Celebrating the winter solstice
* I know for many people the big day falls on Saturday but for me personally the day of the winter solstice is much more important. It's the day the sun begins its slow return to the Northern hemisphere. In Britain it will occur at 15.58 GMT on Tuesday
Tomorrow many people will visit Stonehenge to celebrate the day. The stones have been in place for 5,000 years so they have seen a great many solstices . While much is not known about the reasons these stones were erected by the Neolithic people . Recent research does suggest that the way the stones are lined up suggests it was the winter solstice not the summer one that was the main ritual event . For these agrarian people to return of the sun and the promise of another years harvest would have been a very significant
Talking of the sun we could use some on the East Coast its been grey dark and damp for a week now with no sunshine forecast for the next seven days its so gloomy
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .
Celebrating the winter solstice
* I know for many people the big day falls on Saturday but for me personally the day of the winter solstice is much more important. It's the day the sun begins its slow return to the Northern hemisphere. In Britain it will occur at 15.58 GMT on Tuesday
Tomorrow many people will visit Stonehenge to celebrate the day. The stones have been in place for 5,000 years so they have seen a great many solstices . While much is not known about the reasons these stones were erected by the Neolithic people . Recent research does suggest that the way the stones are lined up suggests it was the winter solstice not the summer one that was the main ritual event . For these agrarian people to return of the sun and the promise of another years harvest would have been a very significant
Talking of the sun we could use some on the East Coast its been grey dark and damp for a week now with no sunshine forecast for the next seven days its so gloomy
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .