Solstice
The longest day of the year, and here at 10 to 8 in the evening it's still with us. Great day to get back in touch with the parts of the yard that we've been neglecting. A bike run to the Freddy's garden section for a couple of gadgets, spreading rose and azalea food, buying a 50-cent pair of work gloves from the garage sale down the street (they "fell off a truck"), that sort of thing. Then a gin and tonic while the kids perform their modern dance moves on the backyard grass to a KBOO soundtrack. Life is so good.
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Comments (7)
Mmmm... Gin and tonic. I knew I liked you, Jack.
Posted by TKrueg | June 21, 2008 8:59 PM
Aviation. With Schweppes and some cheap lime from Grocery Outlet.
Posted by Jack Bog | June 21, 2008 10:19 PM
I could still see the light fading in the west at 9:50p.m. Saturday night. Fantastic.
Posted by None | June 21, 2008 11:04 PM
For me, this is the very best time of the year in the Pacific Northwest.
Posted by Jack Bog | June 21, 2008 11:18 PM
My birthday was on Friday, which was the first day of summer. Combine that with an excellent father's day with my 3 1/2 yr old daughter and it doesn't get much better. Summer in Portland rocks!
Posted by Moses Ross | June 22, 2008 12:03 AM
Excellent choice!
I limit myself to drinking Tanqueray gin. I find that Aviation gin "evaporates" way too fast after the bottle arrives home from the OLCC. Plus, it's more expensive.
Posted by Musician | June 22, 2008 9:30 AM
I've taken to the Cascade Mountain Gin from Bend Distillery...
http://www.bendistillery.com/cascade-mtn-gin.html
It's good and it's not expensive. It just tastes like real gin with that juniper kick. And Bend has juniper in spades, as we all know.
On a beautiful Oregon summer night under the stars, I can think of few things I'd rather have in my in my glass than a gin and tonic, a Bridgeport IPA or a some Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. I'm a shameless Oregon homer, but I couldn't care. I love it here...
Posted by TKrueg | June 22, 2008 9:51 AM