Imbolc, Candlemass, OImelc, Lupercalia, St Bride's day, the feast of Nut (mother of the Sun god Ra) ,for the French it's crepe day, and it's World Wetlands Day too.
It's the end of Winter and the start of Spring for the Northern Hemisphere. The half way point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.
The days are really starting to show the lengthening of the daylight, that very, very first hint of new greenery is appearing.
In days before intensive farming it was the advent of the very first milks from ewes and cows and occasionally the first hens eggs. A time to take a deep breath, take stock of life and joy in having gotten through the darkest of the year and know that the light days were coming back again
For most of us it means no more going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too It means evenings that stretch on after dinner time with energy and enthusiasm to get something done
Time to clean out the guddle, sort out the house, (and the kit ) think about the Summer holidays and what to grow in the garden. Wanderlust starts again and the urge to get off the backsides and go and do something.
It's a family forum but there are studies that appear to back up the young men's (and women's ) fancy, theory too
This week I've seen the squirrels run their courtships along the treetops, watched the crows start to pair up again, saw the robin chase off a male rival but allow a female into his territory, so that's all on course.
I have fresh lady's smock, bittercress, feverfew, snowdrops, and primroses coming through in my garden though the trees are remarkably still looking. Not even the buds are swelling yet.
How's your bit of the world ?
cheers,
Toddy
It's the end of Winter and the start of Spring for the Northern Hemisphere. The half way point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.
The days are really starting to show the lengthening of the daylight, that very, very first hint of new greenery is appearing.
In days before intensive farming it was the advent of the very first milks from ewes and cows and occasionally the first hens eggs. A time to take a deep breath, take stock of life and joy in having gotten through the darkest of the year and know that the light days were coming back again
For most of us it means no more going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark too It means evenings that stretch on after dinner time with energy and enthusiasm to get something done
Time to clean out the guddle, sort out the house, (and the kit ) think about the Summer holidays and what to grow in the garden. Wanderlust starts again and the urge to get off the backsides and go and do something.
It's a family forum but there are studies that appear to back up the young men's (and women's ) fancy, theory too
This week I've seen the squirrels run their courtships along the treetops, watched the crows start to pair up again, saw the robin chase off a male rival but allow a female into his territory, so that's all on course.
I have fresh lady's smock, bittercress, feverfew, snowdrops, and primroses coming through in my garden though the trees are remarkably still looking. Not even the buds are swelling yet.
How's your bit of the world ?
cheers,
Toddy
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