Happy Winter Solstice! On this shortest day of the year, I invite you to watch a one minute video that features a selection of my art that celebrates winter. I also sing the first snippet of the carol, “In the Bleak Mid-winter.” The winter wonderland that you see here is hardly bleak, but I think that Christina Rossetti’s words beautifully evoke the coming season. She wrote the poem in 1872, and it was put to music in the early 1900’s by Gustav Holst.
In the bleak mid-winter.
Frosty wind made moan.
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow, on snow.
In the bleak mid-winter. Long ago.
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SALLEY MAVOR 
Thank you Salley, what a lovely gift!
Thank you for the beautiful work and the sweet song! And I wish you a happy winter solstice!
Salley, your voice is as lovely as your artwork! I cannot tell you how inspired I am by your work to work with felt now. I am loving it. Happy winter solstice to you.
Thank you, Salley! Your work is a delight, as always. Merry Christmas.
Helen Mar Parkin
I love you. Thank you
thank you for sharing your talents, passions, and love of the natural world. Human connection between like minds is indeed our most precious bulwark against the bleak elements of our world. And more enduring.
You have a lovely singing voice, Salley! In the Bleak Midwinter has long been one of my favorite Carols. When our church does a Christmas hymn-sing, that’s always my request. Just yesterday I addressed a few of your “winter fun” cards for posting today. Happy Solstice and Merry Christmas!