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3- Of course I first accidentally posted this separate from the thread...lol
#Spectra #Peertube this is the short overview video
#spring #animist #Baltic #MothersDay #MayDay #CrossQuarterDay #TimeOfFlowers
https://spectra.video/w/hM1TEPe8zKNQnwZYjM6t36

1- As a youth I picked simple bouquets mostly of the 2 earliest #wildflowers for Mom's birthday + #MothersDay When I moved back and grew spring flowers, the bouquets grew more elaborate; after Mom's passing, they became #spring celebrations of #Life #rebirth the start of the ancient #Latvian season #TimeOfFlowers + the #Baltic #PreIndoEuropean #GreatMother #Goddess It all blends seamlessly, at least in my mind...lol
vids to follow
#pagan #animist #nature #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #Alberta

Spring altar laid on weathered wooden bench with at least 16 kinds of flowers and a half dozen kinds of foliage. Flowers are in various improvised vases- coloured votive candle holders, clear glass, earthenware pots etc. Lots of yellow including Marsh Marigold, Dandelions, Draba, Tulip and Corydalis; some blue/violet- Squill, Hepatica and Violet; white- Sweet Coltsfoot, Anemone, Violet and barely pink Cherry. Foliage- leaves and/or buds, catkins of Aspen and Balsam Poplar, Willow, Saskatoon, Dogwood, Honeysuckle etc. In the centre are the bird figurines: a shiny porcelain penguin in featureless white, and a smaller translucent glass owl with feather shapes molded in the glass and light blue eyes. The sun is shining and the ground around is littered with last year's leaves. Behind the altar, a Tilia/Linden spreads its still leafless branches.

It seems like the #TimeOfFlowers #season has barely begun and I'm already hopelessly behind on sharing photos! Things move fast at this time of year, new things opening every day or so, previous waves of flowering wrapping up.. These are from 10 days ago, some finished or on the way out.. White Draba dedeana Yellow Draba aizoides and D. bruniifolia ssp olympica. Tulipa urumiensis (or something..) #garden #RockGarden #spring #NaturalGardening #Alberta #Canada #z3

Low late afternoon sun shines from left onto part of a rock garden, creating soft highlights and dark shadows on the plants and rocks. Most of the view is a small mound of glacial remnant rocks, generally smooth with a roundish one in front right, others more angular, various tans, browns to purply grey. These are decent size rocks, the largest would cause you a little sweat to move, and you wouldn't want to move them far! Near the centre, a small low Draba plant sits ( a few stray bits of grass rising through it!), completely covered with tiny white flowers. To the upper left, on a higher part of the bed is a larger patch of another Draba, this one with bright yellow flowers nearly obscuring all the foliage, bits of this spill down below on left and behind the mound of rocks to right. In front we see the out of focus grassy leaves and closed yellow flowers of small tulips.

Bright mid-afternoon sun lights a cheery piece of rock garden built of glacial remnant rocks, generally smooth and rounded but not round-- this view shows mostly light coloured speckly pinky granite, several rising to modest soft 'peaks' enhancing the miniature mountain feeling. Among the rocks grow masses of low growing Draba white and yellow mingling in the middle, with the foreground mostly the white flowered species, and the back, at the edge of the rock ridge, bright yellow. In the centre a few small tulips are set against the largest rock - this would would cause you a little sweat to move, and you wouldn't want to move it far! The tulips have narrow shiny glaucous green leaves and small cup shaped deep yellow flowers (mature flowers on warm sunny days fully open to flat stars, these are only 1/2 to 3/4 open, so we see some centres but also the green streaked outer sepals.) Beyond the rock bed we can see a bit of a mowed area, low grass just beginning to green for the season.

@pagan @paganism
We've just passed #MayDay #Beltane #Ūsiņi in the Latvian tradition- all based on the Cross-quarter day between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice.
In the Latvian division of the year, this marks the beginning of the #TimeOfFlowers
#bees #flowers #greening of the land ++ are associated with this time. I have a blog post with pics + vids of bees, flowers etc and link to another post about the roots of the Latvian celebration.
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/04/blog-post.html
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/05/usins-day-spring-celebration-welcoming.html

#TimeOfFlowers

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