Summer Solstice

Are you ready for the summer?

Summer Solstice, sometimes known as Midsummer, occurs in the middle of June. It is a celebration of the longest day of the year and the beginning of Summer.

Notice: teacups and saucers. Too hot to drink!

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Treat Sunburn Like a Dermatoligist?

by Virginia Sole-Smile

1. Make a cooling compress: Steep two chamomile tea bags in 8 ounces of hot water for 15 minutes and refrigerate until cool. Saturate a washcloth and apply it to your burn for 10 to 15 minutes.

2. Moisten your skin with aloe vera gel or a moisturizer containing soy or oatmeal-both of which are cooling. If yur burn is really painful to the touch, try an OTC cortisone cream.

3. Take cool, short showers and moisturize regularly until the burn fades (about a week). And remember to use sunblock! If you've burned once, it means you're prone to burning-not to building a base tan.

Hallmark Magazine Summer 2008

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Classic Lemonade
From Real Simple
August 2005


1 ½ cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 12 lemons)
½ cup sugar
6 cups water Lemon slices (to garnish)
Ice

Place the lemon juice, the sugar, and 1 cup water in a large pitcher. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then add 5 more cups water, a few slices of lemon to garnish, and plenty of ice.