Summertime and the livin' is easy....

I started thinking about this summer season recently with the temperatures rising and my garden beginning to decline. I realized I had not posted anything since last June 2017. My grandchildren are one year older as am I and everyone else for that matter. My garden is aging, too. I missed my opportunity to photograph the garden this spring when the azaleas were in bloom. Later when the hydrangeas started to bloom I was going to shoot some photos since I had missed the azaleas and almost put it off until too late. So I spent some time today taking photos of the last spring blooms before the summer solstice kicks in at 6:07 AM tomorrow morning, Thursday, June 21, 2018! Just in case ya'll didn't know. 

Something else you might not know is that according to the Astronomical Season, the first day of summer is tomorrow, June 21, 2018, which is known as the summer solstice. However, if you consider the Meteorological Season calculations, then we have already had 20 days of summer since it started on June 1, 2018! I had no idea there was another calculation for the first day of a season until I "googled" the date for the summer solstice.

Nowadays when you can "google" anything there are some interesting facts about how the seasons are calculated. I think I will, however, stick to the solstice/equinox dates instead of bowing to the meteorologists/climatologists. According to my oldest son at age 9 or 10, the weatherman is a liar! I tried to explain how predictions work but he didn't buy my explanation. This is another one of those family stories that come alive when someone mentions the weatherman. I refer you to the blog on Storytelling.

So with the Summer Solstice coming along early tomorrow morning, I am listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on YouTube singing that classic, "Summertime" as I type and post my garden photos. 















































Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby, don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're gonna rise up singing
Yes you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky
But 'til that morning
There ain't nothin' can harm you
With Daddy and Mammy standin' by
















Enjoy my garden photos and have a safe enjoyable summertime!