Georgia Summer 2018

Summer arrived in Atlanta a few minutes before sunrise this morning. The sun reaches its highest point in the sky today and it is the longest day of the year. Although the sun begins its descent tomorrow, insolation from our star will continue to raise atmospheric temperatures until late July. As this day marks the end of the season of renewal and the beginning of the season of growth and flower, I am reminded of this quote by the English writer and poet, D. H. Lawrence:

The greatest need of man is the renewal forever of the complete rhythm of life and death, the rhythm of the sun's year, the body's year.

Sunrise from the International Space Station                   NASA/Reid Wiseman

For me the rhythm also calls for music.  In Atlanta the longest day of 2018 has been a steamy one featuring wave after wave of brief and often heavy showers and thundershowers.  Skies have calmed for the moment. Perhaps the calm will last into sunset  when we can retire to the porch and enjoy this music accompanied by that from the woods. 

Splendid way to end the day.