June 21st will be the Summer Solstice, meaning the longest day of the year, and this year’s lands on a weekend. Think of all the possibilities. Last year’s Summer Solstice brought 17 hours of daylight to Dublin. Though you’re probably farther south than that, you’re still bound to get a much longer than average day – and you’ll need above-average ways to spend all that time. So you get the best of these extra hours, we’ve brainstormed four great ways to spend your extra time this Summer Solstice:
1) Brunch with a Date
Everyone loves brunch, but it’s hard to get yourself out of bed or make time for it on a normal weekend. But when the sun is rising earlier and setting later, the sunlight should bring on wakefulness earlier in the day and give you more hours to complete other tasks – so why not? Bring a date, follow it up with a nice walk in the park or the beach. No stress – you have all day, which means something on the Solstice.
2) The Longest Beach Day
The only thing keeping me from selling my home to live at the beach is the fact that the sun feels the need to rise and fall; you can guess how I’ll be spending this Solstice. Seventeen hours of sunlight means seventeen hours of beach – if you’re a beach nut like me, you can already hear the waves washing in and out. Invite some friends for an all-day beach cookout and turn it into the biggest party of the summer!
3) Block Day Party
If you don’t want to risk that sunburn, or if the beach makes you tired, you can also throw that party on the block; get together with a handful of your neighbors and bring the town together with a party in the sun. It’s sometimes an annoyance to go out of your way to meet the people who live nearby, especially if they keep tight schedules or don’t go out much but with a block party, you’re almost guaranteed to make friends.
4) Housework Day
All those hours means you can catch up on your housework; whether you have things to repair, a lawn to care for, gardening to finish up, or painting to do, there’s no need to waste a hand on a flashlight when the sun goes down. I had a neighbor growing up who would re-shingle his entire roof by the end of the Solstice – and he’d only do it then because, as he explained, that was the only day of the year that would give him the necessary amount of time.
But if there aren’t even enough hours in the longest day of the year to complete your outstanding house projects, let us help you find a professional. Just head to www.talklocal.com to find just the contractor you need without the headache.
