The shortest day of the year is upon us.

Winter light can be beautiful

The winter solstice has arrived in Australia. The shortest day of the year. And no, this doesn’t mean that we have less than twenty-four hours in the day today. It just means the we experience the shortest amount of daylight today. The sun will set early. It will get dark early. The street lights will come on earlier as the darkness arrives.

This also means that every day from now will get longer by tiny increments until we are celebrating the summer solstice. I’m taking a stab in the dark and guessing that the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying its longest day of the year today.

And in my marvellous Melbourne the weather for this mystical day has been pretty amazing. Cold, but sunny and clear. So I strapped my left ankle into its stunning foot corset and took the beasts for a walk around the block this afternoon.

The day may be short but the shadows are long and the winter light is glorious.

At 4pm the shadows are long