7.30 Waiting for the sunrise 13 jet black jackdaws Perched on the power lines with, like me, front row seats Then taking off, they glide, swoop, flap Flying remnants of darkness Swimming In a hazy grey watercolour sky shot through with luminous streaks of coral light The cloud breaks And pale blue sky becomes visible Read more about 7.30 Waiting for the sunrise[…]
Blue Iris Poems and Essays By Mary OliverA celebration of the bounties and blessings of nature. A Book Excerpt on Wonder How Would You Live Then? What if a hundred rose-breasted grosbeaksflew in circles around your head? What ifthe mockingbird came into the house with you andbecame your advisor? What ifthe bees filled your walls with honey and Read more about Autumn breakfast[…]
After the harvest, take stock, balance the books, Looking back over the season acknowledge what went well and what could have been better, learn the lessons, Gratitude & forgiveness Change of focus – eyes front – what do we need to do going forward? Let go of what is no longer serving us, so as Read more about Libra New Moon[…]
Yellowing Month. Moving indoors, garden furniture goes away and chimneys are cleaned ready for the fires to be lit.Time of mushrooms & apples Housemartins migrate Winter geese and other visiting winter birds return Sun in Libra until 22nd time to find balance & partner, Read more about October[…]
What a year for the Snowberries! All the berries are in abundance this year Will it be a harsh winter I wonder? St. Michaelmas day was certainly bright. But the snowberries, so perfectly round and white How haven’t I really noticed them, or at least haven’t given them more than a cursory glance In all Read more about Snowberries[…]
The Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, In medieval England, Michaelmas marked the ending and beginning of the husbandman’s year, George C. Homans observes: “at that time harvest was over, and the bailiff or reeve of the manor would be making out the accounts for the year.” In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on Read more about Michaelmas[…]
Every full moon illuminates what was previously unseen In Aries – sign of the self, it highlights what we are really feeling and what we are really longing for? And as the sign of new creation cycle and action – what is calling me to get started? But tempered in Libra, Air sign of the Read more about Harvest Full Moon in Aries[…]
Libra is a cardinal air sign, Cardinal – represents new beginnings and the energy of things that are just starting. A deep change of direction and focus, down and in air – divine This is a sign where the Sun sets, where heat and light fades and the summer has ended making room for autumn to Read more about Libra[…]