Looking Forward.

 

Angel Planells.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Planells
 

Today it was dark at 17.20 and now at 18.35 it looks like the middle of the night, tonight Richie says there is sickle moon.

 I wish I could see it too, sadly our only view is of buildings, I did catch a glimpse of a star, Jupiter, over the roof of the Fijnout theatre when I was being hoisted out of my wheelchair.

Its Halloween, I recall it was called All Souls in Trinidad; people visited the graves of their dead then, not knocking on stranger’s doors for sweets.

Here it is a very quiet evening, nobody seems to be out and about, and no one has knocked on our door or rang the doorbell, not one.

I think that Halloween has not caught on here, which is a good thing, as it’s become a huge commercial event, just like Christmas.

Christmas has really only taken off here in the Netherlands since the late1990’s, presents were given traditionally on 5^th of December, Sinterklaas, or Sint Nicolaas (Saint Nicolas).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas

The clock going back yesterday means it is not long now until our 10^th wedding anniversary on 19th of December three days before the Winter Solstice.

They are my favourite days, I love how quiet it is, no bird sounds in mid winter, and it feels like being in a beautiful bubble from 19^th to 31st of December.

I am looking forward to the delights of December and in the New Year of the return of more daylight hours, as we progress.