The sun DID NOT go down. Well, it did. But not until 6:30. That means even though I worked late today, even though I stopped and picked up dinner, even though I was bone tired by the time I drove home and fed the ponies at 6…it was STILL DAYLIGHT!
Imagine that…
The winter-that-never-happened, except for the dark and dreary part, is giving way to spring. Is giving way to longer days. Even longer days after this weekend when the time change happens. OMG! I am positively GIDDY with anticipation!
Positively blissed out by that big old ball of gas in the sky.
The solstice is here! The solstice is here! Hopping up and down, waving my arms with excitement, just like Steve Martin celebrating the arrival of the new phone book in The Jerk.
Because by this time of the year I’m desperate–positively desperate–for a few more minutes of daylight. I’m tired of waking up in the dark. Coming home from work in the dark. Feeding the horses in the dark.
I likes me my daylight. I like to be outside. I likes me my SUN! Even if the extra sun comes with the start of winter, that’s OK. Because after winter comes SPRING. My all time most favorite season.
From the Holiday Movie Dept.
This Saturday, Christmas Eve, the Hallmark channel will be rerunning the movie The Christmas Card. It was filmed right here in Nevada City–which is neither in Nevada nor a city but it is where I live. The movie is, umm…Hallmark. The scenery is GREAT.
