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"UNDER PRESSURE." Victorian illustration for a short story I wrote. Watercolor, 2021. #art #arting #artist #artists #artisticlicense #makingart #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #youngpeople #youngfriends #friends #friendship #holiday #holidays #christmas #hanukkah #newyearsever #newyear2021 #streamers #snow #snowfall #winter #wintersolstice #solstice #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniawinter #virtual #virtualparty #virtualparties

"UNDER PRESSURE." Victorian illustration for a short story I wrote. Watercolor, 2021. #art #arting #artist #artists #artisticlicense #makingart #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #youngpeople #youngfriends #friends #friendship #holiday #holidays #christmas #hanukkah #newyearsever #newyear2021 #streamers #snow #snowfall #winter #wintersolstice #solstice #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniawinter #virtual #virtualparty #virtualparties

"UNDER PRESSURE." Victorian illustration for a short story I wrote. Watercolor, 2021. #art #arting #artist #artists #artisticlicense #makingart #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #youngpeople #youngfriends #friends #friendship #holiday #holidays #christmas #hanukkah #newyearsever #newyear2021 #streamers #snow #snowfall #winter #wintersolstice #solstice #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniawinter #virtual #virtualparty #virtualparties

"UNDER PRESSURE." Victorian illustration for a short story I wrote. Watercolor, 2021. #art #arting #artist #artists #artisticlicense #makingart #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #youngpeople #youngfriends #friends #friendship #holiday #holidays #christmas #hanukkah #newyearsever #newyear2021 #streamers #snow #snowfall #winter #wintersolstice #solstice #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniawinter #virtual #virtualparty #virtualparties

"UNDER PRESSURE." Victorian illustration for a short story I wrote. Watercolor, 2021. #art #arting #artist #artists #artisticlicense #makingart #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #youngpeople #youngfriends #friends #friendship #holiday #holidays #christmas #hanukkah #newyearsever #newyear2021 #streamers #snow #snowfall #winter #wintersolstice #solstice #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniawinter #virtual #virtualparty #virtualparties

A Portrait of my Father-in-law and late Mother-in-law, Bruce and Jo Ann, painted six years ago. Watercolor. #art #artwork #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolors #arting #artist #artists #housepaint #suits #suit #formal #party #holiday #holidayparty #chritmasparty #christmastime #christmas #holidays #wintersolstice #solstice #boxingday #Hanukkah #Kwanzaa #celebrate #celebrating #Celebration #happy #happyhappyjoyjoy #covid #COVID19 #covicpanic #covidoutbreak #covidfears

My friend, Ellen, painted as Lucy, with the rest of our gang for Christmas. Watercolor, 1989. #art #artwork #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolors #arting #artist #artists #housepaint #suits #suit #formal #party #holiday #holidayparty #chritmasparty #christmastime #christmas #holidays #wintersolstice #solstice #boxingday #Hanukkah #Kwanzaa #celebrate #celebrating #Celebration #happy #happyhappyjoyjoy #covid #COVID19 #covicpanic #covidoutbreak #covidfears

A big plus to being married is having wonderful in-laws to gift my art to every Christmas. Three Impatiens Paintings. #art #artwork #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolors #arting #artist #artists #housepaint #suits #suit #formal #party #holiday #holidayparty #chritmasparty #christmastime #christmas #holidays #wintersolstice #solstice #boxingday #Hanukkah #Kwanzaa #celebrate #celebrating #Celebration #happy #happyhappyjoyjoy #covid #COVID19 #covicpanic #covidoutbreak #covidfear

During Covid, I held a virtual Christmas gathering by painting all my distant friends partying in my Victorian home. Here are my husband and myself, as the hosts. #art #artwork #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolors #arting #artist #artists #housepaint #suits #suit #formal #party #holiday #holidayparty #chritmasparty #christmastime #christmas #holidays #wintersolstice #solstice #boxingday #Hanukkah #Kwanzaa #celebrate #celebrating #Celebration #happy #happyhappyjoyjoy #covid

Six years ago I hosted a virtual Christmas Party on Facebook, by painting all my absent friends visiting my old Victorian house for the holidays. Here are the Guthries, in my dining room. #art #painting #paintings #oil #oilpaintings #oilpainting #winter #winterpainting #snow #snowstorm #snowing #blizzard #heavysnow #heavysnows #wallpaper #interior #interiors #interiordecorating #christmas #holiday #holidays #wintersolstice #solstice #fineart #artforsale #stretchedcanvas #livingroom #parlor

Three Winter Paintings of Burnham that I hope to eventually offer for sale. #painting #paintings #oil #oilpaintings #oilpainting #winter #winterpainting #snow #snowstorm #snowing #blizzard #heavysnow #heavysnows #wallpaper #interior #interiors #interiordecorating #christmas #holiday #holidays #wintersolstice #solstice #fineart #artforsale #stretchedcanvas #livingroom #parlor #sittingroom

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

The attic of my childhood home was the first interior I designed. My color palette hasn't changed much. 1973. #interior #interiors #interiordesign #interiordesigns #interiordesigner #interiordecoration #interiordecorations #interiordecorating #interiordecorator #1970s #twentiethcentury #1970sfashion #fashion #vintagefashion #vintageclothing #doubledaybookclub #christmas #wintersolstice #christmaseve #holiday #holidays #friends #goodfriends #childhoodfriends #streisand #artwork

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.

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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

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: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/through-the-first-antarctic-night-1900 #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday

Mandatory listening

🔔Listen to Ring Out Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull on Qobuz🔔 https://open.qobuz.com/track/269385953

#Yule #Solstice #WinterSolstice #ShortestDay #LongestNight

RE: https://aus.social/@kate/115756451704230512

Happy Winter solstice, everyone!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice

#WinterSolstice #ShortestDay #LongestNight

𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸,
𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸:
“𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴,”
𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸.

𝘐𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦,
𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘢’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.
𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦,
𝘢 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯.
𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦,
𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯.

𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸,
𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸:
“𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸.”

𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘌𝘴𝘤𝘩, 𝘓𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 ~ 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳

#WinterSolstice #Solstice #winter #snow #WinterBeauty #nature #NaturePhotography #sunrise #SolaceInNature #DelightOverDarkness #creationstruck #SilentSunday

The Winter Solstice 2025

Just a quick note to point out that the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere happens today, Sunday 21st December 2025, at 15.03 UT (GMT).

In Dublin, sunrise yesterday (20th December) was at 8.37 am and sunset at 4.07 pm, while today the sunrise was at 8.38 am and sunset at 4.08 pm. Both sunrise and sunset happen later tomorrow than today, so the Solstice marks neither the latest sunrise nor the earliest sunset. We have to wait until January for the latest sunrise (8.40am) and the earliest sunset (4.06pm) actually happened over a week ago. The interval between the two events will, however, be about 2 seconds longer tomorrow than today; and yesterday the gap was about 4 seconds longer than today. Taking a day to be the interval between sunrise and sunset, today is the shortest.

For a full explanation of this, see this older Winter Solstice post.

#DecemberSolstice #EarliestSunset #LatestSunrise #SolarNoon #WinterSolstice

Happy #WinterSolstice to everyone, from #Nucilandia 🐿️

Today marks the #longestNight and the #shortestDay — the #turningPoint. From here on, the #lightReturns. Each sunrise will linger a little longer, each day growing brighter than the last.

May this be a reminder that even at the lowest point, #hope is already on its way back. #TheSun endures, life persists, and warmth will rise again.

#PraiseTheSun 🌞

#MHR #Micronation #WinterSolstice #Sun

#Maine - #WinterSolstice Walk at #KettleCove #StatePark

Division / Program: Parks and Lands
Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: 49 Kettle Cove Road, #CapeElizabethME. Meet at the park's maintenance shop.
State Park: Kettle Cove State Park
Event Type: #NatureExploration, Special Event

"The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year-- a day of beginnings, of storytelling, of reflection, of celebrating and more. For ancient astronomers, it was the day that the sun appeared at its lowest in the Northern Hemisphere sky and at its farthest southern point over Earth. It's also the day that the Earth and all of us are closest to the sun. Join naturalist Jeanne Christie for a walk to the shore at Kettle Cove to learn a bit of ancient history, astronomy, stories of past cultures, and to reflect and celebrate the beginning of the longest night of the year."

Contact Name: C/O Crescent Beach State Park
Contact Phone: (207) 799-5871
Cost: Free with park admission: Adult Maine Resident: $3; Adult Non-Resident: $4; Senior Non-Resident: $1; Children 5-11 years old: $1; Children under 5 and Maine Seniors are free.

Link to PDF:
https://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=13336117&an=1

#SolarPunkSunday #NatureEvents #SolsticeEvents #WinterSolsticeEvents #SpendTimeInNature #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #WinterSolstice #MaineEvents #Storytelling #History #Astronomy

Winter solstice sunrise at the Dingle Tower on the Northwest Arm in Halifax, Nova Scotia. #landscape #landscapephotography #sunrise #sunrisephotography #photography #dawn #wintersolstice #halifaxnovascotia #weather #weatherphotography #silhouette #silhouettephotography

"Shona Yule"

#winter #winterwonderland #snow #snowday #snowfall #yule #yuletide #white #dark #longestnight #shortestday #shortestdayoftheyear #solstice #wintersolstice #happyyule #cloudy #cloudyday #cloudysky #early #morning #morningvibes #fields #countryside #nature #landscapephotography #quiet #ireland #seasons #seasonspoetry #weather #landscape #shotoniphone

Today is the #WinterSolstice in the northern half of the planet. It will occur in just over an hour’s time at 09:20Z, marking the start of #Winter, accompanied by the #LongestNight. Meanwhile, the other side of the #Earth is half a year out of phase and will mark the start of #Summer on their #SummerSolstice and the #LongestDay.

Winter Solstice - X-line - #SoundCloud #Music #Yule #WinterSolstice #LongestNight #MerryYule

https://soundcloud.com/user876735/06-winter-solstice-2012

“Surely there could be no darker place in the be-wintered world than the interior of Maeshowe. One of the light rays is caught in this stone web of death. Through the long corridor it has found its way; it splashes the far wall of the chamber. The illumination lasts a few minutes, then is quenched.”

George Mackay Brown

Fascinating #archaeology at the barrow which is lit by the setting of the sun before the #LongestNight

https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/maeshowe-winter-solstice/

#WinterSolstice
#Orkney
#Prehistoric

The Winter Solstice 2024

Just a quick note to point out that the Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere happens tomorrow, Saturday 21st December 2024, at 9.21 UT (GMT). I am posting this in advance as I am planning to have a line-in tomorrow morning.

In Dublin, sunrise today (20th December) was at 8.37 am and sunset at 4.07 pm, while tomorrow the sunrise is at 8.38 am and sunset at 4.08 pm. Notice that both sunrise and sunset happen later tomorrow than today, so the Solstice marks neither the latest sunrise nor the earliest sunset: the interval between the two events will, however, be about 2 seconds shorter tomorrow than today. For a full explanation of this, see this older Winter Solstice post.

Anyway, today is has been the last day of teaching at Maynooth University. I did my final lecture of 2024 this morning and attended project presentations this afternoon. Campus has been very quiet all day, most people having already departed for the break. That makes me feel less guilty about going home earlier than usual at 4.15pm. Now it’s time power down everything in my office for the break and head home via the shops!

#EarliestSunset #LatestSunrise #SolarNoon #WinterSolstice

The #JuneSolstice will occur at 2050Z today. So that will be on the 21 June for the majority of the population of the planet. It’s the #LongestDay or #LongestNight of the year depending on your latitude. Roll on #summer or #winter.

#Solstice #SummerSolstice #WinterSolstice

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#MetalSucks
Noctem Celebrate Winter Solstice with “The Pale Moon Rite” Video
The sun's so far away....

https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/12/22/noctem-celebrate-winter-solstice-with-the-pale-moon-rite-video/

#Noctem
#ThePaleMoonRite
#WinterSolstice
#Celebrate
#MetalMusic
#MusicVideo

Winter solstice fire.
Happy New Year!

#photography #pasture #winter #snow #fire #logbarn #December #wintersolstice #happynewyear #afternoon #daylight #nature #ColdTemperature #Outdoors #Tree #Heat #jämtland #stillness #sweden #northern_sweden #smoke #orange #white #noroads #rural #mountains #nordic #wilderness_culture #solstice #shortestday

On the night of Winter Solstice
When the questions loosened their grip
When Body gave over to Wisdom
And Mind elected freedom
In the flickering candlelight
One Who Sees
Did, finally, actually see
In letting go
She came home
To herself
A newfound, powerful flow
And such peace as she had never known before

#poetry #poem #wintersolstice
#longestnight #witch

I've been texting my family group chat a daily countdown to winter #solstice the past few days bc I hate short days & cannot wait for them to start getting longer again!
Happy #Yule! Hope everyone has a magical winter ❄️ or summer 🌞 solstice today! May the sun shine brighter for everyone in the northern hemisphere tomorrow! 😊 Happy Holidays! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 #holidays #celebration #photography #longestNight #winter #winterSolstice

#MakingItMonday…#WinterSolstice #Stillness…True #Nature

#WholeHeartedLeadersThrive
#WHLThrive
@WHLThrive
#Change #Leadership #ThrivalHood #EmotionalWisdom #Creativity
https://www.tiktok.com/@whlthrive?lang=en
wholeheartedleadersthrive.blogspot.com
https://universeodon.com/@Thrivalhood
https://linktr.ee/WHLThrive https://pegaphinz.com/

Daily #Hashtags for June

Jun 01
#GlobalDayOfParents #WorldMilkDay

Jun 02
#InternationalSexWorkersDay

Jun 03
#MaboDay (Aus) #WorldBicycleDay

Jun 04
#InternationalDayOfInnocentChildrenVictimsOfAggression

Jun 05
#WorldEnvironmentDay

Jun 06
#NationalGardeningExerciseDay

Jun 07
#WorldFoodSafetyDay

Jun 08
#NationalBestFriendDay #WorldBrainTumourDay #WorldOceansDay

Jun 09
#DonaldDuckDay

Jun 10
#DollDay

Jun 11
#NationalChildrensDay

Jun 12
#RedRoseDay #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour

Jun 13
#PigeonAppreciationDay

Jun 14
#WorldBloodDonorDay

Jun 15
#WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay #WorldFathersDay #WorldWindDay

Jun 16
#InternationalWaterfallDay

Jun 17
#WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought

Jun 18
#AutisticPrideDay #InternationalPanicDay #InternationalPicnicDay

Jun 19
#WorldSaunteringDay #WorldSickleCellAwarenessDay

Jun 20
#WorldRefugeeDay

Jun 21
#InternationalYogaDay #SummerSolstice / #WinterSolstice #WorldHydrographyDay #WorldMusicDay

Jun 22
#WorldRainforestDay

Jun 23
#InternationalOlympicDay #InternationalWidowsDay #UnitedNationsPublicServiceDay

Jun 24
#InternationalFairyDay

Jun 25
#LogCabinDay

Jun 26
#InternationalDayAgainstDrugAbuseAndIllicitTrafficking

Jun 27
#InternationalDayInSupportOfVictimsOfTorture

Jun 28
#InternationalBodyPiercingDay

Jun 29
#InternationalDayOfTheTropics #InternationalMudDay #NationalStatisticsDay

Jun 30
#WorldAsteroidDay

(See Index For More Hashtags)

At #WinterSolstice we celebrate the magnificent☀️ & the #ReturnOfTheLight: that on the #DarkestNight it is born again – bringing a #NewYear of life & growth, a new cycle of birth, growth & death in #nature. A chance to go deep inside & emerge as a new version of ourselves - a new chapter in our lives.

What will come to life for you this year? What will you nurture & grow? What harvests will your work yield this coming year? #LetYourLightShine in the 🌎 Anything is possible!

#YuletideBlessings ✨

#OneOfOurAircraftIsMissing (42) #TheWayAhead (44)
#Odette (50) #HotelSahara (51) #TheMagicBox (51)
#QuoVadis (51) #LePlaisir (52) #TheEgyptian (54)
#PeerGynt (54) #LolaMontes (55) #TheSpies (57) #Spartacus (60) #TheSundowners (60) #BillyBudd (62) #Topkapi (64) #HotMillions (68)
#BlackbeardsGhost (68) #Gideon (71) #RobinHood (73) #OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing (75) #LogansRun (76) #DoubleMurder (77) #DeathOnTheNile (78) #TheThiefOfBaghdad (78) #Ashanti (79)
#EvilUnderTheSun (82) #DeadMansFolly (86) #StiffUpperLips (97) #AnimalFarm (99) #TheBachelor (99) #WinterSolstice (03)

#GoneButNotForgotten
#PeterUstinov (1921-2004)
#KnightsOfFilm #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬