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3. My unofficial happiest day of the year.

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 05:37 AM

15 hrs ago

A little more darkness every day, crickets at night, autumn harvests and moons coming. There is no coziness in summer and coziness is everything.

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Happy (northern summer) solstice, everyone! [View all] muriel_volestrangler 16 hrs ago OP

My unofficial saddest day of the year DFW 16 hrs ago #1

Yeah the days shorten sigh electric_blue68 15 hrs ago #2

Midsommer i Norge I saw the midnattsol in 2022 LearnedHand 12 hrs ago #10

I was never that far north in Norway. DFW 9 hrs ago #12

Same is true of Norwegian LearnedHand 7 hrs ago #13

Same people, different spelling n/t DFW 3 hrs ago #15

My unofficial happiest day of the year. betsuni 15 hrs ago #3

I partially follow George Carlin's lead on this DFW 15 hrs ago #5

The sun is too bright and shiny and hot and is always the same shape. betsuni 13 hrs ago #8

Mine too! LearnedHand 12 hrs ago #11

Happy (northern summer) solstice... 2naSalit 15 hrs ago #4

Happy Solstice everyone gademocrat7 14 hrs ago #6

Many happy returns! muriel_volestrangler 13 hrs ago #9

This is Spnial Tap Stonehenge Chasstev365 13 hrs ago #7

Happy Anniversary, and Happy Solstice. niyad 6 hrs ago #14