June Days
They're here. The longest days of the year, the days I've been awaiting since dark, despairing December, have arrived. Though we have not had a run of completely nice days without any rain, we have had a couple with summery temperatures and cloudless skies. Days that are the tantalizing taste of the wine of summer. Days that intoxicate you and make you believe the best is yet to come. In the morning, by six o'clock the night has disappeared, and the sky gets ready to greet the sun. The birds wake up, and so do my cats, who come to see why I'm still in bed. By the time I get up, the morning chill has started to disappear and the sun is surprisingly warm when I step outside. Sometimes the smell of cut grass greets me when a neighbor has been clearing a field. In the afternoon the day lingers long, the sun refusing to go to rest. Because we are so far west, yet follow Central European Time, evenings are forever. At eleven thirty we can still see lighter blue in the s...