Danish midsummer “St. John’s Eve” - “Sankt Hans”

 

The longest day of the year – summer solstice – is June 21 and June 24 is Sankt Hans dag – but in the evening of June 23 we celebrate Sankt Hans evening with huge bonfires, speeches, the midsummer song and being with friends. We also say that on this evening the witches fly on their broomsticks to Brocken in Harzen in Germany to meet. And this was the super short version of a tradition that has been developed through centuries…

We celebrate it with our neighbors (living in the countryside that basically are a lot of people from the neighborhood) – and naturally my nails had to reflect what evening it was…

All the used polishes are from China Glaze; the base is Sea Spray, the blue is Blue Years Eve and the fiery orange is Riveting. The rest is painted with acrylic colors, and the top coat is Seche Vite.

I går fejrede vi som sædvanligt Sankt hans sammen med vores naboer, og i ved jo alle hvilke traditioner vi har her i landet, og at heksene flyver til Bloksbjerg.

Derfor vil jeg nøjes med at fortælle at de brugte lakker alle er fra China Glaze grundfarven er Sea Spray, den mørkeblå er Blue Years Eve og den orange er Riveting. Resten er malet med akrylfarve, og til slut lagde jeg Seche Vite som toplak.

Break of dawn

It’s probably difficult to tell what this is, without reading the description?

Ja, det er nok svært umiddelbart at se, hvad det skal forestille uden at læse teksten?

 

 

Tuesday the 27^th of March, a week ago today,  the sky looked like this from the bedroom window. The sun was just surfacing, actually not as much as here, and the sky was neither grey nor pale blue yet, it was kind of like China Glaze Sea Spray, that I used for the base – not quite, but close enough. The base of the clouds caught the light of the rising sun, and because they were so dark grey the sun reflected red-ish and made them look stunningly gradient red mixed with dark grey. Of course it was much more beautiful IRL, I should have taken a photo, but when I realized that, it was too late…

I used several colors and sponged them on, some I mixed, and I forgot to make a note of which I used.

Tirsdag den 27. marts, for en uge siden i dag, så himlen sådan ud, da jeg lidt i syv trak gardinet til side i soveværelset. Solen var lige ved at bryde fri i horisonten, faktisk ikke så meget som solen på neglene, og himlen var hverken grå eller bleg blå, den mindede om China Glaze Sea Spray, som jeg brugte til bundfarve – ikke helt, men næsten. Skyernes underside blev oplyst af solen, og fordi de varierede i farve mellem meget mørk grå til hvid, reflekterede solens stråler rødligt og gav dem en helt fantastisk rødlig gradueret farve blandet med helt mørkegrå. Det var naturligvis meget smukkere i virkeligheden, men da jeg kom i tanke om at tage et billede var det for sent…

Jeg brugte flere forskellige farver (som jeg glemte at notere), nogle blandede jeg selv, og jeg duppede dem på med et lille stykke makeup svamp.