04:20 on the Summer Solstice. All dressed up and somewhere to go.

The Bobbers have been swimming at sunrise and sunset on the Summer Solstice and the Winter Solstice for 5 years. Of the two,

the summer one is by far the most pleasurable. This morning we were just four bobbers but the sea was alive with the sounds of swimmers.

5 years ago we were doing this to celebrate building a water based friendship group during the Covid years.

Pandemic Pondering #453

Did we really expect to still be doing it 5 years later. Probably not. But wherever Bobbers are in the world we all try to swim on the Solstices.

For me it is a celebration of being alive and still kicking. A ritual of gratitude and celebration with friends,most of whom were strangers 5 years ago. The Silver Lining of a Pandemic that forced us all to pause, change direction, and do things differently.

Maybe the Bobbers need to rethink our dress code next year…