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Happy Summer / Winter Solstice

BunksBunks Australia Veteran
in General Banter
Happy Summer Solstice to my fellow Southerners and Happy Winter Solstice to my Northern friends!

May all living beings have happiness and its causes.

May all living beings be free of suffering and its causes.

May all living beings not be separated from sorrowless bliss.

May all living beings abide in equanimity, free of bias, attachment and anger.
lobsterJeffreySarahTStraight_ManToshRhodianfedericaNerimaRowan1980VanilliBuddhadragonShoshinkarasti

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  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Woo -hoo! The days now get longer!! YAY!!!

    SarahTNerimaRowan1980karasti
  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran

    "Solstice" - sun still. Ain't that beautiful? Noticed this evening looking at a beautiful sunset how far south the sun was. Thought solstice was 22nd ... good to know that I was looking at it this evening <3

  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran
    edited December 2014
    Where are you @SarahT?

    I think the Solstice crosses the 21st and 22nd.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    She's on the little-known Planet Gooranova, in the constellation of Betelgeuse.
    I should know, I have to deliver her milk three times a week....

    (She's in the UK, like I am....) :D

    SarahTNerima
  • SarahTSarahT Time ... space ... joy South Coast, UK Veteran
    edited December 2014

    Got you fooled, hey @federica ;)<3

    Just checked:

    When is the December solstice?

    December Solstice in London, England, United Kingdom is on
    Sunday, 21 December 2014, 23:03 GMT (Change city)

    December Solstice in Universal Coordinated Time is on
    Sunday, 21 December 2014, 23:03 UTC

    Local times for December Solstice 2014 worldwide
    Sunrise, sunset and daylength around December Solstice 2014
    Day and Night map for December Solstice 2014

    -- http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/december-solstice.html

    Bunks
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Damn...I actually thought TODAY was the 21st..... I really should check my laptop time better.....

    SarahTRhodian
  • RhodianRhodian Loser Veteran

    Actually winter is quite nice, I am starting to enjoy it even though with my rheumatoid arthritis I walk like a old man, or a young man with a girlfriend that is into heavy bondage.

    Bunkslobsterupekkasndymorn
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    LMAO!! I'm sorry, we shouldn't laugh - but @Rhodian‌, really - that WAS funny....

  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran
    It's a beautiful day here. Nudging 20c already at 9am with an expected top of 32. Might fill the pool for the kids.
  • RhodianRhodian Loser Veteran

    @federica said:

    Can't remember the book I read I think it was Thich Nhat Hanh who wrote that people that meditate, are not so serious. But can also laugh with they're shortcommings or problems etc. :) I want to strive for that.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    @Bunks said:
    It's a beautiful day here. Nudging 20c already at 9am with an expected top of 32. Might fill the pool for the kids.

    >

    Do you honestly want a smacked bottom? Go to your room!

    Bunks
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Gentle Man Veteran

    Well, @Rhodian, we ALL have shortcomings. I have a bad heart, and a artificial hip due to N-Stage (bone on bone) arthritis making it needed. I would be unable to walk at all without an artificial hip joint in my right hip.

    upekka
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Even wearing glasses is a minor disability. There is a defect to a part of your body, an organ that doesn't work as it once did, or should. You require some form of corrective apparatus in order to render your day safe, and manageable.
    Some sight disabilities are far worse than others.
    How many people here wear glasses? Then technically speaking, you have a disability.

  • RhodianRhodian Loser Veteran
    edited December 2014

    @‌Federica

    I found out on my drive exam I needed glasses... It was a pain because the examinator would let me follow signs which I could not read. I didn't know I had such an issue with reading. Well I knew it because in school I couldn't stuff on the board far away but I thought that was because I was so far away always,

    But right now I sometimes roll with glasses, and I do not even care. Though my motto is to use them always when driving or going to the zoo or watching tv, but not so much when doing most stuff.

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    Sorry this is going off at a bit of a tangent, @Bunks‌, no offence...... How's the pool looking? :D

  • silversilver In the beginning there was nothing, and then it exploded. USA, Left coast. Veteran
    edited December 2014

    Huntington Beach yesterday afternoon:

    High: 64 degrees F

    Bunks
  • NerimaNerima Veteran

    Happy Winter Solstice. I wish I can do 108 sun salutations, or light 108 candles. Ok. I lit 9 candles. That's better than nothing. http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/why-108-sun-salutations/

    Buddhadragonupekkalobster
  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran
    Empty and dirty. Definitely need a sweep out before filling.
    upekkaSarahT
  • BuddhadragonBuddhadragon Ehipassiko & Carpe Diem Samsara Veteran

    We were watching the FIFA Club World Cup last night, between Argentine team San Lorenzo and Spanish team Real Madrid.

    The players from Argentina (Southern hemisphere) were all suntanned, and the players from Real Madrid (Northern hemisphere) were all pale.

    I miss Summer... :|

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    yes, all 9 days of it, feels like.....

    SarahT
  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran

    It still looks like this......ho hum!

    POOL.jpg 116.7K
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited December 2014

    Oh Jeesh, I was expecting a huge vari-depth long whole-back-yard pool!!

  • BunksBunks Australia Veteran

    Ha ha! Na. $289 from the local pool shop. Put it up yourself job.

  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran

    Winter solstice inspired pics I took yesterday around Tower Bridge . . .


    Happy Soltice

    BunksSarahT
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran

    New Moon Solstice here

    Bunks
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