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  1. El Alto, Bolivia
    Aymara Indigenous people raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice.

    Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

    #photography
    #Bolivia
    #NewYear
    #WinterSolstice
    #indigenous
    #Aymara

  2. El Alto, Bolivia
    Aymara Indigenous people raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice.

    Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

    #photography
    #Bolivia
    #NewYear
    #WinterSolstice
    #indigenous
    #Aymara

  3. El Alto, Bolivia
    Aymara Indigenous people raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice.

    Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

    #photography
    #Bolivia
    #NewYear
    #WinterSolstice
    #indigenous
    #Aymara

  4. El Alto, Bolivia
    Aymara Indigenous people raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice.

    Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

    #photography
    #Bolivia
    #NewYear
    #WinterSolstice
    #indigenous
    #Aymara

  5. El Alto, Bolivia
    Aymara Indigenous people raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice.

    Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

    #photography
    #Bolivia
    #NewYear
    #WinterSolstice
    #indigenous
    #Aymara

  6. It's the Winter Solstice and my baby mandarin tree has grown me its first fruit.

    Along with my orange tree, it's great to have some bright colour and juicy fruit in winter

    #Melbourne #Naarm #gardening #citrus #WinterSolstice

  7. Sunset on the day before the shortest day of the year. Winter solstice is tomorrow in the southern half of the world.

    #sunset #AldingaBeach #Australia #winterSolstice #ShortestDay

  8. Embracing the In-Between: The Power of Seasonal Pauses

    There are moments each year when the world seems to hold its breath. Not quite the season we’re leaving, not yet the one we’re entering. A soft in‑between. A hinge. A threshold. A pause.

    This pause is subtle. It’s the way the light shifts — not dramatically, but with a quiet insistence that something is changing. It’s the way the air feels different on the skin, carrying a new texture, a new temperature, a new intention. It’s the way the body senses a turning before the mind has language for it. In these in‑between days, nature loosens her grip.

    The trees stop striving upward and begin listening downward. The soil exhales. The wind rearranges itself. Even the birds seem to linger a little longer on the branch, as if deciding which direction to take next.

    We, too, are invited into this pause.

    The pause between seasons is a reminder that transitions aren’t meant to be rushed. They are meant to be felt. This is the space where we gather ourselves — the pieces we’ve scattered, the lessons we’ve lived, the parts of us that grew quietly while we weren’t paying attention.

    It’s a moment to ask gentle questions: 
    What am I carrying that no longer fits the season ahead?
    What wants to be softened? 
    What wants to be tended? 
    What wants to be released?
    Photo by Lucas Pezeta on Pexels.com

    In this sacred pause, the body becomes a listening place. The nervous system loosens. The breath deepens. The mind stops reaching for answers and instead leans into awareness. We remember that change doesn’t happen in the moment of arrival — it happens in the space just before.

    This is the wisdom of the in‑between: life is not a series of clean beginnings and endings. It is a continuous unfolding, a slow turning, a rhythm that asks us to trust the spaces where nothing seems to be happening.

    But something is happening. 
    Integration.
    Reorientation.
    Recalibration.
    A quiet gathering of strength for whatever comes next.

    When we honor the pause between seasons, we honor our own becoming. We step into the next chapter not by force, but by attunement — aligned with the deeper pace of the world around us.

    Allow yourself time today to pause and listen. Listen to the pause in the breath between the inhale and the exhale. Listen to your body as it whispers what it needs. Listen to the earth beneath you- steady, patient, unhurried, let the small moment of stillness be a reminder that you don’t have to rush your way into the next season of your life. You can arrive slowly with presence, with softness, and with trust in the quiet wisdom that’s already guiding you.

    Try a one-minute grounding pause to help you soften, settle, and come back to yourself with gentle cues to release your shoulders. Feel your weight supported and find one steady point in your body. This quick reset helps you remember that you are here and you are safe. You can begin again at any time.

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HUwHKkhD0LeO2c78Dfvq8?si=DqRSKHK-SMifM_DNi1t9iQ

    #innerPeace #innerStillness #intentionalLiving #meditation #mindfulness #pause #personalGrowth #quietMoments #reflectiveWriting #seasonalShift #selfCare #slowingDown #softLiving #softening #spirituality #summerSolstice #winterSolstice
  9. Is This Anything?

    A D&D One-Shot that plays out like a Hallmark Christmas Movie.

    In the town of Wickhollow, the wreaths go up a week before Solstice. The winter baking competition has been running since before anyone can remember. The mayor wears a sash. The candle in the window of the oldest house on the main road has been lit every Longest Night for several generations.

    Someone in your party has been here before. They lived here, they loved here, they lost here. They left. They swore they'd never come back. But the town has welcomed them back with open arms.

    Something is wrong this year. It's not a problem that can be solved by hitting it, but it is certainly the type of problem that will absolutely ruin the Longest Night celebrations if nobody does anything.

    ---

    This is the idea of a one-shot that needs player and DM input to fully flesh it out.

    What's wrong could be a family feud nobody will say aloud. It could be a recent loss that the town hasn't fully grieved yet. It could be a ritual nobody remembers how to perform. It could be the reason the hometown hero left in the first place, a wrong done to them that still sits unaddressed in the room.

    One in the party is the "hometown hero" of sorts. They've returned to the town for the first time in years. Why they've returned could be a recent death in the family. It could be an old love to rekindle. It could be a letter with no return address that somehow found them anyway. It could just be that they were passing through; they swear they were only passing through.

    The rest of the party are the quirky and lovable townsfolk. A chimneysweep, always covered in soot. A stablehand who can't escape the smell. An innkeeper who reserved the last room just for the "hero". The child who still believes all of it, completely, without irony.

    The climax of the story is not driven by combat, but by a speech, a performance, a small act of community that the "hometown hero" could not have managed at session zero.

    And it must start snowing right at the end. That is not a suggestion. The DM does not get a vote on this. It must start snowing.

    #iTA #isThisAnything #DnD #OneShot #LongestNight #WinterSolstice #Hallmark

  10. Is This Anything?

    A D&D One-Shot that plays out like a Hallmark Christmas Movie.

    In the town of Wickhollow, the wreaths go up a week before Solstice. The winter baking competition has been running since before anyone can remember. The mayor wears a sash. The candle in the window of the oldest house on the main road has been lit every Longest Night for several generations.

    Someone in your party has been here before. They lived here, they loved here, they lost here. They left. They swore they'd never come back. But the town has welcomed them back with open arms.

    Something is wrong this year. It's not a problem that can be solved by hitting it, but it is certainly the type of problem that will absolutely ruin the Longest Night celebrations if nobody does anything.

    ---

    This is the idea of a one-shot that needs player and DM input to fully flesh it out.

    What's wrong could be a family feud nobody will say aloud. It could be a recent loss that the town hasn't fully grieved yet. It could be a ritual nobody remembers how to perform. It could be the reason the hometown hero left in the first place, a wrong done to them that still sits unaddressed in the room.

    One in the party is the "hometown hero" of sorts. They've returned to the town for the first time in years. Why they've returned could be a recent death in the family. It could be an old love to rekindle. It could be a letter with no return address that somehow found them anyway. It could just be that they were passing through; they swear they were only passing through.

    The rest of the party are the quirky and lovable townsfolk. A chimneysweep, always covered in soot. A stablehand who can't escape the smell. An innkeeper who reserved the last room just for the "hero". The child who still believes all of it, completely, without irony.

    The climax of the story is not driven by combat, but by a speech, a performance, a small act of community that the "hometown hero" could not have managed at session zero.

    And it must start snowing right at the end. That is not a suggestion. The DM does not get a vote on this. It must start snowing.

    #iTA #isThisAnything #DnD #OneShot #LongestNight #WinterSolstice #Hallmark

  11. Is This Anything?

    A D&D One-Shot that plays out like a Hallmark Christmas Movie.

    In the town of Wickhollow, the wreaths go up a week before Solstice. The winter baking competition has been running since before anyone can remember. The mayor wears a sash. The candle in the window of the oldest house on the main road has been lit every Longest Night for several generations.

    Someone in your party has been here before. They lived here, they loved here, they lost here. They left. They swore they'd never come back. But the town has welcomed them back with open arms.

    Something is wrong this year. It's not a problem that can be solved by hitting it, but it is certainly the type of problem that will absolutely ruin the Longest Night celebrations if nobody does anything.

    ---

    This is the idea of a one-shot that needs player and DM input to fully flesh it out.

    What's wrong could be a family feud nobody will say aloud. It could be a recent loss that the town hasn't fully grieved yet. It could be a ritual nobody remembers how to perform. It could be the reason the hometown hero left in the first place, a wrong done to them that still sits unaddressed in the room.

    One in the party is the "hometown hero" of sorts. They've returned to the town for the first time in years. Why they've returned could be a recent death in the family. It could be an old love to rekindle. It could be a letter with no return address that somehow found them anyway. It could just be that they were passing through; they swear they were only passing through.

    The rest of the party are the quirky and lovable townsfolk. A chimneysweep, always covered in soot. A stablehand who can't escape the smell. An innkeeper who reserved the last room just for the "hero". The child who still believes all of it, completely, without irony.

    The climax of the story is not driven by combat, but by a speech, a performance, a small act of community that the "hometown hero" could not have managed at session zero.

    And it must start snowing right at the end. That is not a suggestion. The DM does not get a vote on this. It must start snowing.

    #iTA #isThisAnything #DnD #OneShot #LongestNight #WinterSolstice #Hallmark

  12. One of the oldest known “windows”

    Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
    For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

    May 2014

    #Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

  13. One of the oldest known “windows”

    Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
    For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

    May 2014

    #Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

  14. One of the oldest known “windows”

    Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
    For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

    May 2014

    #Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

  15. One of the oldest known “windows”

    Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
    For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

    May 2014

    #Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

  16. One of the oldest known “windows”

    Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
    For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

    May 2014

    #Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

  17. #ArtAdventCalendar Day 22 /23 #LeafMother has been working on the wreaths! I hope anyone who celebrates in any way is having a beautiful season! For me the meaningful date is the Solstice - #Christmas is a cultural time- treats available, probable day off work, fun old music and imagery etc. For those who find this a difficult time of year, may you find #SolaceInNature and #friends online or in the flesh! #WinterSolstice #nature #winter #Baltic #pagan #Latvian

  18. Supermarkets and grocery stores often sell packets of yuzu for preparing special baths at this time of year.

    #yuzu #WinterSolstice #yuzuyu #capybara #bath

  19. youtu.be/3T0i4akX5a8?si=adtyFU

    A Blessed #wintersolstice and #yule to all who celebrate!
    The nights are dark, but the #wheel now turns toward the light.
    May the brilliance of the sun's coming light pierce through your lives, bearing love, abundance, hope, and prosperity.

    Link above is to my favourite #solisticecaroles, by the #wyrdsisters

    #yuletide #pagan #longestnight #nature #blessings #abundance #herecomesthesun

  20. youtu.be/3T0i4akX5a8?si=adtyFU

    A Blessed #wintersolstice and #yule to all who celebrate!
    The nights are dark, but the #wheel now turns toward the light.
    May the brilliance of the sun's coming light pierce through your lives, bearing love, abundance, hope, and prosperity.

    Link above is to my favourite #solisticecaroles, by the #wyrdsisters

    #yuletide #pagan #longestnight #nature #blessings #abundance #herecomesthesun

  21. youtu.be/3T0i4akX5a8?si=adtyFU

    A Blessed #wintersolstice and #yule to all who celebrate!
    The nights are dark, but the #wheel now turns toward the light.
    May the brilliance of the sun's coming light pierce through your lives, bearing love, abundance, hope, and prosperity.

    Link above is to my favourite #solisticecaroles, by the #wyrdsisters

    #yuletide #pagan #longestnight #nature #blessings #abundance #herecomesthesun

  22. youtu.be/3T0i4akX5a8?si=adtyFU

    A Blessed #wintersolstice and #yule to all who celebrate!
    The nights are dark, but the #wheel now turns toward the light.
    May the brilliance of the sun's coming light pierce through your lives, bearing love, abundance, hope, and prosperity.

    Link above is to my favourite #solisticecaroles, by the #wyrdsisters

    #yuletide #pagan #longestnight #nature #blessings #abundance #herecomesthesun

  23. Reading for this winter solstice night: the remarkable diary of Frederick A. Cook, one of the first people to spend winter on Antarctica, including a night which lasted more than two months: publicdomainreview.org/collect #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday

  24. Reading for this winter solstice night: the remarkable diary of Frederick A. Cook, one of the first people to spend winter on Antarctica, including a night which lasted more than two months: publicdomainreview.org/collect #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday

  25. Reading for this winter solstice night: the remarkable diary of Frederick A. Cook, one of the first people to spend winter on Antarctica, including a night which lasted more than two months: publicdomainreview.org/collect #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday

  26. Reading for this winter solstice night: the remarkable diary of Frederick A. Cook, one of the first people to spend winter on Antarctica, including a night which lasted more than two months: publicdomainreview.org/collect #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday

  27. Reading for this winter solstice night: the remarkable diary of Frederick A. Cook, one of the first people to spend winter on Antarctica, including a night which lasted more than two months: publicdomainreview.org/collect #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday

  28. Shortest day of the year.
    The light barely rises, the dark lingers longer than invited.

    But lighthouses were never built for easy days.
    They exist for the long nights, the rough seas, the moments when direction matters most.

    The light is on.
    It always is.

    #LighthouseLore #WinterSolstice #ShortestDay #KeepTheLightOn #IndieWeb #Fediverse #SelfHosting

  29. #ArtAdventCalendar Day 20 but posted today on the 21- the #WinterSolstice where we celebrate the imminent (albeit slow) return of the #Sun in the northern hemisphere, but we also ought to remember the importance of darkness which is at its strongest now: rest, soil, womb, rebirth. 2 images to emphasize the #duality #pagan #animist #Ragana #Saule #winter #garden #nature #SeasonalRhythms