Seriously, at what point did I stop being able to handle the heat, oh ya that would be when I started having hot flashes..sigh..it was a gorgeous day yesterday, I think we got up to 25 or more and I was dieing! Oh course it wasn't helped by the fact my head was killing me. I ended up taking a cold shower and crawling into bed at 9:30. I fell right to sleep and didn't wake up until the alarm rang this morning, so I am feeling rather refreshed!
For those of you who emailed and asked me to explain Sankt Hans here is a blurb about it from Wiki...
"In Denmark, the solstitial celebration is called Sankt Hans aften
("St. John's Eve"). It was an official holiday until 1770, and in accordance with the Danish tradition of celebrating a holiday on the evening before the actual day, it takes place on the evening of 23 June. It is the day where the medieval wise men and women (the doctors of that time) would gather special herbs that they needed for the rest of the year to cure people.
It has been celebrated since the times of the Vikings by visiting healing water wells and making a large bonfire to ward away evil spirits. Today the water well tradition is gone. Bonfires on the beach, speeches, picnics and songs are traditional, although bonfires are built in many other places where beaches may not be close by (i.e. on the shores of lakes and other waterways, parks, etc.) In the 1920s a tradition of putting a witch made of straw and cloth (probably made by the elder women of the family) on the bonfire emerged as a remembrance of the church's witch burnings from 1540 to 1693. This burning sends the "witch" away to Bloksbjerg, the mountain 'Brocken' in the Harz region of Germany where the great witch gathering was thought to be held on this day.
Holger Drachmann and P. E. Lange-Müller wrote a midsommervise (Midsummer hymn) in 1885 called "Vi elsker vort land..." ("We Love Our Country") that is sung at every bonfire on this evening."
I love it because it is just so pagan and I have always been so incredible interested in that sort of thing!
With that I will wrap things up for today, I have to take the little man to a play date, plan my menu for next week and make a grocery list and return some books to the library...all in a days work, right? Until next time..TATA!!
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it soubnds like lot of fun!!!!
Posted by: Windgefluester | June 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM
I slept like that last night too. Feels great! Have a great day today Eve, and keep COOL!
Posted by: barb | June 25, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Uh the heat just KILLS me too!! Cold shower and early night are the BEST :D
Posted by: Sassy | June 25, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Sounds like a lot of fun!
Happy belated Solstice!
Posted by: Stacey42 | June 25, 2009 at 02:05 PM
we've been having a heat wave here in western KY -- heat index has been 102+ for the past week, with no signs of breaking!
sounds similar to Guy Fawkes Day, as far as the rituals go...very neat!
Posted by: aud | June 25, 2009 at 03:55 PM
There's nothing worse than having a headache in the heat! Have a great day with all the errands!
Posted by: Monique | June 25, 2009 at 04:47 PM