Let’s just call it the first day of summer

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The splash park at Terry Park was jammed with kids all afternoon Sunday.

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Make no mistake: the air temperature was quite warm, but the water at the splash park was obviously fairly cold.

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Mike Martin puts the finishing touches on his portion of the "art alley" being created on the walls between the 3200 blocks of First and Second avenues north. Martin's painting is on the corner of the Good Earth Market building.

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This young boy was not having much luck standing on his skateboard at North Park, so he took a few turns in a safer position.

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Two young friends (or brothers or cousins maybe) stroll down a sidewalk at North Park.

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It was a good day for watching baseball, or a phone, at Dehler Park on Sunday. The Billings Scarlets were playing the Missoula Mavericks in American Legion baseball.

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A proper follow-through is important when feeding the geese, as this young bread-caster demonstrated at Riverfront Park.

We are aware that according to the calendar, the first day of summer is still three weeks away.

But Sunday in Billings felt like the first day of summer. It was warm, for one thing. The National Weather Service observation station at the airport listed the high as 81 degrees, but the scoreboard at Dehler Park said 90 at mid-afternoon, and two downtown businesses had time and temperature signs pegging the heat at 89 and 91. All those felt about right.

And it was beautiful, with deep-blue skies and snow-white clouds scudding across the sky all day long. Just like summer. So, in honor of this, the first unofficial day of summer as declared by Last Best News, we offer up a series of photos to help us make the point.

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