By Vladimir Brezina
The Summer Solstice has just occurred, so— Happy Summer!
Summertime,
And the livin’ is easy…
(Of course, Happy Winter! to those in the Southern Hemisphere :-) )
By Vladimir Brezina
The Summer Solstice has just occurred, so— Happy Summer!
Summertime,
And the livin’ is easy…
(Of course, Happy Winter! to those in the Southern Hemisphere :-) )

Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
Johna Till Johnson
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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In the UK we’re still waiting for summer. It should be here today of course, being the longest day, but it’s grey skies and coolness, with even cooler days next week. But, hey, we’ll be more than happy when it does come.
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I know only too well: the English Summer ;-)
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Happy Summer Solstice you two!!
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And to you!!
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It depends always on the perspective ;) and it looks like really easy livin’/goin’ :mrgreen: ! Nice time for Johna and you ! Greetings from Anja after the shortest night of the year ;)
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And, from another perspective, the longest day! Happy Solstice to you, Anja!
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Yes :) ! Thank you !
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Wow, is THAT your house?
I’d love to live by the sea… Here in Switzerland we don’t have it at all.
Okay we have beautiful rivers and lakes, but this isn’t the same =)
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It’s a hotel. We don’t have room service at our house yet ;-)
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This looks very peaceful! Love the image…
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More than peaceful—I previously used this photo for the Weekly Photo Challenge theme of Indulge…
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Great picture. Lovely backdrop, too.
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Thank you!!
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Thank you and to you both as well. Beautiful shot.
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Thank you!!
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