Happy Summer Solstice!

[uffeviking]

It happened here twentysix minutes ago, and this is how it's celebrated in some European countries:

[Lilas Pastia]

Woman, you can't be serious: you really mean days are getting shorter from now on??? . I thought we still had a week to go...

Speaking of Summer sorlstice, its voluptuous essence is captured to perfection in Andreï Rublev and Bergman's Smiles of A Midsummer Night..

And of course, it should be remembered that it's French Canadian's National Holiday   

[uffeviking]

In that case, Lieber André, A Happy French Canadian Summer Solstice also! 

[Lilas Pastia]

 
I'll eat a printen or two thinking of you!

The actual date is June 24 (St-John The Baptist's name day). It' usually recognized as the real "midsummer".

[mahler10th]

I arranged some standing stones in my back garden, and last night I danced around them with a bottle of wine and sacrificed a couple of cows with a ceremonial sword whilst listening to Gorecki's "Amen" at full volume.
It was most edifying.

[uffeviking]

Aha! It was your Gorecki I heard while dancing naked around a bonfire in my rose garden, listening to Debussy's Arabesque. 

[Wanderer]

Blue and white are the Greek national colours, as well; one quick glance at the picture made me think for a moment this was a shot from a March 25 parade (our national holiday). The flags in the picture - minus the fleurs de lis - are identical to a very common variant of the Greek flag.

[Lilas Pastia]

Yes, the colours are almost identical  .

[DavidRoss]

I arranged some standing stones in my back garden, and last night I danced around them with a bottle of wine and sacrificed a couple of cows with a ceremonial sword whilst listening to Gorecki's "Amen" at full volume.
It was most edifying.

Aha! It was your Gorecki I heard while dancing naked around a bonfire in my rose garden, listening to Debussy's Arabesque. 

I'm celebrating Summer Solstice next year with Lis!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I'm celebrating Summer Solstice next year with Lis!

Pics at Photobucket or Flickr, please.

[mn dave]

I'll do what I do every year.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Ah, the immortal Frank Frazetta! I know it from the cover of 'Conan the Avenger' (just checked).

But - how IS the lady doing?

[mn dave]

Ah, the immortal Frank Frazetta! I know it from the cover of 'Conan the Avenger' (just checked).

But - how IS the lady doing?

Oh, I'm sure she's just fine. That lunkhead in a helmet probably saved her. I can't perform a proper Summer Solstice event with him around.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Oh, I'm sure she's just fine. That lunkhead in a helmet probably saved her. I can't perform a proper Summer Solstice event with him around.

[DavidRoss]

Oh, I'm sure she's just fine. That lunkhead in a helmet probably saved her. I can't perform a proper Summer Solstice event with him around.

Looks like me coming to visit Lis--and just in the nick of time!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Looks like me coming to visit Lis--and just in the nick of time!

The plot thickens...

I am that crocodile on the steps, looking on.

[Bogey]

My celebration was much more indicative of my entire summer....I repaired yet another sprinkler head.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

My celebration was much more indicative of my entire summer....I repaired yet another sprinkler head.

To paraphrase Lilas Pastia: you "capture the voluptuous essence of the Summer Solstice to perfection"...

[Wanderer]

The plot thickens...

I am that crocodile on the steps, looking on.

I took the picture.

[mn dave]

I took the picture.

LOL

I think M has something to do with those demons in the background.