Yes! For the first time in Months, we had a sunny day all day. The whole day. And tomorrow is the shortest day. Oh JOY!
Here is something I found on the internet. I don’t know what half that means. All that is really important to me is that from tommorrow on the days begin to lengthen again. Sighs.
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21st
December 2014
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Winter Solstice
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Winter Solstice Local TimeWinter Solstice Time = 17:02:28
Sunrise = 07:14:41
Sunset = 16:22:37Day Duration = 09 Hours 07 Mins 56 Secs Previous Day Duration = 09 Hours 07 Mins 59 Secs Next Day Duration = 09 Hours 07 Mins 57 Secs |
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The chickens will begin to lay more eggs. 
The piggies will have more time to roam about.
(And with the sun out they roamed about all day and fell into bed exhausted by evening.)
I know it will get colder now that the days are longer – it always does. 
But – Oh how the sun makes us SHINE!
I hope you have a lovely day. Tomorrow I hope we will go and pick up Queenie Wineti. On the way we will drop Aunty Del back with the two bobbies at the West Barn. Queenie will have Elsie for company now. It will be interesting to see how that goes.! And today I am off to see a movie (my birthday movie and dinner but I had to wait until I stopped coughing every time I opened my mouth).
Love your friend on the farmy
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
24 responses to “SUN!!!”
Lovely photo of Aunty Del basking in the sunshine. Hope Miss Sheila continues to improve. Now the long cycle of the year comes round again, and you are looking forward to longer days and shorter nights. Meanwhile down on the bottom of the world, we’re hoping for shorter days, a little less heat, and please God, some rain.
I have rain Kate, it’s all topsy-turvy this year, usually up your way is wet and her, just south of the border we’re praying for the rain. It’s turning my cucumbers into monsters overnight 🙂
I’m still coughing as well. Solstice, that means the days are getting shorter 😦 so today I harvest garlic and shallots and bandicoot a few spuds. Its been warm, humid and grey here for what seems like weeks. Today we too have sun and I can’t wait to go get muddy. I love the shot of Tane’s spots (he is becoming a favourite of mine amongst the farmy friends) 🙂
Do hope you will enjoy your night out – and do tell us afterwards what you saw!! Am happy for your longer days [tho’ initially they increase by but a few seconds a day] but sad ours will go the other way: in spite of the heat [not bad here so far 🙂 !] I DO blossom and bloom on light!!!!! Do hope you’ll have acceptable weather for the Yule week – here on the Highlands we are threatened with a whole week of rain and storms . . . again!!!!!
Just think of Kate longing for rain
We need about a week of constant moderate rain or 3 days of heavy rain, followed by a couple of weeks of sunshine, then some more rain, then some sunshine, etc. If we get that, the cane harvest will be OK, gardens will survive and waterways will be restored. If we don’t, there’ll be a lot of hardship amongst the farmers. I can keep my small bit of garden watered using bathwater, condensate from the aircon and a bit of judicious hose action, but the dust is dreadful, and it’s very hard to sleep when the temperature doesn’t go below about 27C/80F at night… So please, everyone, send me the rain you don’t want!
My great grandmother (who I remember well as she lived a good long time) always said 21st December was her favourite day of the year as it promised better things to come!
I hope you enjoyed your movie. It was nice to see sunshine!
Happy belated birthday, dear December sister! 😀
❤
K