Happy Summer Solstice!

[Mutley]

[ewagner]

1. Our local paper

paid attention to the Pagan side of the Solstice...which really surprised me...

here:

http://www.wisinfo.com/newsherald/mnhlocal/285238829067698.shtml

[tigereye]

2. solstice greetings to you, as well!

[Mutley]

6. Thanks!

[Mutley]

4. I'm surprised when anyone pays attention to the Pagan side of the Solstice

[Hugin]

3. Yay!

It's gonna be a hot one in these parts.

[Mutley]

5. It's actually going to be pretty nice here.

In the upper 70s. Perfect weather IMO.

[Hugin]

7. Does sound nice!

We might have some afternoon thundershowers... :)

[Mutley]

8. Oh yeah. That too. But I like thunderstorms.

[Patiod]

9. Went to a Soltice party on Saturday

Good food, old friends, candles, bells, readings, drums, a flute, and fireworks (I always hide on the porch during the home-made fireworks, not that I don't trust the host/fireworks creator....) Mostly actors, artists, lesbians, and pagens. And eight cats.

Earlier that day, I attended a (non-Soltice) picnic on the Main Line with a lot of good food, old friends, streaked-blond hair-dos, and Lily Pulitzer skirts. Mostly money managers, engineers, homemakers, and Catholics.

Well, at least both groups ate all my Dewar's, cream cheese, horseradish and smoked salmon on a cucumber hors d'oevres!

[Mutley]

10. Sounds like fun!

No Solstice parties here :cry: that I know of.

[bertha katzenengel]

11. Aahhhh, Summer.

Bugs.

Living in a blast furnace/sauna.

Bugs.

Living in refrigerated, skin-drying "comfort."

Bugs.

Bugs.

Edit: signed, Today's Designated Pessimist.

Sorry. I desperately miss summers on the Pacific.

[Mutley]

12. heehee

Summer on the East Coast is not very fun, eh? I've been on the EC for most of my life so I really wouldn't know any better.

[bertha katzenengel]

15. Spend one week within ten miles of the Pacific at the 33rd parallel

and you will resent EC summers even more. :hi:

[Bridget Burke]

17. Come to Houston. You may appreciate the EC a bit more.

I'd recommend an August visit....

[Mutley]

22. Oh no thanks.

My stepmother took a business trip to Dallas last year in August and she STILL talks about how horrible the heat was.

[Mutley]

18. I'll bet!

But the earthquakes are enough to scare me away :scared: :hide:

[bertha katzenengel]

28. They're not that frequent, and the bad ones are even less frequent.

And you reminded me: The thunderstorms!! Yes, the t-storms we get out here are fabulous. I love them. They scare me a little since the La Plata tornado three years ago, but I still love 'em.

[Mutley]

36. Oh I love thunderstorms

but no thanks to tornados! Thank goodness they are rare here.

[Patiod]

19. You forgot: bugs that have West Nile virus!

The State came in and put up some sort of mosquito trap on my friend's property (this was before she found a sick owl out back, as well as several dead birds). They told her they trapped mosquitos that have West Nile.

I'm tempted to wear a mosquito-net burka next time I visit there!

[bertha katzenengel]

23. Thank you for the reminder -- time to hit the cats w/ Revolution again.

YIKES, Patiod!

[Mutley]

26. How much is Revolution anyway?

I've given my dog Frontline for the last few years, and it gets rid of the fleas but she gets this really weird dandruff for a fews days afterword.

[bertha katzenengel]

30. It is expensive but WELL worth it, Mutley. I highly recommend it.

Most places will only sell 6 mos. at a time. At our vet, that was approximately ten dollars per dose.

It kills fleas, ticks, ear mites, keeps mosquitoes away, takes care of heartworm . . . it's fantastic.

[Mutley]

32. That may actually be cheaper than Frontline

at my store a 6 month supply of Frontline is 79.99, which is $13 per dose... I will have to look into Revolution. Do any stores sell it? My vet will only sell K9 Advantix.

[bertha katzenengel]

33. You might be able to get it on some of the pet meds web sites

1-800-petmeds.com? I don't know exactly where they are. A lot of vets will only sell it to you if they know your pet. My vet usually requires an exam of each pet first, but they know us and know how hard it is to get some of our cats in there, so they sold it to me w/out seeing each one first.

You can't get it at brick pet stores, that much I know.

[Mutley]

35. I'll check Petmeds... thanks for the tip!

[Lannes]

13. Summers in FLA suck

90+ most days and humidity you can cut with a knife.Im looking forward to the fall.

[Mutley]

14. Ugh.

I applied to Flagler College in St Augustine and was accepted, but when I went to visit the school in February (1997) and it was 85 degrees outside, I decided to stay further north. :rofl:

[Lannes]

16. Flagler is a big party school

At least it was a few years back.Im moving back up north myself when an opportunity presents itself.

[Mutley]

20. Nice!

Where are you thinking of moving?

[Lannes]

25. Back to NYC area

Probably would live in the country so I could get a place with some land thats near the city.I loved living in NYC but since moving into a house Id have a hard time going back to a small apt like I had when I left NYC a long time ago.

[Mutley]

29. Right!

And living in the city itself is very expensive.

[Felix Mala]

21. Is it true you can get a Republican to balance on his head today

on a level surface?

[Mutley]

24. LOL!

I hadn't heard that but I may have to give it a try. :rofl:

[Zomby Woof]

27. Woohoo!

By mid-summer I will be where summers rule: southern California! :bounce:

[Mutley]

31. Excellent!

By mid-summer I will be sweltering in class. Why oh why did I decide to take a summer class? Oh thats right, so I can graduate in December, not May!

[In_The_Wind]

34. YES !

>
>> :party: :toast: :party:

[Mutley]

37. YAY!

Though I'm not a big fan of heat, the city is a lot more fun in the summertime.

[In_The_Wind]

38. everything is more fun in the summer

:)