Welcome

[Winston77]

I would like to welcome you all to the first day of summer :sun: :daisy:


At least around here :D

[jseal]

And a beautiful day it is here in the Monumental city. :thumb:

[Aqua]

We cooled off considerably compared to yesterday. But thank you!

Happy Summer everyone. :sun:

[dicksbro]

Great day here!

Happy Summer!

[Oldfart]

Brrrrrrrr

[sodaklostsoul]

Very nice around here.

Happy Summer!!

[LixyChick]

I did the official summer solstice dance...Weeeeeeeeeeeee!

/me wraps warm arms around OF

[dicksbro]

^^^^ :wtp:

[Loulabelle]

I thought it was Midsummer's Day, not the first day of summer....when is midsummer's day then?

[gekkogecko]

Loulabelle, yesterday was the solstice, therefore the first day of Summer, according to current understanding. We use a four-season year.

The idea of solstice as "midsummer" comes from the ancient Germanic understanding of a two-season year. Winter & summer. Equinoxes would therefore, mark the beginning of the seasons, with the solstices marking the mid-season.

So, in fact, yesterday was both the first day of summer, and the middle of summer. Just depends on your point of view.

Either way, hope the holy day was a good one for peeps.

[wyndhy]

i too communed with nature in honor of this day - the day that heralds the days to come … days crammed with the lushly moist, fragrantly sticky, heady excess in witch nature so wildly indulges herself this time of year.



:D