Winter Solstice | 
This morning I've been working in my kitchen. Getting ready for the Holidays. Lovely to take a break and finish November section of Winter Solstice. I'll set it aside now and in December will read along the Timeline.
"Nothing much seemed to have changed, except that most of the trees had shed their leaves and there was a definite wintry feel to the air." ??➡️?❄️
#rosamundepilcherforeveryseason
Goal for today: color and assemble the remaining pieces of these cards for #litsylove and #naturallitsycardswap
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From @thebookhippie
LAST CALL❄️✉️❄️
#naturalitsywintercardswap
Winter is almost here! As such we are having a nature & winter themed card swap.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScym1-U4N6b1acAPYQt_OGTljnhBhsOc9BBD_YN...
pickA jolly Christmas but not a chick lit read in the middle of monsoons ⚡️
W for A to Z challenge!
Unfortunately I think my challenge ends here since I cannot find books with X, Y or Z. Please help!!
A beautiful December #sunset outside my former office. #luckyinlove
pickLast book of 2023! I hadn‘t read Pilcher before and didn‘t realize I started with her final novel. It‘s a bit too long and some of the main characters‘ emotional reactions (particularly to deaths) were a bit unreal to me. And two of the side characters are flawed almost to the point of being villains. But despite these issues, I really enjoyed reading this found family story set in Scotland. The ending was quite lovely.
@TieDyeDude Thank you so very much for this #Yuleswap package! I love everything! Sorry for the delay in posting. I opened it yesterday morning, and then the day got away from me. I can't wait for tonight when I'll get the simmer pot going, put on these amazingly comfortable slipper socks, and dive into one of these books. I'm excited for both, so I'm not sure which I'll start with. @BookwormAHN @wanderinglynn thank you so much for hosting ❤️
Day 17 of the #wintergames Photo Challenge - Winter
Today, I‘m sharing this ebook on my Kindle that I haven‘t read yet. I also bought the Audible book with it. This book has the word Winter in it. It sounds good.
#GhostsOfXmas
pick❄️ A perfect read for this season. Cozy and heart-warming, even if a bit too perfect. Will definitely read another Pilcher. “The air was cold, but the sun beamed down upon them, and in the shelter of the house there was no breath of wind.”❄️
Seven minutes until #hyggehour begins. Got my cosmo, my S. Pellegrino to stay hydrated, my cactus rose to look at, my Pippa behind my chair, the fireplace ablaze, and a book to read. I feel so blessed to have the time to do this. 💙❄️💙
#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace
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#midwintersolace #naturalitsy
I enjoyed Winter Solstice - the sugar sweet of the stories of people coming together and making their own “family” and traditions in the Scottish Highlands. I just discovered there is a film adaptation, now I have a mission to find it ❄️
This one set in Scotland is so cozy- the perfect book to read by a warm fire!
@BookmarkTavern #sundayfunday
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LAST 5 DAYS TO SIGN UP! #naturalitsywintersolsticeswap
I realise the form has the same question twice. The second time, it is asking whether it's OK to send you gently used books.
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panI kept comparing this one to Binchy's A Week in Winter, but this one didn‘t hold up. So much could have been edited out for a stronger story, instead we limp along with these wounded creatures. I loved Coming Home & Shell Seekers so maybe my expectations were too high.
“You never really got to know people properly until you had seen them within the ambience of their own home. Seen their furniture & their books & their manner of their lifestyle.”
#naturalitsycardswap has my creative juices flowing. I haven‘t had my stamps out in a decade but I‘m feeling some #midwintersolace 🌲 🍁
pickWell it suddenly became winter here again recently and our kitchen got a much needed (literal) whitewash because it was a terrible orange that we decided we couldn't live with for the next few years. So splash on the paint!
This was a cute story, predictable and probably unlikely in many of the outcomes but perfect for a cozy, wintery read and full of loveable characters.
1. My fireplace! Reading by a toasty fire is the best!
2. I have to agree with @Andrew65 , the tagged book is such a cozy read!!!
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
1. Not a great fan of Winter, hate cold and snow. But enough of Mr Grumpy Pants. Favourite thing of Winter the sound of silence and the view after snow has fallen, and tucking up in the warm to read.
2. The tagged book, a great story set in the highlands of Scotland.
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
One of my favourite #Wintery Reads, set in the highlands of Scotland.
#JanauryJazz @Eggs @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
Solstice fire tonight. Super happy that we weren‘t in charge of the fire this year so we didn‘t have to stick around and put it out 😁
I've been looking to start a new tradition with wishes for the new year and I found this one that combines it with the winter solstice! ❄️
#midwintersolace #naturalitsy #wintersolstice
Happy Winter Solstice!
It‘s my 37th wedding anniversary 💞
My lovely husband is cooking supper, and bought me both Kaluha and Bailey‘s Irish Cream!!
In other news, our computer system was down today at work, so we had to close up at noon. AND it still isn‘t working, so we‘re closed tomorrow as well. So I‘m on VACATION until Jan 3!!
Our computer system at work has crashed
We had a sunrise in Michigan this morning! It‘s been awhile. It‘s a cloudy time of year here, so maybe it was a solstice miracle. We made it, friends! No snow on the ground, but hoo boy that‘s about to change. Did a big grocery shop this afternoon, met great friends for a late lunch, and Mark did minor repairs to our hot tub. Time to hunker down and celebrate the shortest day of the year. Happy Solstice, everyone!
Can‘t wait to be out on the lake with the family again!
#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge
Dec 20th #WinterReadathon #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge
Today is the Equinox and the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, with the shortest amount of daylight during the year. It‘s also Look On The Bright Side Day, so let‘s post some of our Summer Pictures to look to better times ahead in the Northern Hemisphere or celebrate the Summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
https://youtu.be/SJUhlRoBL8M
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One of my all time favs. Cozy Christmas setting and great characters. #adventrecommends
#adventrecommends
I‘ve always enjoyed this book- I‘ve read it several times. Rosamunde Pilcher has quite a few wonderful books- I would definitely check her out!
I have finally committed to my December #Bookspin list. I really wanted every single book to be one I would want to pick up right away, plus two to finish for #Booked2022. I am fully emerging myself into seasonal reading and I‘m not mad about it 😂
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Sign up form for #NaturaLitsy planned #Midwintersolacegames starting 1st December. All welcome to join in, let me know to tag you in the lists.
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This #letterw is my favorite comfort read- gives me all the good feels!
#AlphabetGame
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pickIt is the strange rippling effects of a tragedy that will bring five characters together in a large, neglected estate house near the Scottish fishing town of Creagan. It is in this house, on the shortest day of the year, that the lives of five people be forever changed. Winter Solstice is a novel of love, loyalty and rebirth.
Lights in the glasshouse look particularly festive on long winter nights.
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher from my #forevershelf seems appropriate this evening. Story actually starts in the fall with Winter Solstice beginning on page 318. Even if I don't reread every year I often revist the Holiday ending.
#rosamundepilcherforeveryseason.
Happy Winter Solstice!
It‘s a cold longest night, but the stars and moon are gorgeous and I have a very hot chocolate with some warming rum, so I‘m cozily finishing an awesome audiobook outside.
Thank you to all who participated in the swap—I know it wasn‘t an ideal opening day, but Chrissy and I appreciate you all so much.
To those celebrating with us tonight, I wish you a happy Solstice and a blessed Yule. ❤️
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Happy Solstice from the highest point in Leicestershire at sunrise (shame it was too cloudy to see the sun!)
And this perfect, gorgeous bookmark, with Jane and my name on it! 😍
