no.52 130621 Thank you for the first day of summer

A fun summer day with my cousin

Summer officially begins today with summer solstice marking the longest day of the year. I've also read from National Geographic that the supermoon of the year will be visible this coming Sunday. It refers to the moon at its closest to earth (called perigee), and apparently it happens when there is a full moon this year. According to NASA supermoon appears up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than when the moon is at its furthest point (called apogee).

I'm not sure if I mentioned it before, but I have a stargazing app on my phone which I use from time to time. The last time I was outside actually observing the night sky was probably sometime last month, or it could be the month before. My excuse for not going out at night to look at the stars is that the days have gotten much longer.

I suggest that you download the app and look at the night sky! With the app, it's not so difficult to locate the stars, I guarantee! If this is too hard, then at least go watch the supermoon as you only get one opportunity a year! I also want to recommend a song today, it goes really well with star gazing. I'm actually listening to it right now, as I am writing this post. It's my one of my favourite jazz musicians - Eddie Higgins Trio, and the piece is called 'Moonlight Serenade.' It's a sweet, sweet song by my favourite kind of trio, comprised of piano, double bass and drums.

It's kind of ironic that I'm encouraging you to go stargazing on the longest day of the year. Anyways, I'm thankful for this beautiful day of the first day of summer. I've been complaining that it didn't feel like summer since we had many spring-like days. I'm probably going to complain that it's too hot from now on, because we're back to normal summer weather. Ah, but summer should feel like summer, not spring!

Happy summer!