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Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice night brought the first rain we have had in over a month. The power went off twice, giving me an excuse to light the candles. In the morning there was a lovely crisp frost to make everything sparkle.

CandlesFrost Bud largeFrosted Agapanthus HeadsFrosted Silver Birch Seeds

Claudette

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23 responses to “Winter Solstice”

  1. Ruth Avatar
    Ruth

    Beautiful! 🙂

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Hi Ruth, thanks. 🙂

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  2. Jesska Avatar
    Jesska

    Oooh!!! That’s pretty 🙂 Excuses (and time) for candles are almost always super. Except maybe Moskitos (citronella candles are no matche for the flying beasts we have in the garden this year 😦 )
    Glad you can see the sparkle, even in the middle of winter ☆

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      They are pretty, and it seems we do need excuses to use them, otherwise they just gather dust. It’s always good to recognise a sparkle 🙂

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  3. macmsue Avatar
    macmsue

    Now that is some frost!

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Get quite heavy ones here Sue. 🙂

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  4. Miriam Avatar
    Miriam

    Beautiful flowers. Any excuse is a good excuse to light candles 💕

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Isn’t it! Should do it more often just to enjoy the light.

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  5. wdfyfe Avatar
    wdfyfe

    Beautiful! I wish I had your skill with the camera I’d show you our Summer Solstice roses.

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Do it anyway, I would love to see them. I really don’t have any skill, it’s just a point and click, I’m not a real photographer, I don’t have the patience required for that. 🙂

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  6. C. J. Hartwell Avatar
    C. J. Hartwell

    Pretty!
    We hardly ever have power outages anymore. I know it’s because of improved technology and all that, but gosh I miss them.

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Thanks. It was a bit of a surprise, doesn’t happen often, but it does make you realise howm uch you rely on electricity!! 🙂

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  7. Brian Lageose Avatar
    Brian Lageose

    I really like the frosted bud. (And I’m a little jealous that things are so frosty there, as I stare out the window and watch the sidewalk melt…)

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Ah, I can mail you some ice if you like 🙂 Hope the melting side walks stop soon, I wouldn’t be able to function at that level of heat.

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  8. Osyth Avatar
    Osyth

    Proof that every season is beautiful … here we in high summer of course and basking in long days but candles are not needed and there is no sparkle of frost to tantalise the eye. Your pictures …. your pictures are splendidly evocative of the spritz and shine of winter.

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Thankk you Osyth. Up until that night we really had not had any Winter – just a long warm Autumn. Ever since Solstice, it has been chillier, and we have had rain (not heavy, but cold) and grey skies, and today there is snow on the higher mountains. Seems like Winter realised it was late and has put a little hurry on before the days stretch out longer. 🙂

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      1. Osyth Avatar
        Osyth

        My husband says that Nature always rebalances herself when left alone to do so and that weather patterns tend to prove that. 😊

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        1. Claudette Avatar
          Claudette

          A wise man, your husband. I find it comical that we try to impose months on the seasons, as if nature ever wants to run to any order of ours.

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          1. Osyth Avatar
            Osyth

            He has his moments 😀 And indeed it is comical … pathetically so!!

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  9. RuthsArc Avatar
    RuthsArc

    Beautiful frost photos, Claudette.

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      Thanks Ruth. I do love me a good frost.

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  10. Hugh's Views and News Avatar
    Hugh’s Views and News

    I’m so jealous. However, Autumn is now on her way to me. 😀

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    1. Claudette Avatar
      Claudette

      She is a sharing, caring kind of season. We’ll have her back when you finish admiring her 🙂

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