Tomorrow is the big night
By rebelann1949
@rebelann (117218)
El Paso, Texas
December 20, 2016 11:20am CST
Yepper, here in the USA it will be the longest night of the year, elsewhere it will be the shortest.
By the end of the month I will put out some of the morning glory seeds and cover them with cedar or pine shavings, I hope that will make them want to sprout and bloom in spring, if it is not too hot by then.
So what will you be doing for the solstice? Something interesting I hope.
I really miss mom's beautiful trees, she always used candles and never lit them until Christmas eve. Sadly that tradition died too.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
20 Dec 16
Not a big deal - I prefer the shortest night LOL
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@rebelann (117218)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Dec 16
The only reason I think it's a big deal is because after tomorrow the days get longer again, thank goodness.
@rebelann (117218)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Dec 16
Well I can understand that @AbbyGreenhill but in for me it's ok as long as it doesn't get as cold as it does on the north or northeast coast.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
20 Dec 16
@rebelann i hate winter and everything it represents.....
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
21 Dec 16
I live in the southern hemisphere so we are experiencing the shortest night.
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
21 Dec 16
@rebelann I´d like to live in a place where thereos no winter at this time of my life.
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@rebelann (117218)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Dec 16
But if there was a place like that it would have to be rather warm most of the time and that always means insects @marguicha sometimes winter has the benefit of killing those biting insects.
@therealmaryyy (3162)
• Philippines
20 Dec 16
also in the Philippines :)
The Northern Hemisphere, which includes the Philippines, will experience on Wednesday, December 21, its longest night and shortest day this year.
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@therealmaryyy (3162)
• Philippines
20 Dec 16
@rebelann yea, i think it will be a first for the country
you can put up your own beautiful trees, can you?
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@therealmaryyy (3162)
• Philippines
20 Dec 16
@rebelann oh i see. we don't have real trees back home.. it's just here in the UK that every houses has the choice to get the real trees or the artificial one
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@rebelann (117218)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Dec 16
I haven't gone out much either mostly cuz I caught a damn cold. My sinuses have that stupid tickle only a runny nose can give ya ...... I'm getting better though so soon I'll be back to the old grindstone outside. The blasted winds tore up my project out there, probably a good thing it happened now instead of later cuz I'll restart in a different way.
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@rebelann (117218)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Dec 16
I am trying to create shade so I can grow some vines that don't tolerate the heat we get here @simone10 I guess it's a good thing the winds blew it apart now instead of later. Eventually I'll get it figured out, just takes time is all ..... I'm lucky the wind didn't blow the really heavy pallet down, that was a beach to handle.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
25 Dec 16
I would love to have real candles on my tree, we never had that because my mom was afraid of fire...actually I am too so even if I could I wouldn't .
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@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
14 Jan 17
I hope your morning glory seeds give you plenty of flowers!
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@quantum2020 (12054)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
21 Dec 16
I will be doing the regular activities. I lived in a rural area for some years, where I could see the sun displacing on the horizopn each day and by the time of the winter solstice, I could notice the time change in the duration of the day. It´s an interesting phenomenon of nature
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
20 Dec 16
@rebelann Yes,Dec 21 will have the longest night of the year.You can always at least try to put up beautiful trees like your Mom.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
12 Jan 17
Nice picture you have here. I also never thought about it being the longest night of the year on that date in December, but it really makes sense. If it's the shortest day, it would have to be the longest night since each day has the same amount of hours. Other than the one second longer day we had recently according to Anna's post.
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