The Solstice: So lift your face to the Sun…

For centuries, people have gathered
to honor this longest day—
Celtic people lit hilltop fires,
and Slavic communities wove flower crowns,
leapt over bonfires, and floated wreaths
down rivers to honor love, light, and life’s turning.
The Summer Solstice is no ordinary day—
it is a threshold between seasons,
a celebration of the earth at her peak of light.
Let this be your moment to honor all
that has grown within you—
dreams tended in quiet,
wounds turned into wisdom,
love that kept showing up.
The Solstice teaches us not just
to feel the warmth on your skin,
but in your soul and to stand in our radiance—
fully, gently, without apology.
So lift your face to the Sun,
feel the pulse of life in your chest,
and remember:
you, too, are part of this sacred rhythm of the world.
A Soul blooming in time with the turning Earth.

Holly Sierra, Rivers in the Ocean (FB, June 20, 2025)


Notes:

  • DK Photo @ 5:43 a.m. this morning. See more photos from this morning’s walk at Cove Island Park here.
  • Thank you Make Believe Boutique for sharing the post.

Sunday Morning

We make no wonder of the rising and the setting of the sun which we see every day; and yet there is nothing in the universe more beautiful or more worthy of wonder.

Gerald of Wales (1146-1223), The History and Topography of Ireland


DK Photo of Sunrise. 50° F. May 25, 2025. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT.

Don’t miss other sunrise and twilight shots from this morning here.

Life, what an exquisite privilege


Twilight to Sunrise @ low tide. Time Lapse 6:00 to 7:40 am. 100 minutes in 23 seconds. 44° F. October 19, 2024. Cove Island Park. Stamford, CT. What’s your favorite? #1 or #2? (And then I’ll disclose what equipment produced which video.)

Post title: Katie Rubinstein, from “A Heart With Wings” in Grateful Living (via Make Believe Boutique)

Good Wednesday Morning…

Sunrise. 6:25 to 6:40 am. August 28, 2024. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. See time lapse video of daylight to sunrise here.

Hello, sun in my face

Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and crotchety–

best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great hands of light–
good morning, good morning, good morning.

Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.

— Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Early


Sunrise photos from this morning. 6:20 to 6:40 am. August 24, 2024. Cove Island Park. More pictures from this morning: Twilight here. Sunrise here.