I love celebrating the seasons, including the turn of the seasons. Although we had a doozy of a snow dump in September, the rest of fall was actually pretty fall-ish. Calgary's seasons have their own rhythm and the calendar date seems to have limited influence. That can be said about a lot of places. Getting to know the nuances of the seasons of a particular place is one of the great relationships we have access to.
Yup, I called it a relationship. That's what it feels like. Knowing a place well, knowing it's moods, knowing you are a better person for having experienced it and swearing the feeling is mutual . . . To the average conversation, sharing that a landscape noticed you might sound odd, but, well, welcome to my world. Sometimes you just feel a place.
In celebration of Winter Solstice, or Yule as many call it, I've included some pics of a few of my happy wintery places.
How do you celebrate Winter Solstice?
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| Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada |
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| Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada |
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| Niagara Escarpment, Ontario, Canada |
