RememberSchiff Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 As the daylight now grows longer and brighter, may Scouting do the same. Happy Winter Solstice to all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 And happy solstice to you too. Next year I think I'd like to celebrate it in the tropics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I have celebrated the winter solstice in Alaska and in the Bahamas - Alaska was more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I have celebrated the winter solstice in Alaska and in the Bahamas - Alaska was more fun.Where were you in Alaska? You should join me sometime in Dominica and give that a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 Thanks. In years past, this topic was more promptly and elegantly posted by Trevorum and others. For auld lang syne. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I have celebrated the winter solstice in Alaska and in the Bahamas - Alaska was more fun.I lived in Anchorage. There is a solstice party on top of Flat Top Mountain. As a young, single male - my Scouting skills in hiking up adult entertainment and my ability to get the fire going, plus wire the car batteries for the band to play made it all a very good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 [ATTACH=CONFIG]n401455[/ATTACH] or this one [ATTACH=CONFIG]n401456[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_OX_Eagle83 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Joyous Yule my friends, if a day late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet08 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 happy yuletide! as a fig grower this is a happy day. a day closer to my trees giving me the fruit of my labor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberSchiff Posted December 24, 2013 Author Share Posted December 24, 2013 [ATTACH=CONFIG]n401455[/ATTACH] or this one [ATTACH=CONFIG]n401456[/ATTACH]Good photos, good thoughts. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I have celebrated the winter solstice in Alaska and in the Bahamas - Alaska was more fun.Wow, I was ON Flat Top a few years ago during an unseasonably warm November. It was evening the trail was icy and I was alone at dusk. Got some great photos. Can only imagine lugging a car battery up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I have celebrated the winter solstice in Alaska and in the Bahamas - Alaska was more fun.Wow, I was ON Flat Top a few years ago during an unseasonably warm November. It was evening the trail was icy and I was alone at dusk. Got some great photos. Can only imagine lugging a car battery up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 happy yuletide! as a fig grower this is a happy day. a day closer to my trees giving me the fruit of my labor.Where do you live? We also have figs. My wife's grandfather brought cuttings with him from Italy when they immigrated over 100 years ago. We're still propagating that stock and a few other varieties. They are trees now, about 25-30 feet high and they spread in a radius of about 20 ft. This year the heavy rain and fungus wiped out both crops...frown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorum Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Thanks. In years past, this topic was more promptly and elegantly posted by Trevorum and others. For auld lang syne.Thanks, Schiff. I missed sending out my annual solstice greetings, mea culpa! Previously, i had received a not so nice note protesting my promotion of an 'alternative holiday.' For the record, the winter solstice is a very special day for me, for personal and not mystical reasons. ( I also celebrate Christmas, but not for religious reasons.) Merry Christmas to all my Scouting friends here on the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_in_CA Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Thanks. In years past, this topic was more promptly and elegantly posted by Trevorum and others. For auld lang syne.Someone protested your promotion of an 'alternative holiday'? Really? For wishing everyone a happy winter solstice? How very unscoutlike of them. I am increasingly amazed at the small mindedness of some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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