{"id":12496,"date":"2022-02-11T04:14:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T04:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/?p=12496"},"modified":"2022-02-15T01:34:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T01:34:23","slug":"the-bright-side-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/?p=12496","title":{"rendered":"The bright side of winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We\u2019re more than three-quarters of the way through winter here in Scotland and it shouldn\u2019t be too long before we start to see the first watery glimpses of sunshine or a chorus of crocuses. Surviving a long winter is enough to bring out the creative or the poet in many of us as we emerge from our hibernation into sunlit hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We, as humans, are expected to keep busy and active in the winter, even though every cell in our being is craving that snuggle-up time. It should be a time when we are allowed time and space to turn our thoughts inward, saving our energies for the burst of life that Spring brings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I sometimes wonder if we would all be much happier here in Scotland if we were able to live more aligned with the cycles of nature, rather than being dictated to by the wailing demands of our alarm clock through the darkness.<\/p>\n

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Looking on the bright side (so to speak) the light in Scotland through the winter is glorious if you are a photographer. The days may be shorter but with the sun so low in the winter sky, golden hour can last all day. A little cloud cover, with a hint of sunlight is enough to create some spectacular images. In fact, such atmospheric shots are hard to create anywhere else in the world.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no shortage of magical photographic locations in Scotland, enhanced by the winter light. We\u2019ve all seen the dramatic images of the majestic Glencoe, the auburn locks of the Heilan\u2019 Coos. The low winter lighting is an important factor in these stunning shots.<\/p>\n

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It just goes to show, the winter skies can inspire creativity if we allow it, and inspiration can be found just beyond our doorstep. There are some days I\u2019ve been richly rewarded for the energy I\u2019ve expended to simply get dressed for the great outdoors.<\/p>\n

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Our coastline and waterways are brimming with inspiration, from the moodiness of the water and the seaweed washed upon the shore, to the moorhens on the lochs with their comically large feet flapping. It\u2019s all there waiting to be discovered, painted, drawn or photographed.<\/p>\n

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All that said, if you\u2019re not quite ready to get out there, and you\u2019re waiting for the pioneering snowdrops to make their appearance, I hear you. Maybe one more cosy afternoon with a marshmallow hot chocolate wouldn\u2019t be so bad. Would it?<\/em><\/p>\n

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We\u2019re more than three-quarters of the way through winter here in Scotland and it shouldn\u2019t be too long before we start to see the first watery glimpses of sunshine or a chorus of crocuses. Surviving a long winter is enough to bring out the creative or the poet in many of us as we emerge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-hive-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12496"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12516,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12496\/revisions\/12516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}