tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post8004303434377387256..comments2024-03-28T01:51:22.367-03:00Comments on Not Buying Anything: Summer SolsticeGregg Koephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-50914448053696965852017-06-23T19:20:18.583-03:002017-06-23T19:20:18.583-03:00Rob,
The beach is a fine place to start the summe...Rob,<br /><br />The beach is a fine place to start the summer. Glad you were gifted with clear skies and sun. Precious moments.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-80082316809012896072017-06-23T19:19:19.821-03:002017-06-23T19:19:19.821-03:00Terri,
Thank you, that is beautiful. Oh, to be l...Terri, <br /><br />Thank you, that is beautiful. Oh, to be like an apple tree, or any tree, really. It is something to aspire to.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-15200089798050910002017-06-23T19:18:33.629-03:002017-06-23T19:18:33.629-03:00Terri,
I wonder how you folks down the coast from...Terri,<br /><br />I wonder how you folks down the coast from us manage the humidity. Nova Scotia is even more humid than it was living on the west coast. It is oppressive, and high humidity in the home is not healthy. I am finding out about mold and mildew. <br /><br />I was born on the Canadian prairies in Lethbridge, Alberta. It is considered semi-desert. Thinks don't mold - they dry up to dust, and blow away. I love the green of a more humid environment, rather than thousands of square kilometres of golden prairie grasses (which have their own brand of sparse, dry beauty).Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-48043098864784288472017-06-23T19:14:20.475-03:002017-06-23T19:14:20.475-03:00Alex,
A bit of heat is nice after a long winter. ...Alex,<br /><br />A bit of heat is nice after a long winter. I like how the heat and sun make everything burst with life. It is so green here right now, including in our garden.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-86569461899046419682017-06-23T19:13:08.629-03:002017-06-23T19:13:08.629-03:00Mary,
Welcome to Summer. Stay cool.Mary, <br /><br />Welcome to Summer. Stay cool.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-62378471034058286372017-06-23T19:12:38.669-03:002017-06-23T19:12:38.669-03:00Marla,
Linda lived in Inuvik, NWT (200 km north o...Marla,<br /><br />Linda lived in Inuvik, NWT (200 km north of the Arctic Circle) when she was small. She remembers the midnight sun and aurora borealis. Like many Canadians, I have never been further north than Edmonton, Alberta.Gregg Koephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349453216733070775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-8827671197128872452017-06-22T14:56:58.418-03:002017-06-22T14:56:58.418-03:00Happy to say we had a great Summer Solstice here. ...Happy to say we had a great Summer Solstice here. Spent the evening at the beach and with friends under clear blue skies and warm sunshine. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-68315143533740982062017-06-22T00:32:35.983-03:002017-06-22T00:32:35.983-03:00Thought you might enjoy this living up there in ap...Thought you might enjoy this living up there in apple country!<br /><br /><br />"The Apple Orchard"<br /><br />"Come let us watch the sun go down<br />and walk in twilight through the orchard's green.<br />Does it not seem as if we had for long<br />collected, saved and harbored within us<br />old memories? To find releases and seek<br />new hopes, remembering half-forgotten joys,<br />mingled with darkness coming from within,<br />as we randomly voice our thoughts aloud<br />wandering beneath these harvest-laden trees<br />reminiscent of Durer woodcuts, branches<br />which, bent under the fully ripened fruit,<br />wait patiently, trying to outlast, to<br />serve another season's hundred days of toil,<br />straining, uncomplaining, by not breaking<br />but succeeding, even though the burden<br />should at times seem almost past endurance.<br />Not to falter! Not to be found wanting!<br />Thus must it be, when willingly you strive<br />throughout a long and uncomplaining life,<br />committed to one goal: to give yourself!<br />And silently to grow and to bear fruit."<br /><br />~ Rainer Maria RilkeTerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353098535307566034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-79825498846877890972017-06-22T00:23:57.496-03:002017-06-22T00:23:57.496-03:00Welcome summer! I hadn't thought about the lon...Welcome summer! I hadn't thought about the longer days you would have at the 45th parallel. How wonderful to stay up all night! Here on the 35th, it's been pretty hot! It's so humid here the past few days it's hard to breathe air. Things are very green; loving the sun and drenching rain mixed in.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353098535307566034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-23279526457750334302017-06-21T15:31:15.932-03:002017-06-21T15:31:15.932-03:00All best on this summer solstice. Hot here in the ...All best on this summer solstice. Hot here in the UK.<br />AlexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-61234100677723372252017-06-21T15:29:53.747-03:002017-06-21T15:29:53.747-03:00I grew up in Salem, Oregon, which is on the 45th p...I grew up in Salem, Oregon, which is on the 45th parallel also and enjoy the four seasons. Although it is going to be mid-90s Fahrenheit here this weekend! <br /><br />Happy Summer Solstice to you all!<br /><br />Mary Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-62382178873451854222017-06-21T14:58:12.260-03:002017-06-21T14:58:12.260-03:00Happy Solstice!! We had a glorious day yesterday t...Happy Solstice!! We had a glorious day yesterday to celebrate this turning of the wheel. I used to get up before the sunrise on solstice, but confess that didn't happen this year. I would love to have seen the midnight sun in my life as well as the northern lights. How lucky that I live in an age with such lovely photography though.Marlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823027336359766111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312736954468978064.post-19131072746740056262017-06-21T07:42:00.721-03:002017-06-21T07:42:00.721-03:00Happy summer solstice to you both!Happy summer solstice to you both!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198229069018243013noreply@blogger.com