L'Islande comptera bientôt 400.000 habitants. Nous étions 387 758 personnes à y vivre au 1er janvier 2023. Et il y avait à peine 180.000 islandais dans les années 1960. A noter que le taux de chômage dans ce pays était de 3,1 % en octobre dernier.
Le mois de Décembre a été le plus froid jamais enregistré dans le pays depuis le début des années 1990 avec une moyenne de -1,2 degré à Reykjavík et -4,4 degrés à Akureyri.
When the weather turns dark and gloomy in the Pacific Northwest, it's easy to stay inside, but instead wander into the forest and look at what all that rain feeds into. At the very small scale, wonderfully complex life feeds on all this moisture, in colors that you would not expect at first sight. The chaotic geometry is equally admirable. #fungi#pacificnorthwest#rainforest#december#rain
Alright so .. I didn’t get to see the game but I kept hearing a lot of noise about the final play of the game. Are these refs deaf… do they know who is talking to them?!?
I told y’all that the substitute referees during the strike was the absolute worst but look who is creeping up closely to them… the current 2023 refs.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18 but I'm posting #December 21 so Blessed and Happy Solstice to all! This date is what all the mid-winter holy days/festivals are really about in the Northern Hemisphere - Sun has reached the maximum of her southward journey, and will begin the slow return. We celebrate the anticipated return of #light but also should take some time to reflect on the darkness: #sleep#blood#soil#death#regeneration#SeasonalRhythms#pagan#animist
Happy mid-summer to Southern friends!
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19 this was taken a couple of days before the Solstice, but the #sun#WinterLight is a major focus for many weeks over winter (okay, maybe I'm always obsessed with light-not so much pure blinding sun, but the effects as she lowers, peeks out through trees and clouds, etc!). Here it was mid afternoon, just a couple of hours from sunset, a little below freezing (well above average!) with sun and sun dog! #WinterPictures#Alberta#CountryLiving#SunDog#snow#December