Saturday, December 23, 2006

Winter Solstice

I think we are pretty close to that. It starts to get dark here around 2:30 p.m. as the sun goes behind the taller hills surrounding the island. By 3:00 p.m., it is sunset, and an hour later, it feels like the middle of the night.

On the other hand, sunrise is after 8:00 a.m., so we got to see the brilliant colors of sunrise in the sky this morning as we were driving to church. The small sun break lasted only briefly, as much of the remaining morning hours consisted of off and on snow showers. (Too warm to stick, though.)

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