The Longest Day
Summer Solstice Mon Jun 21st Turkey Vulture - Stunning but not pretty! According to the Government of Canada Twitter account for the June 21st, " I t'll officially be Summer in the Northern Hemisphere! The #SummerSolstice means early sunrises, late sunsets, warm weather, and a whole lot of outdoor activities. " I thought the whole point of a solstice, was that the days started getting shorter and the nights longer in June, or the other way around in December. So as of today the days start getting shorter than the nights. That said, as we are not yet Resident in Canada, I am not about to start being pedantic about the wording of their Twitter account. Yesterday and today had temperatures about 10c above normal. An early morning dog walk was followed by a dip in Mixal. There was sighting of the rare Grey Dipper again! It was amazingly warm. The dockside thermometer was registering a water temp of 22c. Five m...