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Chatting => Chatting on the Plot => Topic started by: RubyRed on December 21, 2021, 09:06

Title: Winter solstice.
Post by: RubyRed on December 21, 2021, 09:06: Whoohoo.! Let's celebrate today. The end is in sight. They had the right idea back in the day.😉
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Post by: Blewit on December 21, 2021, 09:24: Happy Solstice - hope you've got your garlic in :D
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Post by: mumofstig on December 21, 2021, 09:59: Quote from: RubyRed on December 21, 2021, 09:06
Whoohoo.! Let's celebrate today. The end is in sight. They had the right idea back in the day.&#128521;
Yes, nowadays, it's thought that Stonehenge was mainly used for Winter Solstice celebrations. A big party roasting lots of pork joints and lots of drinking of course :lol: Sounds like fun :)
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/solstice/what-is-the-winter-solstice/
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Post by: sunshineband on December 21, 2021, 16:28: One of my favourite days of the year. Happy Solstice to you all.... th
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Post by: Aunt Sally on December 21, 2021, 16:44: What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
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Post by: jaydig on December 21, 2021, 18:31: Every year I wait for this day - I hate the cold, dark, dismal winter days. I don't mind if they're cold, but bright so that we can wrap up warm and get outside for a while. I keep looking to see the first signs of the flowers on the winter flowering honeysuckle shrub, then the very early crocus, shortly followed by the snowdrops and before you know it, Spring it here!
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Post by: Growster... on December 22, 2021, 06:21: Yay!

Now to tackle the jungle of browning montbretia which really gets on my nerves around now!

And the Japanese Anenomes...
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Post by: Christine on December 22, 2021, 07:19: Hmm. Depends on your view and if it falls on your birthday rather than being put off till the day after.