Summer's Officially Here

Time to celebrate the Solstice.

First, a quiz to find out just what you know.

Second, a short pagan history of Summer Solstice.

Next, a Summer poem:

The Summer Knows
-unknown

The summer smiles, the summer knows
And unashamed she sheds her clothes,
The summer smoothes the restless sky
And lovingly she warms the sand
On which you lie
The summer knows, the summer's wise,
She sees the doubts within your eyes
And so she takes her summertime
Tells the moon to wait and the sun to linger
Twists the world round her summer finger
Lets you see the wonder of it all

And if you've learned your lesson well
There's little more for her to tell
One last caress
It's time to dress
For Fall

Finally, Summer Quotes:

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
-Henry James

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.
-Russel Baker

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world.
- Ada Louise Huxta

Ahh, it can't get any better than that.