Solstice bells

[asakiyume]

Solstice bells were ringing when I stepped out this morning--



Everything was glowing





Across the way and elsewhere, rosa multiflora was in all its glory, bullying in its beauty--"you can't resist me; you know you can't. You love me--so don't complain about my thorns and the blood and pain. Remember this."







Happy summer solstice from the northern hemisphere!

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful post! \o/

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Had to share the beautiful day--stopping by your journal next (because I see *you* had some yuk to deal with. . . )

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

How beautiful! I love the pictures you post.

What are the bells in the top picture?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Those are asparagus flowers! Aren't they delicate and magical?

[barry-king.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Thanks for posting.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

:-)

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing! Winter solstice over here means whales - but it looks like we're also having a gloriously sunny weekend...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Your days will start getting longer now!

Have any of the whales breached for you yet this year? I remember once seeing one swim with one of its arm-flippers up out of the water, like it was waving.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

No big breaches yet. We have seen a few flipper waves and tail slaps, and we've also seen them quite close to the shore. Unfortunately, my DSLR picked up a potentially fatal problem on our last trip, so that might be it for big breaching photos for this season.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh no! Why can't things work forever? That's terrible--how old is the camera?

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

It's probably at least ten years old. It might still be repairable, but that take a while and I'll need to decide if it's actually worth it, versus upgrading to a new body.

First Day of Summer

[docdad2.livejournal.com]

Nice photo capture of the first day of summer.

Re: First Day of Summer

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[sovay]

Solstice bells were ringing when I stepped out this morning--

Oh, lovely.

Happy summer solstice from the northern hemisphere!

It was beautiful in New Hampshire.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It was beautiful in New Hampshire.

It's a beautiful state!

[pinkroo.livejournal.com]

love this.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

*very glad*

[avalonestel.livejournal.com]

As always, gorgeous photos - I'm so glad you had such a lovely walk! <3 The last photo looks like a secret fairy grove. :3

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I definitely felt like I crossed over :-)

[syomsong.livejournal.com]

lovely!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you--glad I brought my camera. Glad to be there ♥

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

It took me all this while to realize that the solstice bells were asparagus flowers. How lovely they are! Fairy-like, indeed.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what they are! So very elfin.

[readthisandweep.livejournal.com]

Perfect pictures to illustrate your post.
belated Solstice greetings from the wild Wales!
xXx

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Waving to you in the beautiful Welsh countryside!