Happy Winter Solstice!

....and what a nice day for a solstice it is here. Clear, mild, and not too windy (a welcome change from the month or so of daily wind and rain we've just had). So what is it like at the shortest day of the year in Edinburgh? Well, sunrise this morning was at 8:42, and sunset will be at 3:40 this afternoon. The sun only gets to 10 degrees in the sky, so the entire daylight hours have you squinting into the sunset/sunrise. To commemorate this shortest of days, I took a couple pictures at noon so you can get an idea of how strange it feels.

Long shadows:

The sun is behind the roof of this building:

Cassie, enjoying solstice :)

Also, Aaron and I went to his company's annual Christmas dinner last night, and we have a photo (albeit a fuzzy one) from that: