Winter Wonderland

                                     Overnight a frosty world     

  

                                                                                       Tree Bones

                                                  Jack Frosting

            Temps today over freezing! Darned near balmy…possible rain forecast as well.                            

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When Winter first begins to bite

and stones crack in the frosty night

when pools are black and trees are bare

'tis evil in the wild to fare...

J.R.R.Tolkien

                                       Yuletide Blessing from Our Lady of the Cold Shoulders

The Tomten has got his goat and it's hot cocoa time….

                         True Tale of the Norwegian Tunkall — Strange Familiars

                                  https://www.strangefamiliars.com/home/the-tunkall

Timothy interviews Ingrid about her encounters with the gnome-like Tunkall spirits in Norway. Ingrid also discusses ghosts, will-o-the-wisps, and other entities from Norwegian folklore.

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Wilde, wild winter ❄️ ❄️❄️

Green Man in holly and ivy

                                            Lotus’s house

                   Lotus’s 🦶 bare snowy feet ❄️❄️❄️ Among bird and cat tracks

                                                Wild men and women of ❄️ Winter ❄️ 

                   Of course, no holiday is complete without a bit of family fun…Dropkick Murphys style.

                                                         The Season’s Upon Us