Sunrise: 04:13 am
Sunset:  10:18 pm

Summer solstice has fascinated me in many ways.   Apart from seeing more of the day in summertime, it is the day when the sun stands still and the longest day of the year, being today, ends the midsummer celebration.  It was prognosed earlier that the weather wouldn’t conform with the celebration as it didn’t on the first day but it ended quite well and warm enough to have a grill in the backyard, with jackets or cardigans on.  When the sun stood still today, I saw no aliens, as opposed to the film, When The Earth Stood Still.  I got this fascinating view through my kitchen window instead…

And what should I do when the sun’s still up?  I took pictures of this lone air balloon in the sky until it dropped to somewhere beyond my sight.  All I could imagine was it seemed to drop on the roof when it actually didn’t.