2025 Life Logs, Day 168: Stepping into Summer
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Weather: Cloudy, Foggy Near the Water; High Temp 67, Low 64 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
It was not a beautiful sunny day, but many things that happened today are signs that we are stepping into summer. Today was the last day of school, so for me that means the beginning of year 14 of Camp Oma. It is now really only for Ollie, and he is a teenager, but hopefully we will still have days at the beach and some Cape Cod ‘explores’. Today was also the Installation Luncheon for Encore, which means turning over the reins of leadership. That really has nothing to do with summer, but it is a time of change. Then there was the Dress in All White party this afternoon at Cape Cod Winery. Seeing a lot of people all dressed om white is a definite sign of summer. So, through clouds and fog, summer is almost here. Officially summer begins on Friday night at 10:42 pm ET. Friday is the summer solstice and the longest day of the year. But for me, today was the beginning.
For the past 3 summers, the Encore Installation Luncheon has been on this third Wednesday of June at the Poppy Tent on the water’s edge in Mashpee. For two of those years, there was sunshine with a beautiful blue sky. Not today. There was fog on the water with a complete cloud cover. Still, it is a beautiful location, and it was a delightful luncheon.
Christina Brodie and I handed the gavel to a new Encore President, and we instantly became Past Presidents. It has been a good two years, but now it is time to move on. I am continuing on the Board as Vice President of Programs for one year, so all responsibilities are not relinquished, but not quite the demands of running the organization. I have to admit, I look forward to that.
Now on to Juneteenth.
