The candle is burning

I lit it just before sundown, because tonight is the solstice, and I am celebrating the way I do every year now. Stay up all night with a candle lit against the dark, while feasting and singing and generally enjoying myself.

I've already gotten some of the singing out of the way, I sang through the whole of Handel's Messiah. Some bits go better than others. Maybe someday I'll actually learn it all, but it's always fun to try.

I've also gotten a bit of the feasting done, I had a "breakfast" just after lighting the candle of apples and triple cream brie. (Tonight the diet is out the window for certain.) I am looking forward to a hefty midnight lunch of salami, prosciutto, and assorted cheeses, and probably either home-made eggnog, or ginger cider.