{"id":4467,"date":"2011-08-01T07:08:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T11:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2011-08-03T13:17:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T17:17:16","slug":"summer-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=4467","title":{"rendered":"Summer Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Aug1Sun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4468\" title=\"Aug1Sun\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Aug1Sun.png\" alt=\"Aug1Sun\" width=\"438\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Aug1Sun.png 625w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Aug1Sun-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I appreciate our glowing orb as much as the next person. However, given this long dry spell and 100-degree temperatures, I think it\u2019s time for Helios to take a little holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, here is a tribute for the first of August.<\/p>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Great is the sun, and wide he goes<\/span><\/address>\n<address><em>Through empty heaven with repose;<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>And in the blue and glowing days<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>More thick than rain he showers his rays.<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em> <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Though closer still the blinds we pull<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>To keep the shady parlour cool,<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Yet he will find a chink or two<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>To slip his golden fingers through.<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em> <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>The dusty attic spider-clad<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>And through the broken edge of tiles<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em> <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Meantime his golden face around<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>He bares to all the garden ground,<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>And sheds a warm and glittering look<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Among the ivy\u2019s inmost nook.<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em> <\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Above the hills, along the blue,<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Round the bright air with footing true,<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>To please the child, to paint the rose,<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>The gardener of the World, he goes.<\/em><\/address>\n<p>\u2014Robert Louis Stevenson<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/CakeFireflies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4470\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"CakeFireflies\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/CakeFireflies.png\" alt=\"CakeFireflies\" width=\"130\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a>Francine<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Centaur MT', 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: large;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I appreciate our glowing orb as much as the next person. However, given this long dry spell and 100-degree temperatures, I think it\u2019s time for Helios to take a little holiday. Nevertheless, here is a tribute for the first of August. 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