Solstice Blessings to all my lovely readers:-)
And guess what? it is raining here. Again. Hard.
No chance of seeing the sun rise this morning :-( in fact have not seen the sun all day - just rain.
Funny weather we are having!
And for those who were wondering, I celebrate from dawn on the 20th June until dusk on the 21 st June - that way whenever the official Solstice is, I will catch it ;-)
Also having two goes at seeing the sun rise helps, in weather like this!
Showing posts with label Summer Solstice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer Solstice. Show all posts
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Summer Solstice (1)
Solstice Blessings to all my lovely readers:-)
Look! No rain! Washing drying on the line!
Today it was warm, fine and dry so in the morning we went out to Ledbury - I had a hair trim,we went to various shops including giving more stuff to the charity shop and then to the recycling site and the feed store for various chicken food and bedding.
We then had lunch in Much Marcle at The Royal Oak, very enjoyable to go out as we don't do it very often.
Once we got home I got on with the mowing - the grass, although very long,was finally dry enough to cut and I managed to get it ALL done including the little paddock at the top of the wood. Which meant I could move one of the hen runs and give some of the hens fresh grass - they were very impressed! The girls in the Mega Hen Pen had to make do with a large pot of finally-past-its-best-and-gone-tough Kale from the polytunnel- which they stripped in seconds, it was quite scary to see them go at it - locusts sprang to mind.
Compostman had meanwhile finally planted out all the leeks
And he weeded the potatoes
I harvested the last of the 2011 planted spinach plants
I couldn't leave all the clover etc as it was longer than even the highest setting on the cutter but I left a number of big patches uncut for the bees and butterflies. Compostman will scythe it off later on and we can use it as hay.
I had just finished the mowing at about 7 pm when it came on to rain - cue to stop.
Then I read a book and crochet more of my throw. A good day :-)
Look! No rain! Washing drying on the line!
We then had lunch in Much Marcle at The Royal Oak, very enjoyable to go out as we don't do it very often.
Once we got home I got on with the mowing - the grass, although very long,was finally dry enough to cut and I managed to get it ALL done including the little paddock at the top of the wood. Which meant I could move one of the hen runs and give some of the hens fresh grass - they were very impressed! The girls in the Mega Hen Pen had to make do with a large pot of finally-past-its-best-and-gone-tough Kale from the polytunnel- which they stripped in seconds, it was quite scary to see them go at it - locusts sprang to mind.
Compostman had meanwhile finally planted out all the leeks
And he weeded the potatoes
I harvested the last of the 2011 planted spinach plants
I couldn't leave all the clover etc as it was longer than even the highest setting on the cutter but I left a number of big patches uncut for the bees and butterflies. Compostman will scythe it off later on and we can use it as hay.
I had just finished the mowing at about 7 pm when it came on to rain - cue to stop.
Then I read a book and crochet more of my throw. A good day :-)
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Solstice tree spirits
Some tree spirits I have made in the wood, to honour the Solstice
The Green Man
The Summer Lady.
I had fun making these in the wood. They are made from our own clay, squidged by my own hands and they are up in trees at shoulder height, facing each other, as you enter the log circle.
I hope they last for a while...
The Green Man
The Summer Lady.
I had fun making these in the wood. They are made from our own clay, squidged by my own hands and they are up in trees at shoulder height, facing each other, as you enter the log circle.
I hope they last for a while...
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