Happy Solstice 2020!

Don't shoot the messenger!

These threads I remember fondly, so what do you have planned tonight? Because from tonight they'll get less bright!

Gotta love that light right?

Me? I'm getting drunk and reflecting on a crazy year so far and thinking of what's to come. The nights will only get darker from now after all. So like without getting all pagan or religious or whatever...

I hope y'all shine on like the sun will today, I hope we all shine on each other again. Time changes things. But some things? They're constant. Like the solstice!

a reply to: RAY1990

all ready " been there // done it "

i has my own little " ritual " - utterly non - religious

more an oath // pact to remember " certain things "

but i was on a hilltop @ 04:00 and " did my thing "

" sol invictus "

to another year

In the Northern hemisphere it was 20th June.

a reply to: RAY1990

Summer is mellow and chillax (do kids still say that?).

For us in the far north, Winter Solstice feels more important.

Marking time in laps around the sun... are old?? (Me? Over 50 but have been doing it for decades. Probably because I am weird!)

Or, might be only how some of our northern brethren feel.

I just like it is not anywhere near as hot as last year!!



(Or is it.... )

PS - Full disclosure, drinking while posting!!

originally posted by: ignorant_ape
a reply to: RAY1990

all ready " been there // done it "

i has my own little " ritual " - utterly non - religious

more an oath // pact to remember " certain things "

but i was on a hilltop @ 04:00 and " did my thing "

" sol invictus "

to another year

You actually do that?
That's pretty sweet ☀ 👍🏻

a reply to: TEOTWAWKIAIFF

Nah. Kids sayin “Big Chillin”

And yeah. Happy Solstice 2020 ATS

a reply to: RAY1990
Happy Solstice!!

We had no party!
But enjoyed the daylight hours👍

a reply to: TEOTWAWKIAIFF

I'm hearing you in a way that sends shivers down a sweaty forearm.

I've followed it for about 10 years. I don't live in the Arctic circle but I do live far enough north where 5 hours of daylight have you longing for the warmth of summer.

And 5 hours of night have you longing for the winter!

The latter is a lie, the dark hours or two of summer are the greatest. I'd say moonlight sonata sums it up brilliantly from a melodic point of view.

Anyways I was drunk when I made this thread, I'm drunk now, yet I still can't pin you as a 50+ year old member... You never seemed jaded enough to match your age!

Ha!

Hope it's warm but not too warm!

originally posted by: and14263
In the Northern hemisphere it was 20th June.

In the northern hemisphere I was drunk. Cheers for shooting the messenger 😁

Btw never change your profile pick. That man could tell the news! Do people still watch regional news?

a reply to: ignorant_ape

I'll always hold ceremony above religion.

We do personal ceremonies for personal reasons. Religious ceremonies will always be for somebody else.

Respect Ape, to another jolt round the sun

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: RAY1990
Happy Solstice!!

We had no party!
But enjoyed the daylight hours👍

Good company and something to equally enjoy is a party in my eyes. Enjoyment needn't be about excess. I'm happy you enjoyed the day!

I mean it's just another day really isn't it?

Ultimately it's those links we make that make any day grand. And you don't need fireworks or booze for that!

a reply to: RAY1990

I can't even remember his name?! I took a still from his report on the ufo hitting a Conisborough turbine