Happy Solstice!
Hail bravehearts, to the dawning of this new day. A day of light and summer. A day of celebration. A day of wonder and awe. Today the sun shines most brightly on the great planet and casts it’s warm rays of heat and light upon us. Today is the longest day.
Here, in our part of the world, we will have daylight till after 11 pm and the sun will rise brightly early in the morning. It is a day of joy and celebration as the great Earth spins
its way into another summer.
Summer! The season of holidays, heat, gardens, barbeques and the great outdoors. This is the season where we also shed our warm winter attire and bask in the glorious sunshine. A season for sunscreen and insect repellent, beaches and bathing suites. The time of year of the carefree summer days, the long and relaxing days of summer life and summer play. The warm sunshine calls us from our homes and beckons us to leave our comfortable nests and step into the world of the great outdoors.
Summer! The blessings of the sun as it shines upon us and fills our world with green and color. Warm. It is now the time of warm!
The feeling of your body as it wakes to a dawn of bright light. Come! calls the sunshine. Rise and shine with me. Come outside and play in the warm, dazzling light and feel the splendor of this great new day. Come, feel the joy of summer, the blooming of the Earth, the warmth of the lakes and the cool of the fresh waters. Come outside to feel the joy of summer, with it’s heat and fragrance and the freshness of the rain. Smell the newly cut grass and the warm summer breezes, feel the warm wind in your face and the cool splashes of rain water. The planet has changed itself again today, and the lazy air of restful summer is upon us.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-33211353 summer solstice at Stonehenge
From the time of ancient man, the dawn of summer has been celebrated on a day in June, when the day is the longest. A day when all of the crops are planted and the time is marked by the long length of daylight. A day to celebrate the life that the earth gives and the superb placement of this celestial planet as it passes near to the sun in it’s yearly orbit around our life giving shining star.
The reason for stonehenge is still a mystery, but the placements of the stones indicate the celebration of summer as the sun rises and it’s light shines in a specific path. The huge rocks placed in a sort of circle where people can gather to watch the rising sun and marvel at the brilliant idea of this festive day. To be a witness to the first light shone upon the Earth on this glorious day of sunshine and daylight.
Lucky for us to be in such a place, in such a time, to live in such a place as this. A world full of wonder and history. A world full of awe and excitement. A world where mysterious ancient man, rose to celebrate the first rays of dawn on the longest day of the year. Lucky for us, that today is a new day, a new season. Welcome to summer!
written by Dr. Louise Hayes
June 21, 2015