Last night I found myself walking around the back yard contemplating this first of our three harvest holidays. I'm not exactly harvesting anything myself...just my calendulas (which are doing just fine!) but I started to notice all the plants that are currently fading out there. The tiger lilies are all gone now, and the columbine is looking very sad...the spider wort was cut down last week because it was falling over and the flowers stopped blooming. The pink clover is dying off now too and everything else is starting to look a little squirrely. I guess its a good example of how this is the time when the God makes his sacrifice and the Earth begins its process of dying.
I'm planning on going to the local farmers market this weekend..they just started it last weekend in the hopes of picking up some freshly harvested goodies for my little feast. I also want to make my husband's favorite bread, which we all seem to refer to as "brain bread" now...because it really does look like a brain lol
There is also an old home days fair this weekend as well as a local Indian pow wow...I'd like to try to hit up both of those too. I find it interesting both things are this weekend...I read somewhere recently that there are a lot of county fairs that coincide with this first harvest holiday, because back in the day the harvest was indeed celebrated by everyone. I wonder if the people attending realize this...especially those who will be attending the open air church service Sunday morning..teehee!
While I was checking for more information on the pow wow, I noticed there is another Indian event planned for the weekend following Mabon as well. I want to look into more about Native American heritage and holidays and see if more of their holidays coincide with ours. I actually hope they do...it would further validate my own personal view of things....while our beliefs may not be the same, we're all children of the same universe and should be able to get along despite our differences. Fluffy bunny thoughts...maybe...but definitely better than Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog thoughts :-)
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