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Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey Topics), 21 December 2014

Diane in Indiana
21/12/2014 05:53

Happy new week and happy solstice!

Last week's Chat Thread is here.

For most of us, today is the Winter Solstice. Welcome back to the Sun! With the return of the light, I'd like to wish all of my dear friends on this thread a happy holiday season and a new year blessed with joy, abundance, good health, serenity, and love!

The solstice occurs on 21 December at:

2303 GMT
11:03 p.m. in the U.K.
6:03 p.m. in the eastern U.S.
3:03 p.m. in California

And for AQ: Happy Summer Solstice on 22 December at 9:33 a.m.

This solstice is special because it happens within 2 and a half hours of the New Moon. I'm seeing this cosmic event as a fresh start and a new beginning. Woo hoo!




The photo is of the Sun in the midst of a powerful and spreading coronal mass ejection. The photo was taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a partnership of the European Space Agency and NASA.

The image is free for non-commercial use.
SOHO (ESA & NASA)

  • 25/12/2014 20:10 in reply to Lindybird

    Happy Christmas to all and hoping you are having a good time

    With all our love from Clare, Helen and Limpy

    "Birds are, quite simply, little miracles - and as such they require care and consideration."

    Magnus Ullman

    My Flickr account is here


  • 25/12/2014 20:28 in reply to Limpy

    Yes, Limpy!  - we're having a good time!!! And have eaten far too much, as usual!!  Thanks for the beautiful card.

  • 25/12/2014 21:20 in reply to Lindybird

    Happy Christmas to one and all...

    Super walk along the Spey with Daisy..

    Sunny frosty and minus 4 so much better than yesterday's rain.

  • 25/12/2014 23:31 in reply to Wendyb
    We've had on & off drizzle, and this morning whilst I was dressing, we had a big flash of lightening, and a loud crack of thunder!! Managed a walk and saw several new bicycles, plus a scooter!! Now eating chocs and not fancying our light salad for tea.....
  • 25/12/2014 23:34 in reply to Lindybird

    Hi LINDY

    We have just finished dinner 'a deux' and watching Andre Rieu concert on TV.

    A different Christmas Day for us but so cosy!!

  • 26/12/2014 00:27 in reply to HeatherB

    Heather same here but a lovely day all the same..

    Yorkshires rising as I type... Him beef myself everything else with added home made bread sauce:-)

  • 26/12/2014 00:34 in reply to Wendyb

    Hope you re all enjoying the day. Really enjoyed a very special day together. OH saying he was just so happy we were able to share it together. Have a lovely evening all.

  • 26/12/2014 02:35 in reply to Margobird
    Heather - sorry I didn't reply earlier - I went off again. Nice to read that a lot of us are enjoying our quiet day!!! Margo - so glad that you & your OH have had a special day. A day to treasure. We have not seen our sons today, but spoke to them on the phone and our conversations will remain in my memory for ever. The best present which comes not wrapped in glossy paper, but in words!!
  • 26/12/2014 05:09 in reply to Lindybird

    The crust crumbled with a look, the filling didn’t set as it should, but the taste was great and, I’m sorry Diane, this pic is all that’s left of the choc cream pie.

  • 26/12/2014 05:14 in reply to aquilareen

    Furniture & most plates & bowls restored to usual places this morn. Fridge & OH groaning at the leftovers. I am rejoicing as I don’t need to cook for a while. Salad rolls for lunch, followed by assorted sweet/choc nibbles! Healthy balanced diet, yeay. Yesterday L & J behaved remarkably well. Miss18 was displaying her nanny skills and relieved twins’ Mum & Dad most of the day, allowing them to eat their Xmas lunch. L & J finally fell asleep, one in each bedroom, and last one didn’t wake until after 6 pm, so it was a long day. Grandson helped taking veggie & meat dishes into dining room and later helped serve the desserts. I wasn’t sure if he would refuse being at a difficult (teen) age but he was willing & cheery about helping. Eldest s-i-l manned the kitchen sink clearing the glasses & plates & cutlery but I didn’t tell him about the pots & pans & cooking dishes lurking in the laundry trough – we finished them this morn. 

    Miss3 busy unwrapping her loot.

    L has inherited my OH's “don’t take my photo” gene.

    J enjoyed the wrapping paper, whereas it scared L.