To many people, the Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays bookend the summer. Technically, they are “close but no cigar.” Officially, summer begins with the solstice on June 21, and ends with the fall equinox on September 21.
Here in the Rockies, what you’d actually recognize as summer without looking at the calendar is basically July and August. Short, but sweeter than wine with long, warm days and low humidity. Spring ends late and fall begins early at 6000 ft.
Right now we’re experiencing what the other DrC calls “white day.” It is when the various understory plants in our aspen forest all bloom white and it only lasts 2-3 days. She says it is early this year, it more often happens in early June.
