Summer Solstice

Yesterday was the day we mark as having the longest amount of daylight for the whole year. This past week I have been afflicted with a bit of insomnia and only seem to be able to get five hours of sleep at best each night. I woke at 3:50 am yesterday, well before that long period of light began. But the insomnia did allow me to enjoy every drop of sunshine the day offered. I didn't miss a thing. It was quite refreshing to see it only a little dusky at 9:00 pm, the way it will be at 5:00 pm come winter. But that's still a long way off and, though the days will shorten, they'll only lack a minute or so of daylight each time.

May, 2009

Well here we are in June already and the days are starting to heat up and get humid as they usually do this time of year. It was May that proved more unpredictable. In the course of 31 days, we saw highs in the fifties, highs in the eighties, heavy rain, sunny days and high winds. One day, 70 to 90 mph straight-line winds tore through southwest Missouri knocking over trees and downing electrical lines. I lost about a 70 foot section of privacy fence with two 4X4 posts broken off at ground level and the rest uprooted concrete and all. It fell over onto my neighbor's peonies. My dog was the only one excited about it since it meant she could terrorize two backyards for a few days. Looking forward to warm summer days and cool summer evenings this month.