It will be another month or so before the Northern Hemisphere experiences those truly frigid winter temperatures. Why is there such a big lag between the winter solstice and the coldest days? December 22, 2014. A modern-day druid leads incantations as revelers celebrate the sunrise during the winter solstice at Stonehenge on Monday.
; 31 January 1938) reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Princess Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Upon her mother's accession in 1948, she became heir presumptive. When her mother abdicated on 30 April 1980, Beatrix succeeded her as Queen.
Author Reading. (Childrens). Saturday November 21, 2015 2:00 PM Join Annie for a reading from her 6th children's book entitled The Clock Family. Annie Meadows is now being called the modern day Beatrix Potter as she creates morally rich books for children and those who choose to remain young at heart.Fiction). Sunday November 15, 2015 1:00 PM In words and pictures, Decemberlands invites you into three distinct worlds, far from one another in space and time but bound by the universal tension between what we want and what we must give.