June 16

Things are so lush and green.  Our rose bush, which usually gets one or two blooms each summer, has nine buds on it right now.   The daylight will continue to grow for another five days, then we'll hit the summer solstice with the shortest night of the year.

This time of year it's hard to remember that there's ever snow and cold and darkness.  And come the winter solstice it's almost impossible to remember all this light and green....  Mary