I accidentally awoke this morning just in time to see the sun rise for the first time after the solstice.
Apparently, about 30,000 people gathered at Stonehenge last night to celebrate this astronomical event. There are some interesting pictures from the BBC and on flickr if you want to get a sense of what it must have been like there. I think it was pretty different from our experience there last September.
I managed to go back to sleep for an hour or so before we rolled out of bed for Speech Day at the kids’ school. I enjoyed watching them sing and recite poetry with their classmates. River has been singing those songs for weeks now, so it was nice to see it all come together with costumes and piano accompaniment. They all did a great job! I tried to take a few pictures with my mobile phone, but none were worth sharing.
Image courtesy of tarotastic via flickr.
June 21st, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Cool picture.
When are the girls done with school for the summer?
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 am
Happy Solstice to you too! I think I preferred Stonehenge without all of the people, although it must have been a pretty fascinating sight!
Wish I could have been at the school programme! Spell check wants to correct me on that spelling, but I believe it’s correct in Brit-speak!
River and Sagey–I hope you will sing your songs and recite the poetry when you come home! Love to you all, Grana