Happy Solstice, DU.

[roody]

Summer solstice,
Return of the night.
Tomorrow the nights grow longer.
Tomorrow the heat grows stronger.
Tonight, the shortest night.

[longship]

1. Still light here after 9:30PM.

I drove to neighborhood market for home cooked hamburger and fries for take out this evening. I saw a porcupine, a large box turtle (sunning himself at the edge of the road), and two coyotes. It's a six mile drive each way through the national forest. The market is in the middle of nowhere and they have just about anything you need.

Finally getting to 80 degrees here in the woods of west rural Michigan. Still cool at night.

[madinmaryland]

2. Kicked.

[IDemo]

3. Tomorrow, best birthday of the year

Or so say I.

[Squinch]

4. And to you too!

[Control-Z]

5. That's today? Already?

Damn. I always think it should fall directly in the middle of summer, not at the start. Kind of sad that it's the beginning of the end of summer.

Glass half empty attitude, I'll admit. But I love long summer days. Sigh.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

6. Yeah, First Day of Summer....

And we may have rain Sunday, Likely Monday. That's unusual in this part of the world. I did finally get some pumpkins seedlings in the ground today. I have been eating yellow straight neck squash for a few weeks, as I got them in the ground over a month ago. Our first tomato is ripe too.

[Iliyah]

7. Well it 8:10 p.m. here in Los Angeles

and getting dark so I assume the 21st is the longest day?

[arikara]

8. I had to light our fire tonight

its so cold and wet out. I'm looking forward to hotter days coming for sure, and so is the garden.

[DemoTex]

9. Just watched the sun dip below the Cascades

This is my 5th Summer Solstice in the fire lookout tower. I had snow and sleet all day. Finally cleared enough to see the sunset. Summer tomorrow .. YAY!

[Auggie]

10. I love this time of year

[AzDar]

11. And to you, Roody!

[roody]

12. K

[roody]

13. k

[HappyMe]

14. Happy Solstice to one and all!

Summer officially comes tonight at 1:04am, here in NY.