Time to lit the fireplace

Since ancient times of mankind

the fire was a very important discovery.

In Greek mythology is a long

story about how was the fire

"stolen"!

Fire can be very nice when gives you warmth in the cold

weather, cook and bake food, using for melting metals

just to mention a few about the benefits.

But can be terribly destructive also when it burns in a wrong place like in a forest.

when houses burn one loose everything.

There is something mesmerizing about it.

Sit near the fire

you can see magic

and dream about something beautiful.

The flames

gives you every moment

something else

to see.

The forms and colors have

endless variety!

The surrounding of a good fireplace
can be
a place to put out stuff
to show your
valuable possessions!

News from England by Argo

This is Ginger the maquake monkey

living in England now.

He was on the endangered species list

in Alger

and the good English people

took some of them to a safer environment

into an English sanctuary.

And here our British friend Argo

took this photo.

Certainly when is freezing

the water is cold.

These swans are still swimming

because their insulation is so protective

that they can float in icy water.

Photo: Argo exclusive

for Nature Talks blog.

This photo is from the time

when the water was still friendly

just to swim around for fun.

Photo: Argo Exclusive.

The weather getting more serious

when snow comes to England.

This Black bird is lucky to find a feeder.

Photo: Argo exclusive for

NatureTalks blog.

Few days after the storm

The Sun was so bright like in summer time!

On the page of the BLIZZARD
you can see
this pine tree was about to break
under the weight of the snow
and here is just cheerful
and happy to live
with no damage


My old evergreen bush a yew
was heavily covered
but 3-4 days later the snow
just evaporates,
though it was very cold
and no melting!




After every storm the sun will shine again

Dazzling Sun through the window

sends you

the warmth

and you can take a sunbath!

Winter in Hawaii

Hawaii scene in Oahu Island
Flowers blooming at Christmas time.

The Garden of Eden where I lived

Hawaii Angel made of

flowers stalks

Christmas Lei of roses

floating in

the waters of

Hawaii

At the same time of

our Blizzard

there are places

like this

where SNOW

is unknown.

Nice to remember when I spent the winter in this place.

The photos were not made with digital camera at that time.

BLIZZARD 2009

The snow was just coming down

no guessing

for the end.

The white stuff covered heavily anything

above the ground

At the garage some outdoor furniture
The height of the snow was still growing

From the kitchen window

you can see the mailbox

has a little box for flowers in the summer

An other view from the kitchen window:

the birdfeeder!

This was Nature's Talk

in our area on Long Island N.Y.

on this December day 09.

SOLSTICE

Sunrise of the Day:

On the Horizon

a stripe of the light appears

getting wider
and
more colorful


the arrival of
the Sun
is
getting closer


few more minutes
to see
what we are
waiting for



The source of Life :
our Sun gets
above the Horizon
to shine on Everyone!

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In a year we experience twice

the Solstice what is an astronomical event:

in the winter is the greatest happening of the year:

the dark days will slowly, but surely disappear

and the days will

get longer

and with the light of the

Sun

life will flourish in Spring time

on our Earth

in the Northern Hemisphere

Glory to the Sun!

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Down under below the EQUATOR

the opposit is

happening:

The Summer Solstice

is going on.