The last Sunset of 2023, photographed over Tarn Hows in the English Lake District. It was photographed by my friend Gill Henwood who was inspired to reflect on the moving from the old year to the New….

Over Tarn Hows, the foreground devastated by storms Arwen and this winter, being cleared from huge fallen trees. Yet calm on the ruffled tarn surface and the wind is still. A rainbow caught the low cloud behind me as the sun kissed the top of the standing larches, turning them golden.

The old year is ending, nature battered and bruised, but clearing brings light into the forest floor for saplings, berries, mosses, new life.

The birds are beginning to sing that spring is on her way. There are storms ahead in 2024, but the turning of midwinter to the new year has happened from the dawn of time…

There is a power stronger than all our fears, bringing hope into our apprehension and potential for healing to those who are suffering.
God’s creating Spirit, stirs anew, while still the Magi are following the bright Christmas star….

Gill Henwood

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