Tag: Winter Solstice

Peace 🕊 on Earth

On By ResaIn Holidays

It’s the Only Thing on My Holiday Wish List

As the year draws to a close, I’m excited because days are getting longer, and I have a new Art Gown to share. She’s super special, so pop by Art Gowns on December 27th. It’s a holiday feast for the eyes.

In the meantime I wish all the very best, no matter what you celebrate this December!

Christmas

Holy Family with Saints Margaret and Francis (1578- oil on canvas) – Lavinia Fontana (1552 – 1614) Italian

Hanukkah

As I don’t have a photo of a Menorah, here’s one from Pexels. However, I have a photo of a Tora binder, rimmonim and yad. (below)

Torah binder (1696/97) – Simcha, wife of Levi of Buttrio – silk embroidered with silk thread

Kwanza

Kwanzaa – an annual celebration of  African-American culture, culminating in Karamu, a communal feast. (December 26 to January 1)

Yule

Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago. That would be what the Vikings celebrated.

Well, I don’t have any Vikings, but I just happen to have some VI-QUEENS.

Big thank you’s to my models – Holly, Gigi, Dale, Shey, Marina & Rebecca

There are probably other celebrations/or respects. Best wishes to all! For all here’s Holly’s Tangle-Heart in a magic sky. It’s from © Timothy Price. Thank you for letting me use your photos dear Tim!

Comments are closed, so I can yet again attempt to catch up on visiting blogs.

However, comments will be open on December 27th, on Art Gowns.

Holy Family with Saints Margaret and Francis (1578- oil on canvas) – Lavinia Fontana and Tora binder (Simcha, wife of Levi of Buttrio ) , rimmonim and yad – from Making Her Mark exhibition, Toronto, Canada, 2024. Photos © Resa McConaghy

Kwanza street art pic, VI-QUEENS art & pics, Art Gown & photo © Resa McConaghy.

A Winter’s Solstice in Summer

On By ResaIn Alley Gallery, GALA140 Comments

Ecila looked up at the hot summer’s sun.

She was on her way to Teagan’s Christmas in July blog party, in a beautiful new gown. Blinded by the light, she accidentally turned left into a mural. Ecila looked around at the black and white world, and saw no way out.

Suddenly there was a black and white cat looming before her. “Who are you?” she asked.

“Why I’m Tac Tac the Water Cat,” he replied, “and you can’t get out the way you came in. You’ll have to go through the Purple Pink Rabbits’ door, in the pink alley.”

“Take this!” said Tac Tac, and he handed Ecila a gold rabbit coin. “Use it wisely. It’s your one chance to get out of here.”

Ecila wandered black and white curves until she saw a pink alley. In the alley was a Purple Pink Rabbit. “Hello! What’s your name, and can you please show me the door out of here?”

“I’m Tibbar,” the rabbit replied, “and yes, the door is at the top of the stairs.”

Ecila looked up some stairs guarded by three Purple Pink Rabbits. The door was there!

“But first you’ll have to get past Bugsy, Mugsy and Thugsy. Bugsy and Mugsy charge 5 gold rabbit coins each. Thugsy gets seven.”

“But I have only one gold rabbit coin,” Ecila said looking up at Bugsy.

“Not my problem,” replied Bugsy.

“There’s only one way to make gold rabbit coins here,” offered Mugsy. “You’ll have to play poker with the dogs! The game’s around the corner on an old red wood sliding door.”

Ecila found the dog’s game, draped her tail up to look like a gambler’s cape and threw her gold rabbit coin on the table.

“Chips please!” she demanded cooly.

The dogs howled. They figured she was just a human, and they would relieve her of her gold rabbit coin faster than the first day of winter. A chick in a bolero hat put a small stack of chips on the table for her.

Ecila thought of the wise words from her non uncle Kenny.

After many hours of holding, folding and not counting her chips, Ecila cashed in for 17 gold rabbit coins. She left the extra chips on the table, let down her tail and walked away.

Once out of sight of the dogs, she began running to the Purple Pink Rabbits’ door.

Ecila ran up the stairs tossing gold coins to the rabbits.

She threw the last 7 coins to Thugsy, and fled out the door. Elica ran all the way toTeagan’s blog hop party, where she made a grand entrance in her new Winter Solstice gown.

“Sorry I’m late everyone! My hair is mess and well, I can’t even begin to tell you what I’ve been through,” Ecila lightly panted. “Let me just say some cats are water cats, there’s such a thing as Purple Pink Rabbits and the the dog days of summer really are dog days.”

Teagan is holding a Christmas in Summer blog hop party. It doesn’t have to be Christmas, just a winter celebration around that time. Click on her badge above, and read the guidelines!

Outtakes

Winter Solstice gown created © by Resa – July, 2024

Pics of gown and street art © Resa McConaghy- June & July 2024

Story © Resa McConaghy – July 2024

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