Summer Solstice

Lisa Zee says on Jun 20, 2008, 21:33:

Have a happy Summer Solstice!

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 20, 2008, 21:33:

Hola Lisa - Phew! someone with a good post. Hows the weather? It's gorgeous here! Supposed to be beautiful in the city tomorrow.

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 20, 2008, 21:37:

It is hotter than I like. I wanted to be in Tahoe,( but I had to come back) I spend many summers there, paddling in a canoe in the middle of the lake, drinking beer, and swimming. Great memories!

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 20, 2008, 21:40:

Cool...great idea for your post. I recall many comments of how long it stayed daylight here vs Bogota. It is even more so further North. I recall it staying light up until close to 10 PM (WA)

Either way....I am thinking of a nighttime pool dip or something. It is puurfect.

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

jorgegdiaz says on Jun 20, 2008, 22:03:

I have to comment b/c I´m too lazy to scroll down...
yes ! those long summer days are way to nice. I grew up in Locombia but to me it´s weird now having 6:18 PM suunsets with these temperatures.

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 20, 2008, 23:13:

I know. If you never left Colombia you see it so normal. but one you had it you miss it.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 00:32:

Happy Summer Solstice!
Glad Midsommar!
Hyvää Juhannusta!

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 02:08:

yeah, let's go and dance naked around Stonehenge jejejje

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 02:54:

We don't dance naked around the Midsummer Pole!

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 03:41:

I AM disappointed desi huh! ;)))))

you all do pole dancing?

0 funny, 0 helpful.

dwmte7 says on Jun 21, 2008, 03:48:

so, lisa...wherer are you, that the days are so long and the nights so short? never heard from you, i guess you're not in flori-duh.

dwmte

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 04:09:

I think you need a picture, kat, to see how we dance around the midsommarstång;

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 04:12:

or like this....

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 04:18:

We celebrated Midsummer yesterday but no pole-dancing. Instead, we played Kubb.
(An old Viking game where you throw wooden logs and try to knock down the other teams blocks.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

dwmte7 says on Jun 21, 2008, 06:04:

well, then, maarit....what the hell do they mean by 'pole dancing'?????

dwmte

0 funny, 0 helpful.

dwmte7 says on Jun 21, 2008, 06:05:

ain't that the 'foreplay' of lap dancing?

dwmte

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 06:13:

Douglas...you're starting to sound like a green old man, un viejo verde. Didn't you see the pole in the pics I published? This dancing around the Midsummer Pole is a family activity. You can take your mother-in-law there.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

robi666 says on Jun 21, 2008, 06:37:

I guess that's not the same kind of pole that the madman has in his apartment in Medellin...

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

0 funny, 0 helpful.

robi666 says on Jun 21, 2008, 06:45:

My last Midsommardagen was in a beautiful house from the IXX century near Landskrona, something like almost 20 years ago.
You could see the sea and Denmark from there.
We had a tasteful smörgåsbord and my girlfriend grandmother played a funny version of "Oh Sole mio" at her grand piano.

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

0 funny, 0 helpful.

tomtom33 says on Jun 21, 2008, 06:49:

Next week, I'll be going to northern Minnesota for a family reunion. It is light at 10:00 pm there. I wonder if any of them have heard of Kubb. Some of them are fluent in Norwegian.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

tejasmarcos says on Jun 21, 2008, 06:50:

LZ - no pics from Tahoe this year?

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monita Linda says on Jun 21, 2008, 07:01:

I know it a little funny for me to get ued to the early darkness.. OTOH it is always very warm here, and very nice. It actually is better for you biologically because you get more sleep. Enjoy your stay in this beautiful country!

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lowell says on Jun 21, 2008, 07:07:

The early darkness isn't a problem. I do sometime miss the change of seasons experienced in the States. Never being truly cold and needing a warm cup of coffe of soup crosses my mind occasionally.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

0 funny, 0 helpful.

dwmte7 says on Jun 21, 2008, 07:36:

sweet, maarit....OLD!!! the devil be damned. what about you. i was tricken with ya. you're getting so old ya can't tell the difference anymore between child's play and foreplay ...haha

dwmte

0 funny, 0 helpful.

elmodefoque says on Jun 21, 2008, 07:42:

yeah, let's go and dance naked around Stonehenge jejejje
kat

mi reina, ni que stonehenge ni que perro muerto, que carajo es esa vaina?
un dia corriendo descalsa en cordoba y ahora di que encuera en stonehenge, que es esa vaina?
cordobita te vez divina, muy bonita pa esta por alla tan lejos por la casa del diablo

ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER

0 funny, 0 helpful.

adrimm says on Jun 21, 2008, 08:05:

Sunset here is about 9:30 pm.. I love the long drawn out-evenings.

The changing days are something I miss in Colombia... it's so counter-intuitive for me to experience warmth and the 5:30/6-sh sunsets at the same time.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 21, 2008, 08:24:

Tejas: I just got back from Tahoe. It is different now to post pics here, I have gorgeous ones. My new avatar is Whale Beach, at the east beaches of Lake Tahoe.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 21, 2008, 08:26:

Why do I have my old avatar?, I don`t know!? The new one shows at my profile?????

0 funny, 0 helpful.

webmanco says on Jun 21, 2008, 08:33:

It willl show eventually, if you want to see it right away press Ctrl and F5 keys at the same time

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 21, 2008, 08:38:

OK, I see it now.
Desi, that sounds like a lot of fun. I like it when in Northern California, like Lake Tahoe gets dark later, I have been at the beach at 9:pm for the sunset. I can not even imagine in your country!.
Kat I would love to go to the the celebrations at Stonehenge.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 21, 2008, 08:42:

Now this is weird!, I see my new avatar if I am at Internet explorer, but if i am at fire fox I do not????!!
WEB: but I see it since yesterday at I.E.?

0 funny, 0 helpful.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 08:58:

Lisa, are you ready to dance naked just with flower on your hair jijij....
Lisa, about your avatar that sometimes happens, you see it in IE but not in firefox, it usually upload in firefox later don't know why :((

LOLElmo, i feel a bit of jealousy coming, you are welcome to come and dance too, but it have to be next summer soltice maybe we introduced a bit of papayera music to the dancing :)))..

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 21, 2008, 09:08:

Yes Kat I am ready! LOL, Thanks.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 09:13:

Actually i never celebrate summer soltice, it goes unnoticed sometimes, and because we have such a c**p weather in the UK anyway, it's dark most of the day rgggg

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 21, 2008, 09:17:

I can not even imagine that!, but here is getting so hot, it is not like it used to be. I dislike extreme weather, Let`s go *HOME* KAT!

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 21, 2008, 09:40:

Desi' I like the pics of Summer Solstice Celebrations. when I was a child we used to celebrate this....more in touch with the seasons.

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 09:43:

Midsummer sun in Finland.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 09:46:

Yes lisa I agree, time to emigrated :))

Tomorrow forecast is Gales, can you believe it and this is supposed to be "summer"

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 21, 2008, 09:57:

Oh Desi! I love Sunsets/water....that is postcard perfect. I would love to paint that one ;)

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

tejasmarcos says on Jun 21, 2008, 10:00:

great pic, desi! the colors are awesome!

LZ - same as before. goto www.tinypic.com, upload and then re-paste here.

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 21, 2008, 10:47:

I loooove the colors of Autumn. That is another thing I miss about Washington state, it had real seasons ;)

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

webmanco says on Jun 21, 2008, 11:02:

CatGirl we went outside and all of a sudden the post disapeared, I guess moderatos don´t like paint :-)

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 21, 2008, 11:02:

I see...but now we can watch the lovely sunset, jejeje

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 21, 2008, 11:26:

Sunsets are safe topics, painting somebody's girlfriends face white ain't. But somebody was fast, I hadn't finished reading the post.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monita Linda says on Jun 21, 2008, 17:25:

Hmm... I heard something about midsummer night, dancing (naked) and virginity..

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 21, 2008, 19:16:

Midsummer and Summer Solstice is different ;)...

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 22, 2008, 02:01:

How?
We celebrate Midsummer at Summer Solstice. It's one of our original heathen holidays that the priests were not able to subvert.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 22, 2008, 09:46:

So Desi, you celebrate S.S. on the actual first day of summer?!

.
This weather now feels like mid summer.
Here where I live, these days are supposed to be fuggy and bloomy, and cool this time of the year, we call it June Bloom. Now it is hot, very hot, almost 90 even by the beach.

I wonder if it is also hotter by your end of the world. Now I am talking global warming.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 10:51:

Desi 'How?
We celebrate Midsummer at Summer Solstice. It's one of our original heathen holidays that the priests were not able to subvert¨¨

Sorry, my bad. should have been clearer. I do need to double check my calendar...but what I meant was the ¨celebrations", what they involve and what is behind them are different.
Si - Midsummer is more Pagan and has lore behind it (Pan, Fairies, Sex in the woods (cuz Pan is such a horney kinda guy, magical thigsn etc.. etc).
When we Celebrated Summer Solstice in the US as something different...and many people do - hope I cleared that up - or maybe made it worse jejeje

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:05:

Ok, CatGirl, I didn't know there was a Summer Solstice celebration specific to the US. It's not the same thing in Europe either, Sweden has its own customs (Midsummer Pole, in Finland and some other countries it's huge bonfires, but the common denominator is drunken revelry. There's no ceremony, it's a traditional summer party night and every new generation seems to alter or add to it a little, the core being always the same; it's a celebration of life, the time for bloom, fruit and seed, the cyclical time of the seasons and the wheel that turns...and at every Swedish family there's alwats somebody who says it out every year, after the first schnaps of aquavit...."and now it's exactly six months til Christmas Eve" and another who says..."think, the days start shortening again already tomorrow". It's the poignancy of feeling the briefness of the season for growth and birth of plants and crops and our time as the youth is fleeting and winter nights are long and cold.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:08:

And no, it's not the first day of the summer, it's the longest day of the year, the midsummer. Not here anyway. We consider the season being summer when the median temps raise above 10 degrees celcius. That happens usually sometime in May. Traditionally we count June, July and August as summer months.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:11:

No Desi....ummm my step father was a Rosicrucian. We celebrated different holidays than most, probably closer to Scanda.. But Summer Solstice more of an "observance". It was a fiarly unorthodox upbringing but it kept my mind more open than most children.

Typically most people in EEUU simply observe too. Or maybe that's what Football games are for ja!

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

tejasmarcos says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:16:

"We celebrated different holidays than most, probably closer to Scanda.."

CG - you mean like "festivus"

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:17:

Tejas...not sure what you mean? festivus?

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

tejasmarcos says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:21:

you know, as in a festivus for the rest of us...... the same holiday that george castanza and his family practiced. instead of a tree, it was an aluminum pole. there was feats of strength and airing of grievances....

https://www.shopwagner.com/nxc/nxcsc.nsf/ListProducts?OpenAgent&ListMe...

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:23:

jjajaja....Ok I get it now Tejas. Sooo cute.

Boy, Sebastian is frisky and excited today. Maybe Pan got hold of him last night ja!

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:27:

Tejas - they have two of my favs..heres onw for you...I'll put up the other if I find

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:32:

Here is the second one

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 11:34:

Actually I think the second one is closer to Midsummer and Pan !! jeje

I love these guys...soo funny

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 22, 2008, 12:04:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7467239.stm

There are many celebrations in the USA. I know "The Rainbows" some hippie group celebrate big time!
There was a big fair here in Redondo Beach also.
I just like it because, it is the longest day of the year, and I try to be outdoors and enjoy the the long day. It represents all the things that Desi mentions also.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

CatGirl says on Jun 22, 2008, 12:52:

Si Amiga ' The Rainbow Gatherings. Had an older friend in my younger years we called him ¨Norman the Doorman¨¨ he would go to these. I think it is based in Oregon. He sent me letters on his travels for years ...until....no more. His last letter had the flavors of an LSD flashback ' nice guy...He liked the nudity of the Rainbow Gatherings.

So do they still run round naked when they visit?

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

0 funny, 0 helpful.

jorgegdiaz says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:45:

To you ´alll

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

0 funny, 0 helpful.

jorgegdiaz says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:46:

I never heard of such a celebration. I guess me living in Southern US didn´t need to...lol

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:46:

I have no idea what it might be, but thanks.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

jorgegdiaz says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:47:

As a matter of fact people say that Texas has only four seasons:

Almost Summer
Summer
Still Summer
and Christmas...

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

0 funny, 0 helpful.

billyb says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:48:

jaja, nice seinfeld reference jorge.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

jorgegdiaz says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:50:

desi, you need to read about festivus

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

0 funny, 0 helpful.

jorgegdiaz says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:52:

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

0 funny, 0 helpful.

billyb says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:53:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus

a sampler:

Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.

Cosmo Kramer: What happened to the doll?

Frank Costanza: It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us![5]

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:55:

Ok, Read about it. Sounds boring and goofy.
Not my cup of tea.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

billyb says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:56:

Come on desi, that was sheer comedic genius ;)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 22, 2008, 13:59:

You can have your festivus.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

houstongal says on Jun 22, 2008, 14:01:

Jorgediaz: As a matter of fact people say that Texas has only four seasons:

Almost Summer
Summer
Still Summer
and Christmas...

Oh soooooo true! Summer is definitely here and I'm looking forward to Still Summer!

"It is now official: there's no place on earth where you will not find a Peruvian band." David Sedaris

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 22, 2008, 14:04:

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

jorgegdiaz says on Jun 22, 2008, 14:05:

A friend told me that in Lewisville (north of Dallas) there was already a high record set (90 F in middle May)...
Soemthing I don´t miss at all...

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

0 funny, 0 helpful.

billyb says on Jun 22, 2008, 14:06:

night Desi.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

jorgegdiaz says on Jun 22, 2008, 14:06:

Night desi,
I didn´t mean to hijack your thread

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

0 funny, 0 helpful.

billyb says on Jun 22, 2008, 14:08:

HG, texas needs to add a fifth season, they can call it "too foken hot for summer".

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jun 22, 2008, 14:10:

Not my thread, Lisa's.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Jun 22, 2008, 15:07:

Yeah mine..............! LOL

Kitty the Rainbows, are all over the west, very crazy, very free!. they have huge festival, and they barter anything. Never been to one, but my ex%#%$, went once.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

houstongal says on Jun 22, 2008, 15:54:

Billy...I think we're in that part of summer. We've had nothing but temps a couple of degrees shy of 100. Ugh! The only saving grace are the thunderstorms that come through in the afternoons tends to cool things off a little.

"It is now official: there's no place on earth where you will not find a Peruvian band." David Sedaris

0 funny, 0 helpful.