Summer is Icumen In

[florianschild]

I hope everyone is having a lovely June and looking forward to the official start to summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Behind the scenes we are getting ready to kick off the Sunshine Revival Challenge starting on July 1. There will be an introduction and friending post ahead of the start to the challenge so we can all gather and get to know one another. Here's a tentative schedule to mark on your planners, if you're into that:

2025 Sunshine Revival Schedule

June 28 - Introduction Post
June 30 - Friending Meme
July 1-25 - Challenge Posts every 4 days (7 in total)
July 31 - Wrap up post

In the meantime, please feel free to promo this challenge anywhere you can! Here are some graphics and icons to help you spread the word if you're so inclined. Feel free to use any and all that you like!

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Icon table generated by Chlor's Icon Table Generator

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Plus additional banners from the announcement post

Comments

[haunted_cherries]

Thank you for the post and icons!! The icons especially look so PRETTY! 😍

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have boosted the signal on my blog and a couple of my relevant communities. I'm so happy to see this fest return! :D

[kitarella_imagines]

Oh thanks for the reminder. I'll try my best to join in.

I love that medieval poem:

Middle English

Sumer is icumen in
Lhude sing cuccu
Groweþ sed
and bloweþ med
and springþ þe wde nu
Sing cuccu

Awe bleteþ after lomb
lhouþ after calue cu
Bulluc sterteþ
bucke uerteþ
murie sing cuccu

Cuccu cuccu
Wel singes þu cuccu
ne swik þu nauer nu

Sing cuccu nu • Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu • Sing cuccu nu


Modern English

Summer has arrived,
Loudly sing, cuckoo!
The seed is growing
And the meadow is blooming,
And the wood is coming into leaf now,
Sing, cuckoo!

The ewe is bleating after her lamb,
The cow is lowing after her calf;
The bullock is prancing,
The billy-goat farting, [or "The stag cavorting"]
Sing merrily, cuckoo!

Cuckoo, cuckoo,
You sing well, cuckoo,
Never stop now.

Sing, cuckoo, now; sing, cuckoo;
Sing, cuckoo; sing, cuckoo, now!

[mekare]

Ah I know a version of it for choir which is lovely.

[kitarella_imagines]

Oh that does sound nice! I'm glad someone knew what I was talking about and didn't think I'd lost it 😅

[author_by_night]

I love the idea of there being a friending meme before the event!

[kalloway]

I'm sorry if I missed the explanation somewhere, but what sort of community/challenge is this intending to be? Is it going to be general/social? Will it have a general creative tilt to it? Will it lean towards fandom? Or something different I'm not thinking of?

Basically, I went to mention the community to someone and realized I don't actually know what we're doing here!

[florianschild]

Hey no need to apologize! I will be explaining more in the introduction post before the challenge starts but basically we will be providing two prompts for each challenge. One of the prompts will be geared towards journaling or reflection (mostly generic but one or two might be more fandom-oriented) and the other prompt will be for a creative option. Many of the creative prompts are toward writing, some are art. However it’s very casual so you could skip any challenge that doesn’t appeal or modify the prompt as you like!

[kalloway]

Thank you so much for your prompt reply! Now I know what I'm actually promoting! ^_^;

[scripsi]

Yay!

[mekare]

Such lovely graphics! Thank you for running this, I'm in!