The shortest day

  

  Happy Solstice!  

(Snowman from last weekend in Massachusetts.) 

Reaching out to say...

  

  Happy solstice, everyone!

P.S.  From a Ten-tentacled Sea Anemone (Halcampa decemtentaculata) photographed recently by Eric along the Sonoma Coast.

Winter hills

  

Morning light on the hills, 21 December 2023

Tilting

 

 

The light was getting dim tonight, but here's a quick wave photo from 20 December 2021.

 

I hope you're able to find a moment to enjoy the Winter Solstice on the 21st!

Season of light

Hmmm...what to show to help celebrate the Winter Solstice?  How about something to do with light?

Here are a couple more wave photos from 13 December 2018:

 

 

And here's a fun one.  Can you find the bear in the surf?

[You might find a different one, but the bear I noticed is in the lower right corner, sitting down (with its two arms above its legs), and looking forward, with its gaze following the direction of the surf.]

I hope you enjoy this special time of year.  Happy Solstice!

The Dao of Ice

We've been traveling and settling in for an East Coast visit.  Tonight I barely made it outside for a quick walk in the backyard before the sun set.  I was drawn to the snowy banks of a small ice-covered stream.  We just don't get to see those wintery black-and-white scenes in Bodega Bay!

Not too many photo opportunities today, but here's a close-up of the ice:

 

I hope you enjoyed the winter solstice, and that you're able to find much peace and happiness and inspiration in the outdoors in the year to come!

P.S.  Eric thought the pattern in the ice resembled the yin-yang symbol, hence the title of this post.  I didn't see that until he mentioned it, but then it was fun to think about.  What else do you see in the ice?  Can you visualize how those patterns were formed?