The longest day

Summer at last! Of all things summery, nothing evokes the essence of the warmer months for me so much as water lilies. Just the sight of a few blossoms and suddenly I’m back where summers don’t mean chilling fog but sultry, syrupy heat and the singing of cicadas instead. These lovelies come from one of the many beautiful gardens in Portland.
At least for today (perhaps in deference to the Solstice?), the fog stayed away and we had a blissfully warm day.