Zenith

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)
The white flowers, which look very much like small white roses,
are pretty much done having given way to the plumes:
stunning and celebratory.

June 20, 2020, is the Summer Solstice, signaling, in the Northern Hemisphere, the zenith of Summer. It is the longest day of the year with an early dawn and late sunset. 

Universally humans cherish the warmth and light of this time of the year. 

Usually it is a time of great celebration. Today amidst a global pandemic, which has no end in sight, and an unprecedented uprising against police brutality, this Summer Solstice seems like a time of great grief and raging. As Starhawk who is celebrating her 69th birthday this week, says, "Consciousness is shifting now, like I've never seen before in half a century or more activism." 

Street painting on Pine St. in Capitol Hill Occupy Protest, Seattle, WA

And for this we can all celebrate!

"I'm into 'thoughts'.

It's like you channel your thoughts 

in the right direction,

and if you think you channel your thoughts 

in the right direct, 

and if you think it has a chance of happening, 

it has a better chance of happening.

If you don't, it has less a chance of happening,"

Joe Maddon

So we will be experiencing the Summer Solstice, a new moon, a solar eclipse which is not visible here in the United States, Father's Day, plus Starhawk's birthday all this week. As we channel our thoughts at this trying time in the "right" direction, may we all celebrate with a big belly