My Quiet Life in Suffolk

 I went all over the place to find the evergreen bits to bring in for the Winter Solstice. I wanted as many different things that it's p...

Today, with the fewest hours of daylight, is the day to go out and fetch greenery to bring into the house, to encourage the return of the su...

Thomas Hardy managed to make this short poem rhyme and shows feeding the birds isn't a new thing. Birds at Winter Nightfall Around the h...

The winter solstice  It's been over a year  since I wrote a post mentioning the Ogham Tree Alphabet. The only native British writing sys...

 A Green Man for the Solstice. The ancient symbol of fertility and nature probably dating back to the very first farmers. Often seen in surp...

 The Winter Solstice can be on the 20th or 21st December. This year the moment that the sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn ...

Thank you to everyone for comments on yesterday's Boar's Head post. It was interesting to find it was called Head Cheese in Canada. ...

 Yesterday was the Winter Solstice and now  daylight hours will (very) slowly increase and the days will get colder - in theory,   As the d...

According to my Folklore diary Winter starts today, although meteorologically  it started at the beginning of December. The winter solstic...

According to my Country Wisdom and Folklore Diary at 22 minute past 10 tonight we should celebrate the Winter Solstice and the Official star...

Yesterday being the Solstice it was the day for bringing in some greenery. From the garden I collected some bits of Rosemary, Elaeagnus,...

Susan Cooper is an author best known for a series of fantasy novels for children    BUT is it the shortest day? According to my di...