winter solstice

Nature program to address Winter Solstice Day offers opportunity to make tin can luminary on Saturday

December 19, 2024 | By Muddy River News

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Parks and Recreation is offering a free nature program: “Lighting the Way with Solstice Luminaries,” from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center. The program will be led by certified nature educator Gale Rublee and members of the Mississippi Hills Master Naturalists. Nails, patterns…

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Solstice celebrations: Why gardeners embrace shortest day of year

December 19, 2024 | By Muddy River News

MACOMB, Ill. — Welcome to astronomical winter. Our calendars mark the beginning of winter as Dec. 21 (sometimes Dec. 22) because of where Earth is in its orbit around the sun. Is it too much of a leap to say that gardeners and those who work outdoors are particularly connected to this astronomical event? I…

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