Tag: Winter
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The Long and the Short of it
Hours of daylight, that is. Depending on where we are, more or less, on June 21st (more or less), we reach the point where the Earth’s axis points closest to or furthest away from the Sun. The Solstice. Happy Solstice. Low sun high sun day Earth tilting towards / away Happy Solstice All!
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It’s a Topsy-turvy World!
The ducks are in the trees The trees are in the water The water’s under the ice The ice is under the ducks …apart from that one who’s found a way out!
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Into Winter
Backwards we fall in With days short and nights longer Winter’s scene is set Chill welcomes the day A sign we approach year’s end With frozen dew drops Rosy cheeks and things Visible signs of breathing And dash to get warm Time waits for no-one As another cycle ends Spring is standing by
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Solstice 2016
Happy Winter Solstice 2016! For today’s post: a short selection of the more ‘Feel Good’ quotes regarding Winter that I came across: If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? (Percy Bysshe Shelley) No Winter lasts forever; no Spring skips its turn (Hal Borland) Write about Winter in the Summer (Annie Dillard) Winter blues are…
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…p–start–stop–start–sto…
Sigh. Talk about one of those days. I’ll run through the morning with you: A telephone call come in for me, regarding something or other. I forget what, exactly, as the person calling was announced as David Attenborough, famed natural history and wildlife TV presenter, amongst other things. It turned out that it wasn’t David…
The Mansionic Perspective 