I know that the official summer solstice occurred yesterday, but June 21 when we all traditionally celebrate summer solstice.

Today, across the North, various people are celebrating and enjoying the extended (or continuous) daylight. I'm giving my own field crews a shorter day's work, and we're going to celebrate the day with "fireworks" (bear bangers that are recently expired) and a few beers.

In honour of summer solstice, I invite you all to enjoy my favourite story that takes place in "the land of the midnight sun;" The Cremation of Sam McGee.

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I'm also sorry, Plimers, that I haven't been here much lately, but I'm up in the field and I'm so very busy. I'm thrilled that I'm pretty much running the show this year, but I have almost no free time as a result. At least the late nights are aren't bad at all because the sun shines all night!

TM great to see you again!! Thank you for sharing that wonderful story about Sam McGee.

I'm heading off to the land of the midnight sun myself on Wednesday night! 1 week each in Norway and Ireland. I'll be thinking of Sam....

Oh, yay, it totally IS the 21st!!

Happy Summer Solstice!!! :D

I'm still WAY too far south for midnight sun (60N here), but the good thing is that the lake's halfway ice-free so we were able to swim yesterday. We'll probably go back in today because it's supposed to be hotter. We also have a few beers kicking around. Not too sure what I can light on fire, but there's lots of av gas around......

Maybe I'll see if we can venture up to the barrens today. It's only a few km past the project area. I miss the barrens!

Yay! Now I can dance naked around a bonfire and celebrate the onslaught of heat waves!! w00t!

An onslaught of heatwaves would be welcome in England!

The solstice started grey, was grey in the middle, and ended grey here.

sooo not much different than other day!

Happy summer solstice again!

I was too sad to think about this all day because I'm not in the land of the midnight sun :...(


But then, my brothers and I decided to take our Dad up north for his father's day trip so hopefully within the next few weeks I'll be able to sit out in the sun all night again :D


So happy summer solstice!! I miss the barrens :(

Thunder and lightning today. It will be nice when summer actually starts.

Happy Litha!!