The idle comments of a passionate Australian gardener, whose 'Growing Delight' is sharing the everyday bits'n'pieces with other lovers of gardening, and through photography, the beauty of the Australian landscape.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Farewell to the Shortest Day.
At 4.45pm I thought I'd better go and take some photos of the sunset - even if there wasn't one - to celebrate the Shortest Day of the Year in the Southern Hemisphere.
Such a gorgeous sky, I love the colours! Oh my Alice now you are at the point where in winter I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark, too much darkness for my taste. Luckily it's summer here right now and we in the Nothern Hemisphere are having the longest day of the year today! The sun rises at 4.43 am and sun set is at 21.34 pm
Like Carol, we are also having our longest day today and then the days will start to shorten again:-( The pictures are so beautiful...I love sunsets and sunrises, nothing more awesome than that!!
Your shortest day is our longest day. Hard to imagine! The sunrise is fabulous.
Two of my grandchildren are coming over today to celebrate the longest day of the year. My husband took the day off from work, so he wouldn't miss the fun.
They will want eat popsicles on the porch swing and play in the garden hose. They will undoubtedly ask to make giant bubbles and have a "War of the Rose Petals!"
(They pull the spent rose petals off my pink Bonica rose bushes and throw them at each other!)
Already 11:30pm and still light outside here- you need thick curtains here to let you sleep! Lovely pictures- do you ever get any enlarged and framed Alice?
beautiful sunset pics.I thought of you today as i dug out my eucalyptus seeds.I went to Australia for a year and brought mum back some aussie seeds.The ones i could grew are eucalyptus so fingers crossed i can have a taste of australia in yorkshire!
Alice, I just wanted to stop by and say Thank you for the sweet words you left on my blog. :-) You too take some really wonderful pictures. Australia looks absolutley gorgeous. Hope to one day visit there. :-) Today is your shortest day and here in the U.S. it's our longest day of the year ..
Firstly Alice, in your previous post... the one with the clouds is awesome....as is the clouds... just beautiful. This post is amazing too... the golds are glorious. I can't believe all the beautiful work you are producing. Would you like any photography programs?? I would be delighted to send them to you.
I wrote a comment yesterday and Blogger gave me an error message! Trying again! I like the longest day better than the shortest..more time to work outside and warmer temps. I always need more hours! The colors are glorious and so are your pictures!
Such a gorgeous sky, I love the colours! Oh my Alice now you are at the point where in winter I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark, too much darkness for my taste. Luckily it's summer here right now and we in the Nothern Hemisphere are having the longest day of the year today! The sun rises at 4.43 am and sun set is at 21.34 pm
ReplyDeleteLike Carol, we are also having our longest day today and then the days will start to shorten again:-( The pictures are so beautiful...I love sunsets and sunrises, nothing more awesome than that!!
ReplyDeleteYour shortest day is our longest day. Hard to imagine! The sunrise is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteTwo of my grandchildren are coming over today to celebrate the longest day of the year. My husband took the day off from work, so he wouldn't miss the fun.
They will want eat popsicles on the porch swing and play in the garden hose. They will undoubtedly ask to make giant bubbles and have a "War of the Rose Petals!"
(They pull the spent rose petals off my pink Bonica rose bushes and throw them at each other!)
Longest day here too, and it feels like the hottest! It's summertime officially today!
ReplyDeleteAlready 11:30pm and still light outside here- you need thick curtains here to let you sleep!
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures- do you ever get any enlarged and framed Alice?
beautiful sunset pics.I thought of you today as i dug out my eucalyptus seeds.I went to Australia for a year and brought mum back some aussie seeds.The ones i could grew are eucalyptus so fingers crossed i can have a taste of australia in yorkshire!
ReplyDeleteAlice,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to stop by and say Thank you for the sweet words you left on my blog. :-) You too take some really wonderful pictures. Australia looks absolutley gorgeous. Hope to one day visit there. :-) Today is your shortest day and here in the U.S. it's our longest day of the year ..
Have a great day !!
Firstly Alice, in your previous post... the one with the clouds is awesome....as is the clouds... just beautiful. This post is amazing too... the golds are glorious. I can't believe all the beautiful work you are producing. Would you like any photography programs?? I would be delighted to send them to you.
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking photos. The colours are just gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite day of the year! Now every day is getting longer and closer to summer. That is until we hit the dreaded summer solstice.
ReplyDeleteI wrote a comment yesterday and Blogger gave me an error message!
ReplyDeleteTrying again!
I like the longest day better than the shortest..more time to work outside and warmer temps. I always need more hours!
The colors are glorious and so are your pictures!