Solstice!

It's the solstice today (at 1128 UTC): I always like noticing such astronomical events. This one's bitter-sweet for me: although it marks the formal start of 'summer' (although I think it's been summer for a couple of weeks), it's also slightly depressing to know that the days will now get shorter for six months.

On the topic, I'd really like to find a way to build an analemmatic sundial into the garden, possibly one where the observer themselves is the gnomen. Don't know where, yet!

Next stop: the cross-quarter, Lammas/Lughnasadh on 1st August.