Day 355, and I pause to acknowledge the Winter Solstice. I had planned to begin my project on this very day in 2013, but ended up postponing it to begin instead with the first of the year. Having nearly completed my round of the seasons, I appreciate the arbitrary nature of our Western calendar, and am delighted to say that my next project (more about that on January 1st) will begin with the Spring Equinox of 2015, rather than the start of a particular month. This is the shortest day, and as I type this, it has already grown dark though not yet 6 pm Eastern Time. Tomorrow, the days will grow longer once again. On the occasion of this turning of the year, I offer these two images of turning tendrils, taken on today’s ramble through the dreary gray along Piney Woods Church Road.
