Well the first day of winter is finally upon us and we are starting to feel it in the North East. December 21st is the Winter Solstice which signifies the official start of winter.
I was just talking with my Uncle in Florida last night and he told me it is cold there! In fact, he has stockpiled firewood in preparation for cold weather this winter. One tends to wonder about the effects of Global Warming when you need a wood burning stove in Florida to keep you warm!Anyway, as we head into the Holiday season, I am wrapping up some old projects and starting on some new ones...I can't help but think about the Summer Solstice! It is six months away from now and it was six months ago!!! My one consolation that comes with the marking of this date is that the days will start getting longer by 2 minutes each day until June 21st...
The above photo was taken back in the summer of 2009 around the time of the Summer Solstice... this is the same place I wrote about in a previous article from 2 years ago. It will always continue to amaze me at how Nature can recover a landscape after it has been disturbed by man. It amazes me even more that it can do it in such a beautiful and graceful manner...
4 comments:
Beautiful purple flowers - what are they?
Hi Mike,
Those are Lupine Flowers... they are growing wild there in the picture in a place near a friend's cottage.
They are one of my favorite wildflowers!
I was thinking the exact same thing about global warming. Seems kind of ironic that in a year where the crooks made such a big deal about global warming, that we are effectively having the coldest winter in decades! Just goes to show that we are at the mercy of the most high.
Those are such amazing looking flowers. I bet they would blow up my allergies though! Cheers~
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