The longest day of the year

Happy Summer Solstice!  Here, that means that the sun rises at 5:20 am and sets at almost 10:00 pm, and, amazingly, the sun has come out today!  It's going to be 22 degrees Celcius, which may not sound like much for you people in milder climes, but to us hardened Calgarians, it might as well be a heat wave.  A very welcome heat wave.  I took the opportunity to photograph various parts of my garden:

Leopard's bane - in bloom!  Sweet peas - stunted at one inch of growth.

The hostas have enjoyed the rain; at least SOMETHING has.

Lilacs - FINALLY blooming.  I know, I know, everyone else's lilacs were finished weeks ago. 

My front yard.  It's north facing and, quite honestly, a bitch to grow things in.  Lots of shady plants.

You can't tell in this picture, but not only am I wearing sandals, but I am also wearing capri-length jeans!  Summer!

"Can we go for a walk now?  Can we?  Huh?"

That is what my garden looks like on the first day of summer.  Speaking of summer, I am going to be participating in Lynn's "Summer of Awesome"!  I'll be writing about all sorts of fun local things to do with kids during the summer.  The summer of awesome. 



There are many fabulous things to do with the kids around Calgary.  If you're local, feel free to give me your feedback on the places I will be writing about.  If you're not local, maybe this will tempt you into taking a trip to Calgary.  Although, I may have already ruined it for you with my many, many posts about snow and getting hypothermia at the soccer field.  Lesson: one does not live in Calgary for the fantastic climate.  We live here for the cowboy hats!

The other day a song came on the radio that made Mark get his groove on like nobody's business.  It reminded me so much of saying "Doing the white man's overbite."