<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/P6210018.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6214" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/P6210018-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Day 278 was the first day of summer, and I wanted to celebrate with something solsticey and midsummerish.

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Since the Swedes go all out (Midsummer is a NATIONAL HOLIDAY), I <del>stole</del> borrowed an idea from them.

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Swedish maidens frolic through the fields to pick 7 different species of flower.  They then tuck them under their pillows at bedtime and dream of their future husband.

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Leave it to me to be your American 40-something <del>maiden</del> guinea pig!  I will try anything in the name of <span style="color: #ff00ff;"><strong>LOVE</strong></span>!

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And every once and awhile, my friends humor me and join in on my escapades.  Thanks, Kim C.!

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This guinea pig stopped to collect flowers from Trader Joe's Field on the way home from work.

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I drifted off and dreamed a dream of ... nothing.

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Hmph.

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Kim C. did indeed dream a dream of days gone by which have kinda sorta rematerialized in the present.  We'll all be waiting with bated breath to see if her Midsummer Night's Dream manifests into a hubby.

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As for me, I hope that eHarmony is more effective than Midsummer amusement.

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