Dancing Nature's Rhythms
Now I become myself Now I become myself. It’s takenTime, many years and places;I have been dissolved and shaken,Worn other people’s faces,Run madly, as if Time were there,Terribly old, crying a warning,“Hurry, you will be dead before—”(What? Before you reach the morning?Or the end of the poem is clear?Or love safe in the walled city?)Now Read more about Summer Solstice[…]
21st June – 21st July High summer 12 noon – 2pm The sun at its zenith. The peak of the growing season Maternal Mother Earth providing abundant food feasting home summer bbq Caregiving inc., Self care Teenager coming of age x Secretive hard shell, Sensitive crab claws passive aggressive sideways, Moody overly sensitive Home , carry Read more about Cancer Season of Peonies & Roses[…]
Map 4 directions Earth & Sky Centre Remembering / Honouring the 4/ 6 directions helped traditional peoples remember where they were & their place in the scheme of things Not just in place but also in time Rhythms of life & In the line of Ancestors, the people who have come before them & those Read more about Summer Solstice[…]
The Twins: Gemini New Moon Tending to seeds of truth “Our biggest fear is not in expressing the truth but that we will be attacked or belittled because of our truth.” – Kelli Wilson We are now in a transition from Spring to Summer. Gemini marks the end of a season. It’s the distillation and assimilation of the Read more about Gemini New Moon[…]
https://naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk/media/1817/10103-natures-calendar-date-range-poster.pdf
This solar term marks the ripening of crops (especially wheat), as well as starting off the rice planting season. An agricultural proverb says “If you don’t plant rice in Grain in Ear, planting will be in vain.” Translated as “busy planting”, farmers are in a hurry to cultivate their seeds to ripen them during the Read more about Mángzhòng – Grain in ear[…]
Booff rain overnight as the full moon approaches and everything explodes,doubles in size. I looked out at the garden this morning and it was wild. hedges crowding in. Lush green gorgeousness.
Named after the Roman goddess Juno – goddess of marriage and childbirth, and queen of the goddesses, as well as being the wife of Jupiter, king of the gods. Juno was especially associated with married women, though she was considered the guardian of all women. Over time, the Romans even began to use juno as a term Read more about June[…]
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
time of ripening, when summer grains begin to swell plump and early summer rains swell the rivers First Pentad: Sow Thistle Blossoms (苦菜秀 – Kǔ cài xiù)Delicate wild bitter greens like the sow thistle begin to thrive in the early summer heat. In Chinese folk medicine, eating these bitter herbs traditionally helped clear internal heat and dampness.Second Read more about Xiao man – lesser fullness Grain full[…]