The time of no night
From 23rd May – 20th July inclusive there is no astronomical night in England and Wales. https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/cardiff?month=6&year=2020
Category: Seasonal living
Lì xià – Chinese start of summer
5/6th May – 21/22nd May Blue bells ring in the turning of dandelion time. Hedgerows waking up welsh poppies and wall pennyworts abundance is everywhere aquilegias, lilac and mayflowers According to the ancient Book of Rites, on Lixia the emperor would lead the Three Ducal Ministers, the Nine Ministers, and senior officials in greeting the summer, and the Read more about Lì xià – Chinese start of summer[…]
Late Spring
Monday – late Spring The moon slides into darkness, meteors shower. I settle into stillness, slowing down to the speed of sound. Able to hear and see the world around,able to notice the colours of a fishes eyelids. The still bare branches of the Ash trees clack gently against each other,wood on wood in the wind.Their hearts wrapped in Read more about Late Spring[…]
Early Summer
From Beltane 1st May, or shortly after as the heat waves catch up with the increased light waves (14th May), until Lammas 1st August, we move into early summer. ”In the western world, we are familiar with the four seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter. However, in the Taoist understanding of time and change Read more about Early Summer[…]
Take me I’m yours
The poem today A tawny owl roosts in a nearby garden. Swifts flash and glimmer as they chase each other across the sky, Clematis and Veronica bloom,Honeysuckle and Elderflower bud. Hawkbit stems stand tall amid grasses already going to seed.And the branches of the Ash tree, outstretched in wild abandon, Each tip raised up toward Read more about Take me I’m yours[…]
May
The Song the Sun Sings On the First Of May Now, Love, at last I come In fullness rising over you. Let there be new trembling under the cold-hardened earth at the light play of my fingers And sighing in the valleys. Let there be the song of unfolding within your hidden petals At the Read more about May[…]
Beltane or Calan Mai Union of the Divine Goddess and the Green Man
Calan Mai “Calend (first day) of May”) or Calan Haf “Calend of Summer”) is a May Day holiday of Wales held on 1 May. Celebrations start on the evening before, known as May Eve, with bonfires; as with Calan Gaeaf or November 1, the night before (Welsh: Nos Galan Haf) is considered an Ysbrydnos or “spirit night” when spirits are out and about divination is possible. The tradition of lighting bonfires celebrating Read more about Beltane or Calan Mai Union of the Divine Goddess and the Green Man[…]
Wild garlic and rhubarb
Cuckoos and dandelion clocks South easterly winds scatter blossom forget me nots and bluebells burst into blue seagulls and crows a jet black cat soaking up the sunshine and having it stroked in Flies darting to and fro in the sunlight and the dappled shadows dancing across the grass chased by a tiny tortoise the Read more about Wild garlic and rhubarb[…]