Summer Solstice Occurs Tomorrow!

The earth will ceased rotating on it's axis, or at least it will appear to have done so, briefly at 1:06 p.m. CST tomorrow, June 21st. That is precisely when Summer Solstice occurs. We hope that ups our odds for a date, because it's not exactly getting colder so we don't anticipate any "freeze overs" anywhere. What this means, in addition to your having a midsummer's night's dream (seeing fairy's and goblin's and the like) three days hence, is that the sun will be located direcly over the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern hemisphere. Our days will begin growing shorter following the solstice, the growing season is half over and St. John's feast, Ivan Kupala Day and the Wiccan observation of Litha are upon us.

Photo courtesy of flickr user savinca