Winter Solstice

Where we live, it is not uncommon to have the word winter pop up in September. That’s when it’s possible for us to receive a good dose of white rain (aka snow) that may linger for a few days or be the start of something that stays with us for six months or more. ​

2018, according to the Farmer’s Almanac, the Winter Solstice starts on December 21 at 3:23 p.m. No need to grumble, it happens every year and we have no control over it. We look at it as the end of short hours of daylight and the beginning of longer days. Before you know it, we will welcome spring, and yes, it’s a given, because of where we live, there will most likely still be snow on the ground.

This year was no different. The ninth month rolled around and sure enough, we got a dump and with it some colder weather. But, thankfully we are privy to Chinook winds and the blanket of white soon became a mushy, muddy, water running affair before disappearing and a warm fall settled in. 

Oh, never fear, we got more snow, and the process was repeated bringing us up to the week of the Winter Solstice; which also happens to be a few days before Christmas combined with the shortest day of the year.