“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland
‘No winter lasts forever’
#Covid & #Flu Weekly Update 21st December 2022
Influenza incidence increased from High to Extraordinary activity level. Image shows % of vaccinations administered
‘Dust of Snow’
Image by Rosie Hopkins, Poem by Robert Frost
Keeping Our Dogs Safe in Winter
The Veterinary charity PDSA has published advice about keeping our dogs safe especially in winter when we are out and about
Managing Our Mental Wellbeing Through Winter
“There are things that we can do to manage our mental health this winter. ” Dr Joan Harvey
“65% of older people plan to use less heating this winter”
“millions of older people are wondering if they will be abandoned by the government and left with unaffordable energy bills and freezing homes next year. ” John Palmer, Independent Age
21.12.21
“We looked across to the Hoy Hills being atmospheric”
Bringing Light On The Shortest Day
“And what better to mark the shortest day?”
” The finder found”
“Yourself, the gatherer gathered, the finder found,” Edwin Muir
St Lucy from ‘behind the desk’…a Custodian’s view
“This simple ceremony takes only a few minutes, but it is strangely powerful; in the half light it is as if we are between worlds, suspended in time and space as Lucy weaves her magic.”
