Today is the first day of summer - the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year - and at Stonehenge, the gates have been opened, and modern day Druids are celebrating at that ancient monument. Here in Denver, things are a bit more quiet. I took the photograph on the left Sunday afternoon in Washington Park while on my bike ride downtown. As you can see, nothing much was happening - just a lone goose checking out the scene. I thought for a while that the rest of the geese had finally flown north to Canada after all those years of staying at Wash Park year round, but on the way home found they were all just hanging out on the other side of the park, still enjoying the good life in Colorado, just like all those damn Californians.
As for the action in downtown Denver, there was an arts and crafts festival on the 16th Street Mall, a decent crowd watching the Colorado Rockies game on the giant screen in McGregor Square (across from Coors Field), kids playing in the fountain at Union Station (as seen in the photo on the right), and a lot of people at the Juneteenth Festival in Five Points. But no Druids dancing in the streets with flowers in their hair, or for that matter preparing for human sacrifices. How boring.
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