Get on and Shine with Holly Honeychurch

Zola Blood are melancholic and haunting whilst being totally funky and uplifting. With such a combination of sound and rhythm, I find myself soaring high with the vocalist. Here’s their album Infinite Games from 2017. I’ve had many an adventurous car journey to this music.

An interlude.

Apparently these icicles were as high/long as a house 🧊😵‍💫 ❄️ ☃️ but the perspective doesn’t show on a phone.

More lovely water falling. Have you ever had an ice bath?

The Snow Queen’s residence.

The Ice King of the North’s winter realm.

Further into the frosty forest.

Nature meets industry at this world heritage site. Autumn leaves. Winter snow.

I can’t go on long walks without my feet protesting but my lovely Simon can. I’ll be gradually adding some photos of the glorious settings he visited on the way to a magical waterfall yesterday. Let’s begin his walk here.

The world is so magical 🌟

Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by your name;
you are mine.
When you walk through the waters,
I’ll be with you;
you will never sink beneath the waves.
When the fire is burning all around you,
you will never be consumed by the flames.
When the fear of loneliness is looming,
then remember I am at your side.
When you dwell in the exile of a stranger,
remember you are precious in my eyes.
You are mine, O my child,
I am your Father,
and I love you with a perfect love.

Words by Gerard Markland based on four verses from the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 43.

Not many songs make me weep but Lully, Lulla, Lullay is one of them. A marvel of the highest angelic order.

Here’s a stunning version from Belfast Cathedral conducted by Philip Stopford the composer himself. Oh my, those acoustics 🥰

Golden sparkly hexagonal prisms of snow. Aaarrrggghhhh losing my magical mind over here 🤩 I loves snow. ❄️

This is such an awesome set from Eddie Halliwell containing many old school, hard house tunes I went crazy for. I like it even faster and harder these days but it felt like he had the future at his fingertips with mixes like this. He was a firework and the crowd loved him.

Never thought Frosty the Snowman could be such a wild ride but my, it sure is with Bublé and the Puppini Sisters 😃💃🏽🕺🏽✨

Stunning music from Choeur du Carmel de tous les Saints.

Some yummy vegan Christmas recipes here. I tried the smashed tatties tonight. Yum! I’m a tattie demon 🥔😈🥔😈🥔 I cannae help myself when they’re around.

Magical Frosty Full Moon Musical Meditation - Bright Crisp Uplifting Harp & Sweet Birdsong is new and beautiful over on Late Nite Harp.

Image by Vincent Peters.

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Taken by Simon