Lmst

Pushing back the darkness.

A fireplace with a fire burning. The mantle covered with lit candles and various Christmas decorations including holiday cards and nysse.

Tonight is the longest night of the year.
For many in our community, the cold brings real danger.
If you’re able, a small gift — $2 — helps provide warmth and care tonight.
Donate: https://brightmindenrichment.org/donate
#WinterSupport #CommunityCare #BME #LongestNight

Yule fire!
#Yule #WinterSolstice #LongestNight

Photo of a fire burning in a metal firepit. The decorated Yule log can be seen on top.

Another angle of the fire, showing bits of cinnamon and dried apple in the bottom of the firepit.

🎼God is logos, hidden wisdom, God is what we cannot see, God is shrouded in deep silence, God is Holy mystery, yet with dark explosive power, we meet our Divinity. #longestnight #transinchurch

It's the #LongestNight, so we have to feature that well-known painter of night scenes, Atkinson Grimshaw: here's his rather magical "Evening Glow" of 1882. https://victorianweb.org/painting/grimshaw/paintings/gidwitz11.html #paintings

Bare-branched trees either side of a winding lane, with a young woman just visible in the foreground, carring a basket--and the sky golden from sunset.

https://youtu.be/3T0i4akX5a8?si=adtyFU26bID0ZPK7

A Blessed #wintersolstice and #yule to all who celebrate!
The nights are dark, but the #wheel now turns toward the light.
May the brilliance of the sun's coming light pierce through your lives, bearing love, abundance, hope, and prosperity.

Link above is to my favourite #solisticecaroles, by the #wyrdsisters

#yuletide #pagan #longestnight #nature #blessings #abundance #herecomesthesun

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A Yule-themed image with candles, a pentacle, runes, and a seasonal message.

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Blessed Yule
May this Solstice and turning of the wheel bring you love, peace, and good fortune in the coming year.
Let us welcome the returning sun with Hope and Joy.
May you never thirst!

Reading for this winter solstice night: the remarkable diary of Frederick A. Cook, one of the first people to spend winter on Antarctica, including a night which lasted more than two months: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/through-the-first-antarctic-night-1900 #Solstice #WinterSolstice #winter #LongestNight #shortestday

Mandatory listening

🔔Listen to Ring Out Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull on Qobuz🔔 https://open.qobuz.com/track/269385953

#Yule #Solstice #WinterSolstice #ShortestDay #LongestNight

#HappyYule ~ #MerrySolstice * #NewEarthYear > #NewMoon - #Winter ^ #ShortestDay | #LongestNight = #YuleLog
Okay, daylight, do your thing. Starting tomorrow, more sun, every day, please!
& a Groovy New Moon to you - what seeds are you planting?
Hope you have a *Happy New Earth Year* - we start around the #Sun again!
#plant #clean #purge #prepare #lunar #beginning #waxing #moon #Earth #Yule #tree #druid #wreath #MistleToe #pagan #traditions

Two pictures side by side. Both from my window, looking out the fire escape to the residences across the garden (next block) and the high rises of midtown Manhattan in the background. Two inches of snow on the "balcony" and tree branches. The left picture, the sky is overcast, the right picture, the sun is saying "Give me a chance!" Taken on last year's winter solstice, NYC.

RE: https://aus.social/@kate/115756451704230512

Happy Winter solstice, everyone!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice

#WinterSolstice #ShortestDay #LongestNight

Happy #WinterSolstice to everyone, from #Nucilandia 🐿️

Today marks the #longestNight and the #shortestDay — the #turningPoint. From here on, the #lightReturns. Each sunrise will linger a little longer, each day growing brighter than the last.

May this be a reminder that even at the lowest point, #hope is already on its way back. #TheSun endures, life persists, and warmth will rise again.

#PraiseTheSun 🌞

#MHR #Micronation #WinterSolstice #Sun

"In the depth of winter, I find within me an invincible summer." - Albert Camus
Blessings of the #WinterSolstice! #LongestNight #ReturningSun
Photo by Warren LeMay: Sunbeam in the depths of #Newgrange
https://www.matthewfox.org/books/order-of-the-sacred-earth-an-intergerational-vision-of-love-and-action

First #Yule party
#wintersolstice #yulecat #wassail #longestnight

22 December 2025: साल की सबसे लंबी रात क्यों होती है? जानें विंटर सोल्सटिस का विज्ञान, प्राचीन मान्यताएँ और रोचक तथ्य #WinterSolstice #22December #LongestNight #ScienceFacts #IndianCulture #Astronomy #WinterSeason #Solstice2025 #NatureFacts #HinduTraditions #VedicScience #TrendingNow #vrlive

https://vrnewslive.com/22-december-2025-year-longest-night-solstice-winter/

Watch has been kept on this, the longest night.
Also - it’s effing COLD OUT! 25 degrees Fahrenheit here (-3.8 Celsius) so after the fire we headed inside for mulled cider and my heated blanket! #yule #WinterSolstice #LongestNight

Photo looking into a fire contained in a metal fire ring. The center of the flames has a curly shape where it has been caught by the wind.

Photo of the Christmas lights on my deck railing beneath several inches of snow. The snow muffles the light and patches of it glow from within with multicolored sections.

🌙✨ December 21: The Longest Night ✨🌙

Today, we celebrate the longest night of the year! Darkness helps us appreciate the light even more. Spend this night with loved ones and enjoy peaceful moments! 🌌❄️

#LongestNight #WinterSolstice