I rose with the sun this year (making this the second in a row I’ve been successful with!) and spent the morning admiring the sunrise through yoga and journalling. It’s been an odd year since the last Midsummer, when we thought that it wouldn’t be long until the pandemic was under control. This year we’re all vaccinated so we can go in to the grocery store (and, yes, go to the plant section of said store to save their reject plants).

This year, I focused a bit less on food as the previous year I had made so much that I hadn’t been able to really enjoy the day outside the constant cooking. I did make some amazing chickpea devilled tomatoes and a very fun sun bread! I got the design idea from here, but I made it with my own bread recipe. The devilled tomatoes were suggested by a friend.

The moon came out to enjoy the day as well, and the dates were sprouting!

After a nice rosemary harvest, I brought the singing bowls out to the patio and played some music for us all to relax to. Seva and Mom asked for their own turn on the bowls, the first time they’d ever asked. The resonance through the forest was divine.

Out to the garden, I found so many beautiful plants growing and blooming. This is definitely one of the most beautiful of the sabbats!

We made a fire in the evening, which was lovely since last year it was so rainy that no one really wanted to.

And then we all watched the sun set together, as tired as I was!