Well, not long now. I mark this time as my Wep Ron Pet. I know many modern Kemetics use the first week of August or even September as that is when Sothis rises now in most places. However for me, as far as I know from Old Kingdom and before the Nile flood, summer solstice and Sothis all occurred around the same time. With one of those (the solstice) noticeable to me then I take that time as the start of the five days.
I tend to mark it at night time as living at the bottom of a valley my view of the sun is obscured in the morning but sets in view. I will be putting offerings up of home brew mead and wine, as well as making a number of foods that are possibly of ancient origin.
I occasionally mark it by putting up a blue and yellow pentacle I made some years ago. I had intended to go to a place called Campbell Park this year (my city is aligned to the solstice and this park has a beacon where everyone meets. Our baby was sick so we spent the solstice in the hospital. She’s fine, just bad reflux!
Awww kids come first. We’ve been there with our little ones. As long as the gods are in our hearts and thoughts they will understand. I often find I don’t have much time with all the other demands so if I can do things that I can include in my daily routine I feel that helps.
Now Wep Ron Pet is almost over for me, I’ve a Hathor festival on Wednesday, and one for Ma’at on Thursday. Luckily us Kemetics have many festivals we can go for all year round if we want
