It’s the longest day today, and interestingly, it comes at the end of the longest week.
I am behind on the journal’s Summer Solstice issue, but I have decided to give myself some grace. It will get done. This week, my son had music camp, and tonight, on the Solstice, I got to listen to amazing children playing beautiful music. It was a little bit of heaven, but it has been a really busy week.
We were away from the homestead for many hours today, and my little turkeys are getting bigger but still babies, especially in their hearts,. I was worried about being away all day. It was pretty late when we made it home, but I forgot it was the longest day. It was still daylight, and all my turkeys were safe.
When I went out later to put the ducks to bed after dark, I got the best Summer Solstice gift. The fireflies were epic! I have never seen them so magnificent.
I did my best to record them. You can kind of get a sense of the magic here. Aren’t they sparkly?
Tonight, I got to experience my favorite parts of being alive and a human–music and nature. My son has become a pretty amazing cellist. It’s really a joy to watch him work. Then, I got this gift of the fireflies.
I have to try to soak this up. Life is short. I hope, on this shortest night, you are soaking up your favorite things.
Happy Solstice, friends!
