We actually saw the sun this morning! I think this may be the first time in December that we have had a sunny dawn. I was thinking of our ancestors and how they would cope without light. We are so lucky to have electric lights and warm houses, and yet I struggle with these grey days in the depths of winter.
Sun!
I wonder how I would have managed with candles, turf fires, no insulation except for thick stone walls? I think our ancestors were made of hardier stock.
Traditional Irish cottage in ruins
Murtagh's Meadow 
They died a lot earlier than us softies! I too saw the sun today, hurrah! xx
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Very true Miranda – glad you saw the sun today too – I think we had about an hour before the clouds came in!
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Lovely capture; I was thinking pretty much the same thing this morning – we have prehistoric round house remains nearby.
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Thank you – we are lucky really aren’t we?
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It’s amazing how pleasurable it is to sit in the sun in the middle of a winter’s day! Living in California for so long, I forgot how much you appreciate sunny days when you don’t get them all the time!!!
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And what we saw yesterday morning only lasted an hour and today we’ve just had glimpses but better than nothing!
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I think the same thing, the lack of light and damp chill can be so oppressive. When the cold got into their bones, I think our elderly ancestors must have suffered mightily– risk of mortality was higher no doubt.
Glad you had at least a bit of sun! I, too, am grateful for our lights and warm stove to enjoy along with a warm cup of tea! 🙂
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Just a bit but better than none – enjoy your tea!
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Yes we saw some sunshine today also, and it was very much welcomed 🙂
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…and much needed – no matter how brief it stayed!
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Yes indeed 🙂
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Not to mention the good old Liberty Bodice – an inch thick vest – which kept us warm in pre-central heating days. Hard to get on & off, I remember putting it on back to front once & there it remained for the day. At the age of 7yrs I refused to be the last child in the class to wear it & that was that. Sounds like a History lesson but it was in the fifties!
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I can just see you refusing to wear it Jane!
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I’ve thought that too…never really feeling warm is hard to get used to. The short days with little sun I can bear because it is not eternal, but seriously does it ever get really comfortably warm?
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At this point I just need the light of the sun – I don’t mind not having heat, it’s supposed to be winter after all. But is has been so grey here, with just rare glimpses of the sun for what feels like weeks:(
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I miss the sun too. Though we may be seeing it a bit more off and on than you are.
The heat all through the year is what I miss. I am actually finding the winter quite mild this year. Kinda strange.
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Time to call on the spirits of winter solstice–a little wild uninhibited dancing, some drumming, a little hot spiked cider, perhaps some burnt offerings . . . Hey, at least it’ll warm you up, and who knows, just maybe dispel the clouds. And don’t forget to stock up on the vitamin D!
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Ahh, wise words Melissa. I actually took a double dose of Vit D the other day – I figured it wouldn’t do any harm!
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Life was simpler… or was it? I could do with a little cottage along some deserted beach somewhere in the west… or make that the south east! 😉
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