Today is Yule (i.e. Winter Solstice)! The last of the autumn decorations (this year it was the orange rugs that top the window seats) have been tucked away. Sunrise occurred so late this morning that I made it through the whole morning routine and still had time to spare before catching a pic of the sun making an appearance. The tradition of decorating the home w/ evergreens at Yuletide is an old Germanic one. Each year's live Christmas tree I name 'Yggdrasil' after the Norse tree of myth. This one is again a white spruce that has been waiting for it's debutante presentation in the workshop. I follow Mom's rule of not allowing a tree inside the house until the week of Christmas. She didn't want it dropping needles into the rug (plus we usually cut one large enough to disrupt normal movement routes in the house). Yggdrasil comes inside today. Looking forward to decorating it's little branches w/ tiny ornaments. Best get busy - not a lot of daylight to work w/ today.
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