Midsummer

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I'm not sure how reliable this site is, but these are the dates of solstices and and equinoxes over a 10 year period:

http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/the_wheel_of_the_year/solstice_and_equinox_dates_2010_to_2020.asp

[greenilex]

Thanks for Paganism 101...

My style is more astronomical than pagan, but I am like most people open to influence.

Fluence on the other hand is probably hooey.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ah, I knew that as well. That's ojk then. Now as the weather is a trifle at the moment, I always like music of a summery kind. Do other members feel this as well?

Possibly.

There was a brief (two-minute) downpour last night, and it reminded me that my favourite aspect of Summer is the smell from the garden on a Summer's evening after rain (which sounds a bit like a title of a work by Delius - or, in French, Ravel). I get uncomfortable at temperatures much higher than 20 degrees - but I can cope with this if it stays a "dry" heat - muggy, heavy air sets off my asthma (in fact, my very first attack was during the Summer of 1986). Generally I'm more of a Spring/Autumn chap.

[ahinton]

Possibly.

There was a brief (two-minute) downpour last night, and it reminded me that my favourite aspect of Summer is the smell from the garden on a Summer's evening after rain (which sounds a bit like a title of a work by Delius - or, in French, Ravel). I get uncomfortable at temperatures much higher than 20 degrees - but I can cope with this if it stays a "dry" heat - muggy, heavy air sets off my asthma (in fact, my very first attack was during the Summer of 1986). Generally I'm more of a Spring/Autumn chap.

No Summer's Last Will and Testament for you, then?(!). I get uncomfortable at tempartures much higher than 28° and much lower than 12° but I share your loathing of undue humidity.

[Pulcinella]

Possibly.

There was a brief (two-minute) downpour last night, and it reminded me that my favourite aspect of Summer is the smell from the garden on a Summer's evening after rain (which sounds a bit like a title of a work by Delius - or, in French, Ravel).

Takemitsu, perhaps?

[teamsaint]

Takemitsu, perhaps?

Great call, Pulcers.
Can't fault him on his titles, can you?

[BBMmk2]

Takemitsu, perhaps?

Garden Rain?

[Pulcinella]

Garden Rain?

But I think ferney's title would be better.

I see that he has also written a piece called Rain coming!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

But I think ferney's title would be better.

I see that he has also written a piece called Rain coming!

Have I??!!

[Pulcinella]

Have I??!!

In your dreams, perhaps.
Only you can tell us (till it gets published, that is!).

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The longest day is much shorter in this part of Devon (16 hours, 24 minutes) than it was in my previous home in North Yorkshire (17 hours, 12 minutes). But the benefit/deficit is reversed in the winter.

[ahinton]

Have I??!!

You tell us! Someone's written one called Vernal Showers but that wasn't you, I admit; someone else has gone one step farther than Rain Coming and set Still Falls the Rain, but that likewise appears not to have the fhg imprimatur thereupon. So, as I say, you tell us! Either way, I hope that you are finding the time to write something (besides your posts here, I mean!)...

[cloughie]

Ah, I knew that as well. That's ojk then. Now as the weather is a trifle at the moment, I always like music of a summery kind. Do other members feel this as well?

Certainly, perhaps it's a Gemini thing, the first three months of our lives were Summer!