tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post9186398515966833981..comments2024-03-12T13:57:38.337-07:00Comments on Chronically Vintage: 12 fascinating facts about the winter solsticeWitchcrafted Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-15636501940348279042015-12-25T09:21:47.233-08:002015-12-25T09:21:47.233-08:00I learnt quite a bit here so thank you for that! S...I learnt quite a bit here so thank you for that! Such a lovely image you used as an illustration too. I hope the taxes have been got through and that you can rest up and enjoy the festivities. Kate-Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664293299445754159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-54643017138652188522015-12-24T06:34:26.853-08:002015-12-24T06:34:26.853-08:00I can imagine that must be frustrating/strange at ...I can imagine that must be frustrating/strange at times for sure. I've never experienced a warm Christmas, but would like to at least once, especially because I know it would give me a far better appreciation of what my friends south of the equator enjoy (or contend with, as the case may be). Hopefully one year. <br /><br />With all my heart, sweet dear, I wish you and your family an excellent, happy and very beautiful Christmas.<br /><br />Huge hugs,<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-86323975131479727652015-12-24T06:29:27.911-08:002015-12-24T06:29:27.911-08:00Thank you, lovely Piper. I hope that your holiday ...Thank you, lovely Piper. I hope that your holiday season abounds with joy, fun and beautiful memories in the making.<br /><br />Big hugs & merriest Christmas wishes,<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-84834279465270087382015-12-24T06:27:51.190-08:002015-12-24T06:27:51.190-08:00Hello my sweet friend, what an excellent cleaning/...Hello my sweet friend, what an excellent cleaning/rebirth ritual. By all means, feel free to throw in something that represents stress for me, as I sooo hope to be free of a lot of that which is weighing on me right now once we hit the early days of the New Year. Thank you for the touching offer. <br /><br />With all my heart, I wish you a beautiful, relaxing and very enjoyable holiday season. <br /><br />Scores of hugs,<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-4144164095222168492015-12-24T06:25:38.801-08:002015-12-24T06:25:38.801-08:00Yes, yes and yes again! Though there is a certain ...Yes, yes and yes again! Though there is a certain distinct beauty and serenity to the long nights that I very much enjoy, I share your love of longer days and fact that it signals the eventual return of spring. <br /><br />Huge hugs & the very merriest of Christmas wishes!!!<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-53726723600408817982015-12-24T06:24:02.989-08:002015-12-24T06:24:02.989-08:00You're a total dear, Denise. Thank you very mu...You're a total dear, Denise. Thank you very much for the beautiful holiday season wishes in the midst of what is an immensely busy/hectic week/month for you as well. I truly wish you an awesome, happy, and very beautiful Christmas, too, and look forward to connecting often throughout the coming year (and send countless thanks your way for all of your support, kind words, and encouragement this year, too). <br /><br />Festive wishes and oodles of hugs!<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-13139185294837798052015-12-24T06:17:53.604-08:002015-12-24T06:17:53.604-08:00Thank you very much, sweet lady. My pleasure! I mu...Thank you very much, sweet lady. My pleasure! I must beg to differ though, you have some seriously awesome skills and I frequently learn much on an array of subjects from your marvelous blog. <br /><br />Wishing you a stellar holiday season!<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-12651666951535278232015-12-24T05:51:45.860-08:002015-12-24T05:51:45.860-08:00Thank you kindly, dear lady. I hope that you'r...Thank you kindly, dear lady. I hope that you're having a marvelous winter holiday season.<br /><br />Many hugs,<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-24545748062710503182015-12-24T05:49:59.805-08:002015-12-24T05:49:59.805-08:00Hi Kira, thank you very much for your lovely comme...Hi Kira, thank you very much for your lovely comment and for raising that very worthwhile point. My understanding - and by all means, Southern Hemisphere dwellers, please jump in here, if so desired - is that many of their summer solstice celebrations on that day are akin to those observed/practised on this side of the equator in June for ours (celebrating the return of the warmest season, embracing the life giving qualities of the sun, delighting in nature's bounty at that time of the year, and other similar things). <br /><br />Have a splendid holiday week!<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-83194617783490465312015-12-22T23:51:47.444-08:002015-12-22T23:51:47.444-08:00Awesome!!! I learned a couple in the process of pu...Awesome!!! I learned a couple in the process of putting it together, too, such as that it isn't the same day as the earliest sunset. The wonders of nature never cease to amaze and delight, do they?! <br /><br />Huge hugs & marvelously merry Christmas wishes,<br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-24949989010920729532015-12-22T23:50:11.313-08:002015-12-22T23:50:11.313-08:00Excellently and very wisely said, dear Susanna. Wi...Excellently and very wisely said, dear Susanna. Winter should definitely be a time of rest (at least after the hecticness of December's holiday season is behind us) and recharge. When we're one with our thoughts and can try to clearly define and begin work on some of the things that we may want to try and have happen in the coming year. <br /><br />Many thanks for your beautiful comment. I hope that you have a serene, terrific winter from start to finish.<br /><br />♥ JessicaWitchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-53439931039690142232015-12-22T11:09:24.022-08:002015-12-22T11:09:24.022-08:00As a southern hemisphere girl I love this day so m...As a southern hemisphere girl I love this day so much...well the summer version. I loathe the long, hot days of summer where it is still light well after bedtime for the kids (and often me!). I only wish it meant we were halfway through summer. We just had our first "little" heatwave and along with it, the first bushfires of the season. It's so hot and dry. <br /><br />Thanks to being bombarded with northern hemisphere media, despite celebrating all of my 33 Christmases here in the land of oz, it never feels like Christmas in the summer. Though in 2006 we had a "white" Christmas just outside of Melbourne (where I am). It felt so fantastic (but very weird) to be all snuggled in pjs around the heater. Christmas as a kid involved very little clothing and running through the sprinklers...so our cold xmas was a great year. Especially as it came as bushfires were raging away. <br /><br />Hope you have a very happy holiday season gorgeous. Miss Fairchildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02177713320083549049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-30577035444427539252015-12-22T06:06:51.066-08:002015-12-22T06:06:51.066-08:00Happy Holidays to you, too, lovely Jessica.Happy Holidays to you, too, lovely Jessica.Piper Springshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640072414870779863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-65620187651539818962015-12-22T05:42:12.157-08:002015-12-22T05:42:12.157-08:00wonderful wrap up of that special event!!
i will l...wonderful wrap up of that special event!!<br />i will lite a open fire this evening, drink some wine and throw symbolic things of stuff i like to get rid off into the fire.....<br />should i throw something for you? <br />love you! xxxxxxbahnwärterinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02032478343344432338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-19637750013220042202015-12-22T05:38:53.039-08:002015-12-22T05:38:53.039-08:00Heck.. I know this will be a cliche!
What I love a...Heck.. I know this will be a cliche!<br />What I love about Winter Solstice is the fact that after it days get longer - the day wins over night, darkness gets cast away by the light.. (I am getting way too fantasy-like) :)<br />Happy Solstice Day, dear!!!<br /><br />M.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04034764185511908294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-32446623291640295602015-12-22T03:53:12.222-08:002015-12-22T03:53:12.222-08:00I know what you mean, dear Jessica, I am also unde...I know what you mean, dear Jessica, I am also under stress and with a few moments to breath, if I do have them. It's bad to have to do taxes :) but needed, yes. Well, I am flying on the 25th (yes, on that day) and before I have the Christmas family party and so on so on. But I wanted to wish you a great Christmas time! I am leaving a New year's message next Monday, that i hope you like! Thank you so much for your incredible and sweet support this year, so nice to get to know you! I didn't know that Dec 1st was considered like winter, well, a bit of chilly weather and for me it's happiness - I love fall and winter :)<br />DenisesPlanet.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122746266523712176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-33755686549460395972015-12-22T01:08:54.661-08:002015-12-22T01:08:54.661-08:00I admit, much of this information is new to me-- t...I admit, much of this information is new to me-- then again I'm not well versed in many many things, heh! Thank you for writing such an interesting post.Madame Mari Mortemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092879436628518422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-45299719598073864262015-12-21T17:24:51.813-08:002015-12-21T17:24:51.813-08:00Beautiful. Beautiful. Goth Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14304287944330634582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-67918288406701859382015-12-21T07:49:02.298-08:002015-12-21T07:49:02.298-08:00These are such lovely thoughts, and I definitely l...These are such lovely thoughts, and I definitely learned a bunch about the solstice from them! It's definitely fascinating, though not surprising, that so much of the world's winter traditions spiral out from the solstice as experienced by Northern Hemisphere cultures! <br /><br />Something that strikes me as worth a thought: because what we think of as "Western" cultures were basically also "Northern", and the fact that they've had so much imperial/colonial/industrial power throughout history*, the Northern solstice traditions have bent basically half the globe into celebrating the winter solstice "off-season." The social-justice-warrior inside me wants to know what Southern Hemisphere cultures have traditionally done for their summer solstice; I'm woefully underinformed on that front!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-39207283146471653962015-12-21T06:18:26.888-08:002015-12-21T06:18:26.888-08:00This is all fascinating stuff Jessica! I learnt a...This is all fascinating stuff Jessica! I learnt a few things!! xPorcelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202283149145094340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-38442905835292469762015-12-21T03:02:12.723-08:002015-12-21T03:02:12.723-08:00What a great post! thank you for reminding us that...What a great post! thank you for reminding us that the solstice is a wonderful time for reflection. Our culture puts negativity on darkness and winter, but I consider that nature is in balance. Darkness, cold and winter are times of the year when we should take heed from nature and rest. There is day and night, a world that is constant day or constant summer would not give us the rest we need. The cold drives us into the comforting warmth of our homes and the joys of our families, we are not adapted to this world of 24 hour artificial lights and bustle, as we might believe. I agree with you wholeheartedly,I peace comes from embracing every day as it arrives as a gift. Susanna Di Milohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201166068901230384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-37567842502051160242015-12-21T00:34:42.007-08:002015-12-21T00:34:42.007-08:00Thank you very much, sweet dear. I'm sorry tha...Thank you very much, sweet dear. I'm sorry that you're having an especially harried December, too. Honestly, the actual Christmas (et al) related happenings this month are a rather small part of the over all business and stress for me, which is a great thing, as it means I can still enjoy them amidst all the (proverbial) balls that I have in the air right now. <br /><br />Very, very good point! Let's add that as #13 here! I didn't take any snaps on it this time around, but hope to get in my next shoot tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest, with festive ensemble photos to follow a touch later in the week. <br /><br />We'll both get through for sure, even if it means we need to sleep for the rest of the winter once we're into January, and it's great that we have each other to chat to about some of the things on our jam packed plates right now. <br /><br />Big hugs & tranquil holiday season wishes,<br />♥ Jessica<br /><br />Witchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423410690702297063.post-22996638020860909302015-12-21T00:27:59.730-08:002015-12-21T00:27:59.730-08:00Feel similarly to you on the busy and stressed fro...Feel similarly to you on the busy and stressed front, but having got through one of my busiest tasks (a day of cooking and hosting for friends yesterday), I can see the light at the end of the tunnel :) Hope yours isn't too far away too, despite the dratted taxes! I think the shortest day of the year is also the blogger's nightmare for getting outdoor photos ;) xCiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681037606009960879noreply@blogger.com