing up after a devastating storm and we are left counting our blessings. Once I got … Continue reading Anti-climax or blessing?
When I Googled it I got conflicting information: it was either today or tomorrow and the sun was shining today – well kind of – when it wasn’t raining. So there was nothing for it – it was garlic and onion planting day! This is such a special day anticipated from the day when the weather first started to get cold… from here on its … Continue reading It’s the shortest day… Well I think it is…
