So now it's the solstice, getting colder for some, and a deer hides behind a tree on day twenty-one.
Yes, it's the twenty-first of December, the time of bleak midwinter, frost on the ground, long nights and the shortest day of the year. At least in the UK! Although sadly home's been experiencing the wetter end of the spectrum this year.
Saigon has been getting in on the action however. The last few days have been on the chilly side, a mere 21°C or so. That's still a nice enough day in England, but it is something of a blessed relief to have a bit of balmier weather and a bit of a breeze, instead of sweating away day after day under the December sun...
So after a long weekend and a slightly dodgy stomach, I'm having a night in with a cup of hot chocolate, having broken into the special reserve, as I catch up with the advent calendar. In a sort of seasonal festive mug with snowflakes.
"Snow is falling, all around snow..." apparently.
Very happy too to have some Christmas cards to open from my aunts at home. They made it all the way here!
As it's the solstice, I've got to finish up with the only appropriate song, Jethro Tull's "Ring Out, Solstice Bells".
Oh, Aqualung!
Oh, go on, listen to the whole album. It's a cracker!
Hope everybody's ringing on their own bell, this fine morning, yeah.
Hope everyone's connected to that long distance phone...
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