Happy Summer Solstice!
The weather here has begun to cooperate a smidgen. We were able to have a full sunny day with all the wonderful activities of summer; swimming, baseball, a short run, the playground and meals outside. We capped it with a fire and all is well.
Not quite as wonderful in the garden…I have some marauding thief who likes strawberries as much as we do. It’s probably a chipmunk. Several traps have been set so hopefully yields will increase.
Enjoy the longest day my friends…tomorrow will have a wee bit less daylight.
*anna
oceannah 
We can always count on you Anna for our solstice reminders 🙂 Love the bleeding heart (I think??) beautiful. Glad you’re enjoying a little summer weather, sounds great fun. Think our summer in the UK has come and gone, it lasted about a week 😉 xxx
By: Sonia on June 21, 2013
at 9:09 am
(((Sonia))) so happy to see you. Yes it’s a bleeding heart. I’m sorry to hear about the brief UK summer…we’re not much better off alas. The tomatoes are either shivering in the chill or roasted too hot. How goes the newer meal plans for you?
Hope you all get some sun shiny days in this summer in spite of the crazy weather.
xo
By: oceannah on June 22, 2013
at 4:42 am
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at 10:15 am
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By: oceannah on June 22, 2013
at 4:38 am
Yay! I’m staying inside today. At 7:00am it was 78 degrees and the dewpoint was 69. Bleh.
Besides, new things on me are hurting today. Booo!
By: Sandra on June 21, 2013
at 10:24 am
wow, that is warm 😉 Supposed to be in the 90’s this weekend here…what crazy weather!
By: oceannah on June 22, 2013
at 4:37 am
Heat index 103 yesterday. Yay. I stayed inside. 🙂
By: Sandra on June 22, 2013
at 8:05 am
A good call!
By: oceannah on July 9, 2013
at 9:32 am
Love the flower. It looks like it represents both reproductive organs (midwife in me)… Happy summer solstice to you!!
By: flamidwyfe on June 21, 2013
at 12:11 pm
You’re all midwyfe Sandi. ps…having trouble getting onto your blog…prob. my server here 😦 xo
By: oceannah on June 22, 2013
at 4:34 am
Aw jeez, I HATE it when the days start getting shorter… (Good thing the weather’s been so gorgeous for a day or two, eh?; )
A Happy Solstice to you and yours!!: )
By: Deb Weyrich-Cody on June 21, 2013
at 12:31 pm
Yes Deb we’re having some sun also…finally. I do enjoy the seasons, but I must say this spring has been so bizarre that I feel a bit cheated.
By: oceannah on June 22, 2013
at 4:32 am
Agreed! This will be the (May and) June that never was, and it seems we’ve skipped directly over into mid-July at that! Wow, from frigid to muggy in one fell swoop (how’s that for acclimatisation?):
By: Deb Weyrich-Cody on June 22, 2013
at 10:01 am
Same here Deb! Weeeird……
*anna
By: oceannah on July 9, 2013
at 9:32 am
Hey there! Happy Fourth (and happy fiftieth btw( : )
By: Deb Weyrich-Cody on July 9, 2013
at 1:18 pm
Thanks for the 50th good wishes Deb.
*anna
By: oceannah on July 9, 2013
at 8:39 pm
Is the flower a bleeding heart?
By: crazytraintotinkytown on June 21, 2013
at 1:07 pm
Yes, bleeding heart 🙂 I have huge shrub sized ones here.
By: oceannah on June 22, 2013
at 4:21 am
Yes I think when the days get shorter it is by 3 minutes a day,
By: Bridgesburning Chris King on July 9, 2013
at 9:50 am
Thanks Chris 🙂
*anna
By: oceannah on July 9, 2013
at 8:47 pm
Am I the only one who finds this thought depressing? *sigh*
By: Deb Weyrich-Cody on July 10, 2013
at 1:29 am
HellNO!
I noticed last night that it is darker than usual 😦
By: oceannah on July 10, 2013
at 11:42 am
It seems so totally unfair – especially THIS year – that, by the time summer finally arrived(arrives), we’re losing daylight. Geez, I must be getting old or something… Every day, time seems to just FLY by, more and more quickly (and become all the more precious for it, I guess. (Speaking of which, I’m burning daylight; )
By: Deb Weyrich-Cody on July 10, 2013
at 1:35 pm
I’m with you 100%!
By: oceannah on July 15, 2013
at 6:17 am