Summer Solstice -
One of the four solar holidays; the turning point at which summer reaches its height and the sun shines longest.
Friday, June 20, 2025
10:42 p.m.
Just one
hummingbird,
circling a
waving red flower;
Dancing
together.
Saturday
Winter Solstice 2024
Saturday, December 21, 2024, 4:19 p.m.
The Winter
Solstice…is the shortest day of the year.
Long ago it was believed on that day the Sun stood still in the sky. Then, the next day, the Sun continued on his journey; and the days began to lengthen!
The word Solstice evolved to Middle English, from Old French from Latin solstitium, from Latin (combination of sol, the sun, and stitium, to stand still.)
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Seven Sisters
(serigraph on mulberry) C.D’I.
“Sun is shining, the weather is sweet.
Make you want to move your dancing feet.”
Bob Marley
Thursday
Summer Solstice – Midsummer
Thursday, June 19, 2024
4:50 p.m.
One of the four solar holidays;
the turning point
at which summer reaches its height,
and the sun shines
longest.
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| Solstice Sunset Shadows (Photograph by CDI) |
“Brightness appears showing us everything
it reveals the splendors it calls everything
but shows it to each of us alone
and only once and only to look at
not to touch or hold in our shadows
what we see is never what we touch…”
W. S. Merwin, “The Wings of Daylight”
Winter Solstice
10:27 p.m.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
The
Winter Solstice…is the shortest day of the year. Long ago it was
believed on that day the Sun stood still in the sky. Then, the next day,
the Sun continued on his journey; and the days began to lengthen!
The word Solstice evolved to Middle English,
from Old French from Latin solstitium,
from Latin (combination of sol, the sun, and stitium, to stand still.)
Paperbark Maple in Winter
Photo by
C.D’I
It sifts
from leaden sieves,
It powders all the wood,
…
On stump
and stack and stem, —
The summer’s empty room,
…
It ruffles
wrists of posts,
As ankles of a queen, —
…
Emily Dickinson
Tuesday
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
5:39
p.m.
Samhain
…begins
at sundown…when the veil between the two worlds is most pervious.
This
third and last of the three pagan Autumn harvest festivals acknowledges a time
of cleansing and preparation for the darkness of Winter. It is the
most important of the four greater Sabbats.
Monoprint:
“Muntins Series IV … Moon Shadow”
"All to myself, I think of you.
Think of the things we used to do,
think of the things we used to say,
think of each happy yesterday.
Sometimes I sigh, and sometimes I smile;
but I keep each olden, golden while
All to my self."
Wilbur Dick Nesbit
American, 1871-1927
Wednesday
Summer Solstice – Midsummer
Tuesday, June 21, 2023
Sunrise: 5:07a.m.
Sunset: 8:25 p.m.
One of the four solar holidays; the turning point
at which summer reaches its height,
and the sun shines longest.
"SUNBEAM" (monoprint)
Good Day Sunshine
I need to laugh, and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about.
I feel good, in a special way
…
Paul McCartney
2022 Winter Solstice
4:48 p.m. Wednesday, December 21
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| "Red Motion" Monoprint (by C.D'I) |
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"I need to laugh, and when the sun is out, I've got
something I can laugh about; I feel
good, in a
special way."
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