Result !

So we brought the hens inside, and are giving them additional light.

And we have an egg !

Well, only one, but we can hope  it's a start.

And this is close to the Winter Solstice.
The shortest day  has been the 21st December for the last few years - this year it's the 22nd December  , and the day is one second shorter than the 21st.

And here is similar data for London  - that place 'Doon Sooth'

So things on the up from tomorrow !

Simmer Dim

I was driving home just after midnight.
At this time of the year the hours of  daylight are long.  Of course at the end of December its the opposite.......

59 degrees isnt far enough north for the sun not to set . youve got to be above the Arctic Circle for that . The Arctic circle is another 524 miles north .

But we do get prolonged period of twilight , when the sun sets, but not far enough below the horizon  to remove all light.

Its called the Simmer Dim  in Orkney and Shetland

Some pictures I took , going home