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my beloved tord boontje lamp, birthday gift from my brother.

This image was taken on Saturday 21st June 2014 during the annual Chester Midsummer Watch Parade. For more information about one of Chester’s biggest and longest running cultural events see:

www.midsummerwatch.co.uk/

Visited the Prästgårdsparken in Sorunda during the Midsummer celebrations. They have a very different take on how the "Midsommarstång" should look like. It's a tradition that dates back many years. Didn't stay for the dancing this time so this is as traditional as it got. But I did enjoy a bite of the famous Sorundatårta, a pastry with a very secret recipe.

midsummer 1975,sweden

Scott Howe, Debbie Bancroft, Ron Wendt==

Midsummer Party 2013==

Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY==

July 13, 2013==

©Patrick McMullan==

Photo - Owen Hoffmann/ PatrickMcMullan.com==

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Héðinsfjarðargöng are two road tunnels in northern Iceland, connecting Ólafsfjörður and Siglufjörður. They were opened on October 2, 2010.

Midsummer Wikipedia:

Midsummer is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, and more specifically the European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice or take place on a day between June 21 and June 24 and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different cultures. Midsummer is especially important in the cultures of Scandinavia, Estonia and Latvia where it is the most celebrated holiday apart from Christmas.

Terrie Sultan==

Midsummer Party 2013==

Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY==

July 13, 2013==

©Patrick McMullan==

Photo - Owen Hoffmann/ PatrickMcMullan.com==

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Midsummer 2009, Stockholm, Sweden

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Midsummers Night Dream

this is taken a few days before midsummers night at 2.30am. the nights are as light as the days here in Lapland at this time of the year. A very magical experience.

Taken in Käylä near Ruka, Lapland. for more information on Ruka and Kuusamo, Lapland visit www.rukakuusamo.com

Midsummer leftovers...

Here's a link to a page on how to make a midsummer garland: Midsummer garland. The instructions are in Swedish but there are pictures too...

Midsummer Dream

June 23th, Sweden hills, Tohbets, Hokkaido.

Canon AV-1, Tefnon 70-210mm F3.5, negative ISO 100 exposed as 200 ( should be 100 ), developed with reversal processing as described before, scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100, edited with GIMP.

Maypole at the Jena swedish community midsummer celebrations.

The couple has married recently, came from Shinhiroshima city (Back story will be later). 32nd Midsummer fest, Sweden hills, Tobetsu, Hokkaido on July the 21th 2015.

Canon T90, Tokina AT-X 100-300mm F4.0, negativefor cinema (F64D).

Michael Borrico, Melody Douros, Michael Black, Claudia Avendano, Jeff Lincoln==

Midsummer Party 2013==

Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY==

July 13, 2013==

©Patrick McMullan==

Photo - Owen Hoffmann/ PatrickMcMullan.com==

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Felicia Taylor, Emily Smith==

Midsummer Party 2013==

Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY==

July 13, 2013==

©Patrick McMullan==

Photo - Owen Hoffmann/ PatrickMcMullan.com==

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This is an ANTIQUE Japanese Kurotomesode. Kurotomesode are formal kimono for married women. Nowadays they are mostly worn by the mother of the bride at weddings. This kimono likely originates in Taisho Period (1912 - 1926). This kurotomesode features a very subtle but graceful pattern of bellflowers and summer grasses bending in the breeze. It is made from ro silk; a light weight, perforated silk for summer wear. It also comes complete with a hiyoku; a second layer around the hem and collar to create a layering effect when the garment is worn. This kimono has five ivy crests.

I have inspected this kimono in detail, there are only a few small, faint marks on the exterior. However, hiyoku has a lot of discolouration on it. Overall, I would rate this kurotomesode in good to excellent antique condition. This garment is 100% silk. Damage photos will be posted shortly.

MEASUREMENTS:

149cm - Long (Collar to Hem)

122cm - Arm span

58cm - Width across the back

124cm - Total width of skirt

49cm - Sleeve drop

SIZING:

If you are unsure of how to interpret the kimono's size it is important to know that the length (collar - hem) should be approximately 10cm longer to 10cm shorter than the wearer's overall height (longer is better). This is because the excess length will be folded up at the waist. Meanwhile, the skirt should wrap around the hips a full 1.5 times. The armspan should also reach wrist to wrist on the wearer. In this case, the kimono will ideally fit a woman about 139cm (4'7") - 159cm (5'3") tall, with hips about 83cm (32.5") around. There is some give and take in these measurements though.

Whoever comes to the Istituto Linguistico Mediterraneo, arrives bringing with them their own color and their own way of living life and when they return home they bring with them a bit 'of color from all the people they have met. We are not from Italy, or Spain, or Japan, neither from Israel, or America, or Europe, neither from Africa, or Brazil or Uruguay... We are a family ... Yesterday we mixed all our colors in a party the craziest ever seen. Balloons, fancy dresses, colorful cocktails, soap bubbles and of course many colors... your colours... our colors...

Chi viene all'Istituto Linguistico Mediterraneo arriva portando con sé il proprio colore e il proprio modo di vivere la vita e quando torna a casa porta con sé un po' del colore di tutte le persone che ha incontrato. Noi non siamo italiani, né spagnoli, né giapponesi, né israeliani, né americani, né europei, né africani, né brasiliani, né uruguagi... Noi siamo una famiglia... Ieri abbiamo mescolato tutti i nostri colori in una festa che così pazzesca non si era mai vista. Palloncini, travestimenti, cocktail colorati, bolle di sapone e naturalmente tanti colori... i vostri colori... ‪#‎ColorParty‬ ‪#‎ColorFest‬ ‪#‎MidsummerParty‬ ‪#‎VeryILMpeople‬ ‪#‎ILMconnectingPeople‬

24.6.2017

Kangasala Finland

Midsummer cake

midrain midsummer midlife

I visited the Midsummer celebrations in Jordbro earlier today. A lot of singing and dancing around the Midsummer Pole with people from all over the world.

Blogged.

Noc Świętojańska zwana także "Nocą Kupały" lub "Sobótką".

Midsummer called "Noc Świętojańska", "Noc Kupały" or "Sobótka" in Polish.

Warsaw, Poland.

Fot. Mariusz Cieszewski

Calm lake at midnight in Pudasjärvi Finland.

Celebrating midsummer in Sweden. 2012

Ace of Wands is good, right?

St Botolph, Helpston, Cambridgeshire

The grave of John Clare in Helpston churchyard, during the John Clare Festival 2016. The floral tributes are Midsummer Cushions, made by the children of the village school and laid beside the grave each year on Clare's birthday, 13th July.

When village children, wild for sport,

In school-time's leisure, ever short,

Alternate catch the bounding ball;

Or run along the church-yard wall,

Capp'd with rude figured slabs, whose claims

In time's bad memory have no names;

Or race around the nooky church;

Or raise loud echoes in the porch;

Throw pebbles o'er the weather-cock,

Viewing with jealous eyes the clock;

Or leap o'er grave-stones' leaning heights,

Uncheck'd by melancholy sights,

Though green grass swells in many a heap

Where kin, and friends, and parents sleep.

They think not, in their jovial cry,

The time will come, when they shall lie

As lowly and as still as they;

While other boys above them play.

John Clare, from The Shepherd's Calendar, 1827

People gathering on the hill of Leksands park to start marching into the town. 32nd Midsummer fest, Sweden hills, Tobetsu, Hokkaido on July the 21th 2015. The ceremony is introduced from Sweden. The houses in this town are all imported from Sweden. Tobetsu and Leksands kommun are sister cities.

Canon T90, Tokina AT-X 100-300mm F4.0, negative ISO 400 expired, exposed as ISO 200, developed normally.

Bigger sizes: www.flickr.com/photos/threepinner/19063415482/sizes/l

Whoever comes to the Istituto Linguistico Mediterraneo, arrives bringing with them their own color and their own way of living life and when they return home they bring with them a bit 'of color from all the people they have met. We are not from Italy, or Spain, or Japan, neither from Israel, or America, or Europe, neither from Africa, or Brazil or Uruguay... We are a family ... Yesterday we mixed all our colors in a party the craziest ever seen. Balloons, fancy dresses, colorful cocktails, soap bubbles and of course many colors... your colours... our colors...

Chi viene all'Istituto Linguistico Mediterraneo arriva portando con sé il proprio colore e il proprio modo di vivere la vita e quando torna a casa porta con sé un po' del colore di tutte le persone che ha incontrato. Noi non siamo italiani, né spagnoli, né giapponesi, né israeliani, né americani, né europei, né africani, né brasiliani, né uruguagi... Noi siamo una famiglia... Ieri abbiamo mescolato tutti i nostri colori in una festa che così pazzesca non si era mai vista. Palloncini, travestimenti, cocktail colorati, bolle di sapone e naturalmente tanti colori... i vostri colori... ‪#‎ColorParty‬ ‪#‎ColorFest‬ ‪#‎MidsummerParty‬ ‪#‎VeryILMpeople‬ ‪#‎ILMconnectingPeople‬

At Freddie's Beach Bar.

33rd Midsummer fest, Sweden hills, Tobetsu, Hokkaido.

The flags are, from the left to the right, of Tobetsu, Japan, Sweden, and Leksands.

Canon AV-1, Tokina AT-X28-85mm, F 3.5-4.5 , negative ISO 400.

They could not have formal ceremony for wedding at marriage. The husband decided to apply to take part in this festival. The plan was secret to the wife.She was so surprised on the morning. Yes, she is the happiest bride in the world on the day.

32nd Midsummer fest, Sweden hills, Tobetsu, Hokkaido on July the 21th 2015.

Canon T90, Tokina AT-X 100-300mm F4.0, negative ISO 400 expired, exposed as ISO 200, developed normally.

Stonehenge has an opening in the henge earthwork facing northeast, and suggestions that particular significance was placed by its builders on the solstice and equinox points have followed. For example, the summer solstice sun rose close to the Heel Stone, and the sun's first rays shone into the centre of the monument between the horseshoe arrangement. While it is possible that such an alignment can be coincidental, this astronomical orientation had been acknowledged since William Stukeley drew the site and first identified its axis along the midsummer sunrise in 1720. Sponsored by www.StonehengeTours.com

Noc Świętojańska zwana także "Nocą Kupały" lub "Sobótką".

Midsummer called "Noc Świętojańska", "Noc Kupały" or "Sobótka" in Polish.

Warsaw, Poland.

Fot. Mariusz Cieszewski