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Einen schönen Tag der Arbeit wünsche ich Euch.

#LaborDay in Austria falls on a #crossquarter day, roughly halfway between #vernalequinox and #summersolstice, as the days continue to lengthen.

#timekeepying #calendar #solstice #equinox #astronomy #earthscience #EGU25
photograph courtesy 1113eye via Pixabay

Apple blossoms bloom in the foreground against a pale sunset and hazy river landscape in the background

🧵 1 Here we are, more or less halfway between Winter Solstice + Spring Equinox! (Thanks to @mirabilos I've recently learned more about the calculation of #CrossQuarter Days: it's not so straightforward!)
Anyway, for me a general idea of mid-way works- I'll make my natural observations over several days anyway, and if I have time/ energy for ritual, it will depend on work/weather!
Short video on YouTube #spectra link to follow
https://youtube.com/shorts/ktwTVim_udI?feature=share
#metenis #imbolc #pagan #animist #Alberta

1-A bit of a mound rises from a snowy pasture- where the soil was piled when a cattle watering dugout was made long ago. It's a late winter afternoon, maybe an hour from sunset and the many little lumps and crests and ridges in the snow (made from cattle tracking around then wind blowing snow) on the mound have deep blue shadows on this side away from the sun. Behind the mound we can see a bit more of the snowy pasture then a line goes all the way across of low dark willows with here and there- mostly to the right- some smallish poplars sticking out above. We can't see how far this treed area goes exactly, but get a glimpse of another sliver of silvery snow much farther back where the ground rises a bit. Farther still are more shadowy trees and on the horizon, barely discernible, we see the foothills blue/hazy blending into the partly clouded sky (mountains behind invisible in cloud). A Line of modest fluffy clouds caps a slightly darker blue-grey with sunset highlights area above the mountains, and above those clouds the sky is faintly overcast pale grey with a hint of violet-coral!

2-Across an area of rather smooth snow broken by many small poplar suckers along with occasional other small woody things and the occasionalbit of dry grass or thistle, a loose row (a few metres wide) of youngish (maybe mid-size in diameter, at most, many skinnier) but tall follows a fenceline from left to right. Beyond we see more snowy ground and more distant low willows and trees.The soft barely golden white ball of sun shines between the trunks and branches from a dull blue sky with bits of cloud, a little less than halfway up the trees as it westers, casting long blue linear shadows from the trees on the snow in the foreground.

We're approaching the northern summer/autumn #CrossQuarter, while in the south, winter begins to release it's grip as the winter/spring cross is nearly here.

This is sometimes called the #Thermistice - when the summer warmth or winter chill are at their strongest.

We celebrate this time together in person, and with our wider community online too, be it summer or winter. Join us (Wed 7th Aug, 5pm US Eastern) for an open discussion and catch up!

https://gaianism.org/how-do-i-get-involved/upcoming-events/

#Lammas #Lughnasadh

Related to #Imbolc, Candleday etc- all based on the #CrossQuarter day, halfway between #WinterSolstice and #SpringEquinox. Definitely still #winter here, but days are longer, we know #Saule is coming back! #pagan #animist #Alberta #SeasonalRhythms More thoughts on the day and season:
https://cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/2021/02/waiting-for-spring-metenis-new-and-old.html

#GroundhogDay and #meteorology ... of course!
#GroundhogsDay and #astronomy ... yeah, that too!

#Crossquarter days mark the halfway point between
a #solstice and an #equinox.

As the #Earth continues its orbit about the #Sun, #spring is coming.

#calendar #timekeeping #season #groundhog
watercolor illustration by jull111 via Pixabay

watercolor illustration of snoozing groundhog on a rock with field grasses and wildflowers in the background, courtesy jull111 via Pixabay

May those attempting to build the Mountain Valley Pipeline come to their senses, stop destroying the lands and waters, and start abiding in #agaya and #ubuntu! #spicyblessings #StopMVP #CrossQuarter

@MelodyWainscott

Henceforth, be it proclaimed. My Vibe is #CrossQuarter all the year round.

#crossquarter

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