My weekend has been spent with family. My daughter who lives a couple of hours away was here for the weekend, she spent friday night with me and then partied with her sisters on Saturday while I looked after the children. Now they have all gone back to their different homes and I don't expect I'll see that daughter again for another couple of months. When you are used to them all living close by it feels very odd not having them around.But it was a great weekend, can't believe its almost midsummer, another couple of days and it will be the longest day. To me summer is about BBQ and beach, and holidays, and kids, and family. Also about ancient traditions and earth magic. To others, summer, especially midsummer, has quite different meanings. After every one left I started thinking about midsummer, and how many different ways it has been portrayed by different artists. My favourite, and the one that captures my meaning of summer has to be the James Guthrie painting titled Midsummer; ( below) I love the light in this painting.
And after a little googleing....here are some of the other ways in which artists have represented 'Midsummer'.
Aus Heures Perd 'Midsummer Late Lunch ', I like the feel of this, can imagine taking lunch in the sun in a lovely french pavement cafe. 
Colin Carruthers 'Midsummer Landscape', can feel the heat in that landscape. 
Albert Joseph More 'Midsummer'...........a very popular choice. 
Edward landseer 'Midsummer Nights Dream'...........another well known one. 
Walter Withers 'Midsummer', I like the way the coloures look washed out by the sun here. 
William Frederic Witherington 'Midsummer'...........so very 'English' looking. 
Anders leonhard Zorn 'Midsummer Dance'..........it just looks ...'joyful' 
Edward Robert Hughes 'Midsummer Eve'..............for some people midsummer is the most magical time of year. 
Daniel Gerhertz 'Midsummer'.............not a very well known painting, but I liked the look on this young girls face. And that's my Midsummer collection.
