Winter Solstice, Conjunction, and Chores

 "It is a universal law - have no illusion - that every creature alive is attached to nothing so much as its own self-interest" - Epictetus

 

Summer Soltsice at 48 degrees North Latitude

Dawn begins early.  This was taken at 3:45 AM.  There was noticeable faint light on the horizon at 3:00 AM.  However it wasn't until 45 minutes later that I was sure that it wasn't sky-glow from a nearby town.