Winter deepens. The sky and loch are pink.
Walking is crunchy through the frozen mud.
I want the Solstice to come. I need more light. My body doesn’t like the extreme cold. It threatens to turn monstrous. And it’s -7 here today.
But it’s beautiful. And the beach is pink too.
Books for the Deepening Winter
My historical novels all involve little-known dark historical events, romance and a little magic…
- SISTERS AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD opens on a snowy winter solstice.
- THE MERMAID AND THE BEAR has 6 chapters of medieval Christmas.
- FIREFLIES AND CHOCOLATE features Christmas in Colonial Pennsylvania.
They’re all available in paperback, kindle and on kindle unlimited.
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Winter can be beautiful, but at my age it becomes hard to deal with. My best to you, Ailish. 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Your pictures are as beautiful as your words.
Thank you so much 🙂
I do love a pink-tinged winter day.
They are beautiful.
Beautiful
Winter is quite stunning sometimes.
True but so are all the seasons Ailish
True.
Beautiful pictures, again. Scotland must have an unbounded spectrum even in winter. Stay strong.
The colours continue to amaze. Thank you, Julie 🙂
I would not mind bringing my family to live there
Bring lots of warm clothing 🙂
Beautiful photography
Thank you 🙂
I wait for the solstice too because then I can remind myself that each day brings a little more daylight
Yes, that’s it.
It’s cold here in Maine, too. I’m also looking forward to the solstice, when the days will start to grow longer, instead of shorter.
Yes, that will be so good.
One of the reasons I like a Christmas tree is the light. Early in the morning when I wake up in the darkness, I turn on the tree and the light of it helps.
Me too.
I may be largely Scottish in heritage, but cold weather and I are not good friends.
Below -5, I am not happy.
You yearn for the return of warmth while I pine for cooler weather here in the antipodes (it’s 30 degrees Celsius here and not yet noon) but when what we yearn for comes again, we’ll perhaps pine for the other. Human nature, I guess. My mum was a Scot, a Busby girl; she said what she hated of Scottish winters was the near eternal darkness. But the compensation was always the long, long warm days of summer.
That is so true. Almost no light in winter, and nothing but in summer.
Beautiful photos, Ailish. Somehow I thought you would have more snow!
We do have a bit now, and more on the way!
Stunning hues of pink! Stay warm, Ailish, and know the light is on its way. ☀️
Thank you, Sarah, and you too 🙂
Great photos and lovely colours but I’m with you – I need the light.
It will return a little each day now 🙂