Wordless Wednesday: Welcoming the Spring Beauty
As the budding of early Spring opens in our Laurel Hill woods, one of our earliest visitors is the ephemeral wildflower, Spring Beauty. Photo by John.
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Wordless Wednesday: In Hawthorn-Time the Heart Grows Light
“In hawthorn-time the heart grows light, The world is sweet in sound and sight..” from Tristram of Lyonesse, by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Blessed be.
Wordless Wednesday: Spring Beauty or Fairy Spud?
Prized for its beauty and medicinal gifts, the Algonquins cooked the tubers like potatoes. Did they learn this from the Faery folk, hence the name?
Wordless Wednesday: Spring Beauty
Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) © John Rottet …
Gaia Friday: Flower Power with Lupita Nyong’o
Each Friday, I am sharing a video from the “Nature Is Speaking” series, celebrating Gaia Friday. Today, Lupita Nyong’o asks us to consider the lilies of the fields, the forests, the gardens, the farms. Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these, and without them, where would we be? To enjoy … Read more
Greet Midsummer with a Kiss
Glory of the Day-Star, hail! Lifter of the Light, Burnisher of the Sky. Gifts of love to earth are bringing, Summer’s shimmer, dew’s delight. Dancing be the heart within us, Open be our souls to bliss, Courage vanquish every shadow, Greet Midsummer with a kiss. – Greeting to the Summer Solstice from Celtic Devotional – … Read more
Wishing You a Magical Midsummer’s Eve!
Hand in hand, with Fairy grace, Will we sing, and bless this place. ~ Titania, from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today is the last day of Spring. This is Midsummer’s Eve, the night before the sabbat of Litha (Summer Solstice/Alban Hefin/Midsummer). Besides Samhain and Beltane, … Read more