Good morning. Welcome to the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the northern hemisphere’s year. Officially, today spring ends and summer begins north of the equator. In the southern hemisphere winter begins today.
Constructions like Stonehenge, of which there are many less famous, indicate we humans have been recognizing this day for millennia. Pattern recognition is one of our species’ signature traits, the basis for much of science - the search to understand the “how” and the “why” of things.
Here in the Rockies above 6000 ft., something that feels like summer will be a bit delayed. We’re still experiencing spring weather whereas at our winter home they had their first 100℉ degree day weeks ago and should reach 108℉ today.
