Do Stay with Us O’Sweet June!

So many wonderful things happen in June.

Nature is working its magic in visible and invisible ways.  It is the time of year for taking walks in the woods; delighting in scampering red breasted robins and watching the sea bobble its waves.

In June, the summer solstice quietly shifts the sunrise and sunset southward again. The sun has now taken its highest position in the sky and a harvesting “strawberry” moon holds its own place on earth.

And little by little, daylight starts to decrease.  At dusk, whisking fireflies arrive to illumine the darkening blanket of night.

We wonder how it is that this sixth month emerged so quickly, now surrounding us with its beauty on all sides.

Splendor present for just awhile.

Oh happy June – is there no way that you can stay with us just a bit longer? 

After all, the first pitcher of lemonade has just been poured with one honey-bee spotted following the trail of its perfume.

We are just noticing the star lit sky, only now mowing the fresh grass and beginning to hear those song birds sing their soft tunes.

Stay June – please do stay

Let your ebbing heat and cooling rain showers linger.

Weave more time for us to ponder the coming sound of cicadas, talking katydids, blueberries and fluttering monarch butterflies.

Oh thank you Lord – for this life so sweet!

For June and every day after

As the sun rises and sets

Help us be still

To taste and see

The littlest lady bug land,

Mighty tree leaves sway

And the world set ablaze in spectacular wonder

Just as it was on that first created day.