@MaryAustinBooks You mean the vernal equinox? I mean, I visited Stonehenge on the equinox, but it's like 5 am, and there's druids everywhere, I waited until 11 am ... um, we were talking about the equinox, yes? cuz otherwise all I have to say is the cherry trees bloomed a week early this year
Calling all those who signed up for The Wheel of the Year - Ostara Yarn Box, it's time for the big reveal!
Introducing 'Ostara', a 100g skein of hand dyed 100% British Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply high twist sock yarn. There are two skeins in each box.
Included in the box is a a Wendy Andrews Ostara card and a bag of flower stitch markers, a tin candle, soap and vanilla tea.
Happy knitting!
#Equinox: At the Ancient Roman #VernalEquinox ( 24 March - 25 March) we honor Magna Mater in the form of #Hadrian's deified wife Empress Sabina. A sham marriage? In fact, Hadrian severely punished those who besmirched her name, suggesting genuine love and respect. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-honor-empress-sabina.html
To celebrate this week's spring equinox, here is some colour and light from my garden for this week's #SixOnSaturday
and on the blog:
https://balmerino.ddns.net/geekygarden/index.php/2025/03/22/six-on-saturday-22-3-25/
#Antinous as a priest of #Attis wears diadem with plaques of Attis & #Jupiter. At the #Equinox, #Attis dies #cismale, and is reborn reborn #transgender. #AntoniusSubia says: "Attis severed his own testicles and died, but did not die." Full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/03/antinous-attis-dies-and-is-reborn.html
The Temple of #Antinous will hold an online ceremony to celebrate the #Equinox and to commemorate the Sacred Boar Hunt on Sunday March 23rd at 12:00 noon Hollywood California time. The ceremony will be held on Zoom. Here is the Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85384085970 23 March
In the gloom of life's storms, may we realize that winter ends and may our hearts tend toward joy
#forest
#trillium
#wildflowers
#cascadiaexplored
#oregon
#pnw
#spring
#equinox
#ostara
#photography
Yesterday was the equinox, which means that the daylight officially lasts longer than the 12-hour automated cycle of my artificial lights. That's my signal to move as many of the indoor plants as possible into the brightest window for the summer. This table is now holding about 1/10 of the collection!
The words are spinning away
into frozen stubble fields
of hard truth and resistance,
and equinox poetry
of dolmans and crocuses
is impossible to write
in my country's new Dark Age.
Redpath, Harwood Forest, #Northumberland on the day of the #Spring #Equinox. The Spring Equinox followed the Summer Solstice for us this year due to hemisphere swapping. Similar weather for both. The house is decaying fast and there are some interesting features in the steadings.
At the March #Equinox we weep for slain #Adonis, gored in the groin by #Mars (in the guise of a boar) in jealous rage over #Venus' desire for the handsome mortal. #Antinous oft likened to Adonis, Classical ideal of male beauty. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-mourn-death-of-antinous-adonis.html Statue: Hermitage
#BloomScrolling #spring #equinox #primavera #equinozio (anche se astronomicamente era ieri)
Flowers for today because we need them.
Happy spring equinox!
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