See the Blazing Yule Before Us!

The day started at the beach of course at 7:18 am. There wasn’t a real sunrise but I wanted to record the dawn of the shortest day of the year.

After doing our Monday chores we had an early lunch and finally headed into Chicago to Help Doug and Lisa celebrate the Winter Solstice! They were ready with a roaring fire in the fire pit. Dad and I were dressed for cold weather but the actual temperature was in the high 40’s. But it didn’t hurt to be prepared. Lisa’s Mom was there too to help celebrate. The first project was to carve Runes into or Yule Logs. We accomplished this with the help of a wood burner. These logs were saved from Doug and Lisa’s Christmas tree last year, which is traditional for the Yule log.

Doug was prepared with a book about Runes. Dad’s choices are actual Runes he found in the book.

We had a a lot of fun! The pine logs had sat for a year but they still seemed full of sap so there were a lot of sparks coming from them as they burned. Lisa made lamb stew and fresh bread. It was all really tasty!. To top it off, while we were sitting there, Dad spotted a Bald Eagle just north of the yard over the park.

Doug and Lisa are planning to do it again next year. Doug is saving ashes from this Yule fire to carry over for next year.