Winter Solstice

Sunday, December 21st is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.  Officially, it is also the first day of winter.

On December 21st, sunrise where I live will be at 08:31 and sunset at 15:34.  Seven hours and three minutes of daylight.

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I have news for you;

The stag bells, winter snows, summer has gone

Wind high and cold, the sun low, short its course

The sea running high.

Deep red the bracken, its shape is lost;

The wild goose has raised its accustomed cry,

cold has seized the birds’ wings;

season of ice, this is my news.

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Stonehenge is a very spooky place at the Winter Solstice

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jackcollier7@talktalk.net

pictures by jack collier

poem, 9th century Irish