Strawberry Moon

June 14, 2022 

 It’s not yet formally summer…but the early sunrises (5:08 this morning) and the late sunsets make it seem so. The angle of the light during the day is different. I was surprised this morning at how north the sun rose from the sea. The sea birds on the ocean outside my window are gone. A few great back backed gulls fly by…the gulls must be nesting out at Coatue and Great Point. The ducks have headed north. The grandchildren will be arriving this weekend…a sure sign of summer. The meadow grass LondonFog has leaped up. The ox eye Daisies are starting to bloom, and the Rosa rugosa is just starting. The contrast between the green grass and the unruffled blue sea seems fresh, as is the breeze from the southeast. The change of the seasons makes change in our lives seem normal, since it happens yearly. What change for me now? I haven’t been as interested in pursuits which once gave me pleasure. Will a new passion perk its way though the newly growing plants? Tonight, the strawberry super moon!