Don't let the worms have all the fun (c) Ebenezer Scrooge

I felt no Xmas/New Year spirit, till I had watched "A Christmas Carol".
Oh, And I really like what the Spirit of the Present Christmas had told to Ebenazer Scrooge:

- There are some upon the world of yours who claim to know me and my brothers, and do their deeds of ill will and selfishness in our name. These so-called "men of the cloth" are as strange to me and my kin as if they never lived. Charge their doings to them, not us.

Animated film 2009

"There are some upon this earth of yours," returned the Spirit, "who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us."

novella by Charles Dickens

Let Father Winter bring you happiness this New Year Eve!
Happy Holidays, Folks!

Father Winter by David Purcell

Artist's commentary:
I was walking, very carefully, on the north pier of the Saint Joseph lighthouse in mid-winter. The ice on the south pier light formed this beautiful ice formation. It reminded me of an old man pointing to a safe harbor. This picture was taken with a FinePix S5200 camera.

!!!Winter Solstice + Full Moon + Total Lunar Eclipse!!!

Quite a unique combination! Astronomers say that there was maybe one day like this Tuesday in the past 2,000 years. The fact that we couldn't observe eclipse from our time zone, upsets me a bit, but stil we are lucky, cause now we can enjoy some really striking pictures

And now about Winter Solstice.
The winter solstice is the time when the sun has the biggest distance to the equator.
This is the shortest day of the year, which has the longest night.



Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied from culture to culture, but most cultures have held a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around that time. (c)
For example, pagan holidays, such as Slavic Koleda (Kolyada), Germanic Yule, Celtic Midwinter, Incas' Inti Raymi and so on. Later thess pagan holidays had transformed into modern holidays such as Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah, etc.

So Let me congratulate you, my friends!

Do you like rainbows? I do

Yesterday I was lucky enough to see Rare Rainbow Cloud Phenomena known as a Circumhorizontal Arc ^^ I have never seen anything like that before. Unfortunately I had no cam with me. So here is some random youtube video with comments: