Longest Day (North)

Here it is the longest day of summer for the Northern Hemisphere and we are getting rain. I will not complain. It is a gentle rain and a slow summer rain is a great treat. The air temperature is 71oF on my front south-facing porch. This is Tulsa so any temperatures below 90 are great!

And currently my orchids appear to be loving it also. The ‘pots’ sit towards the east end of the porch and only get the most direct morning light. The ‘hangers’ dangle from the metal ‘arbor’ on the east end of the porch.

There is a rolled up shade I can ‘drop’ to keep the direct sun off the orchids on the porch stand or to shade the porch/cement to prevent heat build up. The ones on the arch do get morning light with shade from the neighbor’s tree, and have the blue ‘shade cloth’ for the more direct overhead light. Both are out of the worst of the mid-day and afternoon sun which in Oklahoma can fry everything.

It is delightful outside. We’ll take it for the first official day of summer. Now if I see fireflies (lightning bugs) tonight?