December 23

As the Season Turns

Folk, Seasons, Folk Singer, Ffern, Arts, Society & Culture, Music History, Folklore, Fragrance, Seasonal, Field Recording, Folk Music, Music, Wildlife, Nature, Science

4.8 • 977 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Our final episode of 2023 explores the sleepy but still vibrant natural world of December - from newts and frogs hibernating in the garden pond to colourful toadstools in the woods. Alice visits the Cairngorms in Scotland to retrace the steps of nature writer Nan Shepherd, while we mark the winter solstice and watch the Geminids meteor shower. To close, we hear one last Welsh folksong from Gwilym Bowen Rhys, the very old Christmas carol 'Ar fore dydd nadolig'. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, seasonal perfume. To find out more visit www.ffern.co

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Fern podcast as the season turns.
0:09.0	Released on the first of the month, each episode follows the changing landscape of the seasons,
0:15.0	from the moon and the stars to the tides and the trees.
0:19.0	This is the final episode of our 2023 edition,
0:23.0	but I'm delighted to let you know that we'll be returning on New Year's Day
0:26.8	with another 12 episodes for 2024.
0:31.1	I'm Leah Lane Darts, author of The Almanac, a seasonal guide,
0:35.3	and this podcast is a collaboration between myself and Fern, makers of small batch organic perfume,
0:41.7	who blend, barrelage and bottle, four fragrances a year, released at the Equinoxes and Solstices.
0:49.3	I love wearing Fern.
0:51.3	In my quest to live in tune with the seasons, applying the season's perfume
0:55.1	is a lovely little ritual that reminds me to use all my senses. We hope that this brief guide
1:01.8	to the month ahead will awaken you to the rhythms of the year and help you to settle deeper
1:06.4	into the seasons.
1:15.9	The sunrise.
1:19.0	On the 1st of December,
1:22.0	the sun rises at 7.58 in Padstow,
1:24.4	and at 832 in Inverness.
1:27.2	And it would be almost half an hour later in both places by the winter solstice on
1:29.6	the 21st of December. We have entered the time of the latest sunrises of the year, and many of us
1:37.9	will be up stumbling around in the cold, dark mornings ahead of dawn, pulling the slippers on,
1:44.0	fastening the dressing gown tightly,
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