The winter solstice and Christmas have both now come and gone. My family are not great holiday celebrators and so both days are ones that, each year, I am relieved to have behind me, especially the winter solstice. I live in an area where winter always brings cold, gray and dark weather. Going forward now, each day will slowly and imperceptibly become slightly less dark. We will begin to be able to appreciate the longer days around mid-February, so still many weeks away. But this makes February my favorite winter month. February is also the month when the male Cardinal begins singing again. It is always a pleasure to hear.
In a couple of weeks I am traveling to someplace warm which I have never visited before and so, hopefully, I will have some new content for my blog. In the meantime, I hope to get out locally for an update or two. I've been negligent these past couple of months. Readers, thanks for your patience and Happy New Year!
