Summer Solstice

Happy Summer Solstice

The best day of the year!

I'm up at 3am

(more by accident than design)

I am full of cold and needed

some toast and something warm for my throat.

The sky is already getting light

so I went out into the yard

with my drink

and sat and listened to the birds

that had started to sing.

It was a lovely atmosphere,

with that musty damp grass smell 

you get when you are camping

and have to get up at the crack of dawn

in the middle of a field.

The sky is clear, so

there were still stars to be seen

to the west

and the sky turning a paler blue

to the east.

I have something planned to make today

so fingers crossed for some sun.