the longest day

Last year, Adrienne pointed out to me that the longest day of the year had already come and gone, and we still hadn't seen any sun.  This was a keen and depressing observation on my wife's part...are you telling me that by the time the sun FINALLY comes out for summer, the days are already getting shorter?!  That's a bunch of b.s., if you ask me.

This year has hardly been better.  Grey days and rain are still the dominant weather pattern, and its a week before July.  We're handling it a bit better this year - first, we expected it this time; second, that Indonesian sun is still a recent memory; and third...well...I guess its still memories of that Indonesian sun.

BUT!  This year, on that longest day of June 21st - the official beginning of summer - the day was full of sun and 79 degrees!  It was awesome.  We welcomed summer by eating from the garden, drinkin AJ's favorite wine, grilling tofu, and having a fire.  We sat outside until there was no more light left in the sky - it was 11:15!