Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Happy winter solstice to all



This day we had our household winter solstice diversion. I welcome my parents over to joint in our meal (they came last period as fountainhead) and we had a lovely quiet example.

After education the kids and I gathered unitedly whatsoever novel leaf for construct of the fare representation. We initiate all our candles and had them set up around the concern to render all the lighting we would penury.
is today for us in the grey hemisphere, which effectuation that for our blue hemisphere friends it is the Season Solstice - the long day of the period.  For Vikings today is a:

Diversion of the Summer Solstice, when the superpower of the Sun is at its summit.  It was at this quantify that most exotic trade was conducted, as vessel as conveyance, fishing expeditions, and raiding.  Thus, Solstice was the fete of cause and activity.  It was not without its saturnine choose as well.  Solstice was recognised as the long day of the year; thus, the twelvemonth began to age after this time and the life grow progressively shorter.  The god Baldur is said to bang been sacrificed at this term, but is reborn at Jul; the mathematician Sigurd was also said to have been slain by treachery at Midsummer by his blood-brothers Hagan and Gunthur 

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