Happy Winter Solstice & Blessed Yule 2024

A week ago a lady friend called to set up a Solstice
celebration,just myself and her getting together
to bring in the return of the sun.

Now the days will be getting longer and spring in 
April,my favorite time of the year.

With the darkness starting its waning and the
moonlit nights fading the air gets that crispness to it.

She came and brought a half pie and Ham with a 
couple sweet potatoes that i put in the air fryer.
As it turns out those were not yams as i thought.

We sat waiting for the ham to heat up in the oven
and the potatoes were on their way.
She is great at conversation and we fired up a bowl
of some legendary MTF 27% and proceeded to get
really baked.

When you start talking gibberish then you know
that you are really baked.
I tried stammering out sentences but got really 
lost even in my own conversation...LOL

Yanno the 21st of December isn't just Solstice,its
the first day of Yule,a Germanic festival that 
when Christianized was called Christmas by the
crazy Christians of the day.

Christmas is the 5th day of Yule and its end is
January 1st.
Feasting,Merryment and gift giving,its all Yule.
The gift? A generous offering of the Green Goodness
and Good Company with such an amazing person.

We are both surprised how the channel is taking
off and that gives me lots of things to consider.
I cant take it lightly and so many people from
around the planet leaving all those comments.

She tried reading them all but it seems like it
goes on forever as she put it.
I couldn't stop talking about the outpouring of 
greetings and well wishes as I am as taken aback
as she is.

Timer went off and ham is out of the oven as well
as the sweet potatoes. The Ninja did a superb job
as always and we sat inside my small cabin and 
enjoyed some good food.

Oh,and the pie.....I told her this was the best 
apple pie I ever had so she remarked that its
Marri Callendar and i says what?
She giggled and said it again,Well thats the best
pie ive ever had and we had a good chuckle about
it....Im going to have to get one at the store next
month for myself.

My friend and her husband had been long time
neighbors for over 20 years and sadly he passed
November 2023,and is sorely missed as he was
a real hoot.

She reminisced about telling him he can drive if
he wants and you know where there keys are.
He never did drive at that point as he was afflicted
with Parkinsons & Altzheimers so he stopped 
driving some years back but he was always on her
about wanting to go for a drive.

We finished up our meal and fired up the green
again and were sufficiently baked ourselves.

Then as it was starting to get dark she had to
drive back to the barn as she put it,being 80
years old is no small feat and she cant drive
in the dark so off she was and that was an end 
to a wonderful celebration.

Good Friends,Good Conversation and Good Food
Ya just cant beat that at all.

Many Blessings to all of you ....

Peace - BigT