Solstice

I spent the afternoon and evening today at the beach for the first time in years. I was with my mother and her friends and a friend of mine. We had a little picnic on the beach at a spot we supposed was "high ground." However, as the waves got bigger, one crashed high up the beach and completely drowned our little patch of festivities. Wet though everything was, nothing was damaged. Just a great moment.

We stayed till it got dark out, savoring every last moment of the longest day of the year. Finally we left after the sun had set, just as the moon, blood red, was rising over the opposite shore.