When does summer begin? My 5 year old debates this and so we go around the heralds of holidays and school ends. By the solstice thankfully there is no debate left \u2014 just stone fruit in full swing, aster abuzz with butterflies, and tree frogs croaking in our cool succulents\u2019 earth down here in San Diego. It means the annual Nile flood in Egypt, Midnight baseball games in Alaska, and the time when any kind of magic is believed to be most potent.\u200b<\/p>\n