In celebration of the first day of summer, and the longest day in our hemisphere, I’m sharing pictures taken earlier this week in Sefton Park, Liverpool. What a blessing access to a green space can be! It was lovely to see so many people out enjoying an early evening stroll, lying on the grass or resting on a bench there.
Happy solstice!
Susan Rushton 
Green is so soothing – my favorite color!
I might have guessed! It’s weird how green can be soothing, refreshing and invigorating, all at the same time.
Wow such beautiful pictures! Green is calming to the soul!
I agree – even when it is bold and bright, like this green.
Oh yes. Whatever floral treats a garden has to offer, a varied palette of greeens sooths the soul.
I am sometimes guilty of looking past the green, greedy for the flowers.
Both have their place, don’t they?
They do.
The backlit Bramble leaves are nice. I’d probably have spent some time doing variations on them.
It would have been be lovely to see what you would have come up with. Unusually for me, I only took the one of the bramble leaves. It was as if they had an arrow over them, saying click in this direction!
It’s the sort of shot and lighting I’m watching out for at the moment with my experiments adapting various lenses to the mirrorless camera.
And a happy solstice to you, too! The photos are wonderfully uplifting — they cool and warm all at once. Perfect for the day!
Thank you. They seemed to illustrate the power of where the sun falls, which made me think of Stonehenge and that ancient effort to mark the precise spot on a particular day.
Beautiful photos. I really like the back-lighting on the leaves!
Thanks, Peter!
We all need green space, no matter where we live. I’m lucky in that I live in the woods, and even in the winter, there is green.
Yes, that’s a blessing.
Beautiful.
Thank you!
Thank you Susan for this wonderful photos! The contrast between light and shadow is amazing! A happy solstice to you too!
Thanks Rita. It’s always a great pleasure to be able to share. 🙂
Beautiful — and so intensely green.
It’s very inappropriate, but the picture reminds me of Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles and how I always liked the green one best. I don’t know if it really was a different flavour or whether it was all in my imagination.
Hehe. I always hated green sweets. I’ m more of a jellybean fan (though I do like fruit pastilles), and I do think that the different colours taste different to each other.
We’d make good sharers then!
Wouldn’t we. I always go for the red and orange.
Beautiful
Thanks, Derrick.
Green is a favourite of mine (you may have noticed!) and I love capturing the light and shade and the sunlight through leaves. Lovely cool images Susan and here’s to a lovely summer for us all!
Hear, hear!