At the correct time, I was out in the garden and this is what I recorded as the solstice began:
The perennial sunflower started to open to mark summer today.
The Knock-Out Roses are showing all stages--and colors-- of bloom.
Red
Yellow
Pink
The frog rain gauge and the sundial gnomon
made sharp shadows on the bird bath's water surface.
That's my new red Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood'
looking great on the right of the bird bath.
(Planted in the right moon phase: first quarter of the waxing moon).
Thanks to Natureworks' blog for the tip!
The fairy is reading now among the blooming Astilbe and Hosta,
the wild ginger and the Johnny Jump-Ups or Violas.
Last night on Midsummer's Eve she was probably
dancing and making the Coral Bells ring
according to ancient legends about the summer solstice and
Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.
White Coral Bells upon a slender stalk.
Lilies of the Valley deck my garden walk.
Oh, don't you wish that you could hear them ring.
That will only happen when the fairies sing!
~Girl Scout Camp song, traditional children's song~
~sung in rounds~
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