Apologies for the late posting of this - for some reason Blogger would just not process this post, at all! So, here it goes, again!
Happy Beltane to all!
What an odd day it has been, weatherwise. Early this morning the weather was cold and wet and dreary. I crawled back into bed and woke up at half nine and the sun was shining brightly and the world looked washed anew.
I haven't had a chance to prepare anything myself but as an avid visitor to loads of websites I found a few choice articles to visit:
http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=holidays&id=2765
http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=holidays&id=3382
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/moonraking/summer_solstice.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/print/religion/religions/paganism/festivals/beltane.shtml
We spent the day tidying the house after yesterday's party - Marcus turned 33 and we celebrated with a few friends, a lot food and no one noticed the few candles I had burning, a subtle nod to the fire festival we couldn't really have as the weather wasn't particular nice. We took Sparrow out for a long lazy walk in the park and I noticed that the trees that were bare last week has suddenly come to life, thanks to a few days worth of sunshine and a few spitterings of rain during last week. Even our old and rather withered tree in the back garden has started sprouting new leaves and it genuinely means that Spring and Summer is underway.
Here's hoping it is a good year and that there will be rain aplenty for the crops to survive.
BB
