Summer Solstice

So the summer solstice was on Friday. Solstices occur twice a year, when the tilt of the earth's axis is most oriented toward or away from the sun, causing the sun to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still). As the days lengthen, the sun rises higher and higher until it seems to stand still in the sky.

As a major celestial event, the summer solstice results in the longest day and the shortest night of the year. So we are now almost three days past the longest day of the year. As the days get shorter, we will start to lose daylight. Right now, you can still be active outdoors until around 9:00 pm. But it's all downhill from here, or is it? I guess it depends if you're a glass half full or glass half empty type of person.

Personally, I am all in favor of daylight, and lots of it. I dread the days when it is dark when I get up and go to work, and dark when I pack up to leave work. I guess that means I see the glass as half empty when it comes to the summer solstice. How about you?