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Winter {December} Solstice

There’s a chill in the air, spring is still months away and those of us who live in the northern hemisphere are down to nine hours of daylight and fifteen hours of nightfall, as today is the “winter solstice”. The Earth is closer to the sun than in June, which causes our planet to orbit a little faster than average. We are getting less exposure to direct sunlight, and here in the mid-Atlantic the coldest months are yet to come.

There’s nothing like a bowl of hearty goodness to warm a chilly night so, this evening why not curl-up on the sofa with homemade beef & vegetable soup. And those of you, who happen to be up around 1am, pop outside…yes in the cold…to view the Ursid meteors in the north- northeast sky.

Stay comfortably warm,
K

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Louvre Abu Dhabi

The illustrious collection of the Louvre Abu Dhabi has a most comprehensive scope of art that ranges from prehistoric to contemporary. The museum has artifacts from Egypt and Mesopotamia along with paintings from Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, and Claude Monet. Installations from Ai Weiwei are also darted throughout the galleries.

The Egyptian god Horus A sculpture of Osiris from the book Birth of a Museum

When sunlight filters through the roof of the Louvre Abu Dhabi it creates a moving “rain of light” beneath the dome, reminiscent of the overlapping dessert palm trees.

Horses of the Sun by French sculptor Gilles Guerin

Construction took eight years and the museum spans over 260,000 square feet. The network of galleries are designed chronologically and are light filled. Half of the artworks that are part of the permanent collection are on loan from the Agence France-Musèums, which includes the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Versailles and Musée de l’Orangerie, and the museum will display four temporary exhibits each year.

Enjoy,
K