Let joy be unconfined
I love this day.
For me, the Winter Solstice is the highlight of a dreary winter, as it is the day when it stops getting darker each evening. At 11:38pm tonight, the sun will start its slow but inexorable climb back up the heavens. Each evening I shall rejoice in the fact that days are getting longer.
Normally we would still have the worst of the winter excesses ahead of us, as January and February are usually the worst months for weather. It is going to be interesting to see what this winter can throw at us as if it is going to get worse,then fun and games shall abound. As I write this, Global Warming is once again falling – we have had a couple of inches of it since I got up. Once again, records are being broken on successive nights as the temperatures fall lower and lower. If the worst is yet to come then it shall be interesting to say the least.
Tonight I shall raise a glass to celebrate this day of days.
I doubt I’ll bother dancing naked in the garden.
Too fucking cold.
Not only the Solstice but a Lunar eclipse this morning, indeed a day of auspicious omens. All we need now is a massive lightning strike on Leinster House to nuke FF and the Greens and it will have been a good year after all.
We keep on hoping…….
http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
I refer all anti science flat earthers including you GD to the above NASA link.
Grandad,
Good Yule to you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcPS-J0HTg
Well, damnit, GD—-Does this mean that when Miss Pat and I tour over to the Emerald Isle a year from now, you will not be guiding us to New Grange, the Blarney Stone, or some pub in Donegal? I am crushed. Here’s my Holiday wish for you-may the village pub still be there for you when you can leave your humble abode.
Merry Christmas Grandad
It’s only history repeating itself once again:
1783-86: Two succesive severe winters. The Thames froze completely in both, almost continuous frost lasted from early to late winter. Snow remained for as long as 4 months. Attributed to an Icelandic volcanic eruption, although details regarding this are slim. Heavy snow also fell early on in both years, with snow falling as early as October. 1784 was a cold year generally. Sleet was recorded near the coast of the Moray Firth in August! Heavy snow fell in the South in October. The year was ranked in the top 10 coldest years recorded in the CET series. 1785 was very dry and cold, with again early snow in October. 1786 had a very dry summer, and was persistantly cold from September to November.
TT – You never give up, do you?
Ian – Niiiice. How did you know I was a Jethrow Tull fan?
Willie – Like Newgrange and the Blarney Stone, I shall still be around. Just knock gently on the door.
Brianf – And many happy returns top you, Sir.
When it comes to naked dancing, at this time of the year, in the garden, I have only one thing to say, “beware the shrinkage”. It can unhinge a man and cause cruel laughter from otherwise loving partners.
Just responding. As I do.
Paulo1 – No one laughs at my todger and lives to tell the tale.b Mind you, Herself has not had cause to laugh yet…
TT – Indeed you do, and you are always welcome.
Merry Christmas from the Wild West…the great state of fiscal irresponsiblility, California….
Halfway through the dark, fan-bloody-tastic!