Summer Solstice.... and strawberry moon
20th
June 2016 (Monday)
... “Happy Summer Solstice to everyone”! This is the longest day ... sunrise in
Elie and Earlsferry, was at 04.23 and sunset is at 22.03. Not only is it the Summer Solstice, we also
have, on the same date, a Strawberry Full Moon this year.... a rare event in
the astronomical calendar, the last
time this happened was in 1967. The “Strawberry Moon” was so named by the
North American Indians, and indicates the start of the strawberry season.... so
“Happy Strawberry Season” too! Not only that, we have a west wind for the
first time in weeks months, so there’s much ‘happenings’ happening
today! I think this should be a ‘play’ day for the ‘Boy’.
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| Kincraig cliffs this morning |
I
saw two young Magpie’s up by the sixth tee;
I’m sure someone mentioned seeing a couple of birds of that description,
at the Coffee Morning..... no, the birds weren’t at the coffee morning,... the ‘someone’ who mentioned the birds was at
our table. I have seen the odd adult Magpie,
around the village, now and again, but this is the first time I’ve seen young
ones.
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| Elie |
21.30 I have enjoyed being able to walk about
without having to wear a fleece today .... I kinda like the west wind. The villages have been busy today; which
is good. As long as I can find a
parking place. On a day like this
there are so many things I want to do;
and at Elie and The Royal Burgh, there’s ‘things’ to do all around the
place; especially with the camera. Funnily enough I didn’t ‘play’ very much all
day. I did a washing, and, after an
‘elevenses’ cuppa with Jimmy, I went along to Leven to get some vital
ingredients: that mission was
successfully accomplished by lunch time.
After lunch there were one or two
showers clouds coming over, and we caught the edge of one of those. (My washing was dry, and ‘in’ by this time).
Later in the afternoon, I got the bike
out again, and did the villages, from Chapel Green to
the harbour.
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| Evening dog walk |
I’m
just back from having an evening stroll along the beach; which was busy with folk out enjoying the ambience
of an Elie and Earlsferry evening. The ‘Strawberry Moon’ doesn’t rise until
21.34 so I’ll have a look for that around 22.00.
Photographs
: Top – West Bay this morning, Middle – Elie harbour earlier this evening, and Bottom – late evening dog walkers.
