midsummer

Victory here on 4 July would be a midsummer night's dream for the Liberal Democrats.

Every year, people around the world ring in the June solstice with midsummer bonfires, festivals and — for those living above the Arctic Circle — midnight sun celebrations.

In 2010, more than 100 skiers took advantage of ski tows being open at the Cairngorm Mountain resort near Aviemore for the first time in midsummer.

Just south of the storm systems, a near-record heat wave is bringing midsummer temperatures to late spring in parts of South Texas and South Florida.

Late spring runoff through midsummer leads to rushing waterfalls, wildflower meadows, sword ferns and emerald mosses within the Olympic Peninsula’s lush lowland woods and pristine old-growth forests.