First day of summer

Today was the longest day of the year, the summer solstice or Litha as it's known in pagan tradition. It also marks the start of summer so there's really only one thing to do on a day like this ... get outside and enjoy the sunshine!


"Then followed that beautiful season … Summer ….
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood."

(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - from Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie)