Comments on: Happy New Era http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/happy-new-era/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jean http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/happy-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-20549 Jean Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:23:30 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=7663#comment-20549 The date on which I like to describe as when"the celestial wheels screech to a grinding halt ,and slowly go into reverse",like a steam locomotive backing out of a snow-slide on the track , is actually my birthday! Winter solstice ,shortest day ,longest night, on our way toward spring, and all! ....Maybe that's why I am an eternal optimist!....Still have reseeded alyssum in the garden path! ! <em>Jean, I think that's the best description of Winter Solstice I've ever heard. Happy un-birthday!! -kris</em> The date on which I like to describe as when”the celestial wheels screech to a grinding halt ,and slowly go into reverse”,like a steam locomotive backing out of a snow-slide on the track , is actually my birthday! Winter solstice ,shortest day ,longest night, on our way toward spring, and all! ….Maybe that’s why I am an eternal optimist!….Still have reseeded alyssum in the garden path!
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Jean, I think that’s the best description of Winter Solstice I’ve ever heard. Happy un-birthday!! -kris

]]> By: Susan in the Pink Hat http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/happy-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-20424 Susan in the Pink Hat Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:39:22 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=7663#comment-20424 My garden is sleeping under a snow blanket in temps in the teens. All I can do is look forward, so HNE it is. And to think, we're marking another cycle in the Mayan calendar. If only anyone used the Mayan calendar. <em>Cheers to a new Baktun! (maybe there's a Mayan calendar app...) -kris</em> My garden is sleeping under a snow blanket in temps in the teens. All I can do is look forward, so HNE it is. And to think, we’re marking another cycle in the Mayan calendar. If only anyone used the Mayan calendar.

Cheers to a new Baktun! (maybe there’s a Mayan calendar app…) -kris

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