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Member of the Isadora Duncan Dance Company leads guests to the Walled Garden.
Photo by Alyssa Romano
Flowers captured with my mobile pretty late on Midsummer´s Eve.
Surprisingly sharp and colorful.
I like my phone more and more.
Hydrangeas in my garden.
In Pagan mythology, Midsummer is the high point of the year - at least in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the longest day of the year, with the sun rising at its earliest and setting at its latest. Flowers are in bloom, crops are growing and the spring-born animals are maturing; the God of Sun is truly at his height.
Yet nothing remains forever; the nature of the universe is constant change. Even at the height of his powers the seeds of decay and destruction are being sown. From here the days will gradually shorten once more, although the warmest weather is yet to come and late summer will see the harvest. Also, at this point the zodiac moves into the sign of Cancer, the most feminine of the star signs with its ruler, the moon, tempering and balancing the masculine energy of the Sun God.
Irish mythology invokes Lugh, the God of Light. Lugh slays the old king whose reigh has become negative - the force of life is always fighting the forces of death and destruction. Although Midsummer is Lugh's supreme victory, he is wounded and gradually loses his strength and power - which is why the days start to shorten even though summer is at its height.
Noah Averbach-Katz as Flute the Bellows Mender (Thisbe) and Ashkahn Jahromi as Bottom the Weaver in Shakes-to-Go's 2009 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Photo by Gina Marie Hayes.
Shashona Brooks as Snug the Joiner in Shakes-to-Go's 2009 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Photo by Gina Marie Hayes.
Flowers from the garden. Water, earth, feathers for air and a candle for fire. An altar for midsummer.
Marcia Saunders and Mark Lazar in William Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, at People's Light & Theatre Company. Photo by Mark Garvin.
Traditional Swedish dancing with our friends Anja and Ragnar (far left) at Klockarbergets Hembygdsgård south of Sundsvall.
P took the picture.