Ask the old grey standing stones that show the sun its way to bed. J. Tull

Pictures today are from Loch Haven Park (Orlando) http://www.cityoforlando.net/parks/loch-haven-park/ where we wandered between museums and lunch this weekend. Honorable Mention today is COSTAL GIFTS AND DECOR / COASTAL KIDZ www.coastalgiftsanddecor.com which I just did a review for TRIP ADVISOR http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34175-d647117-Reviews-DeBary_Hall_Historic_Site-DeBary_Florida.html on—but it’s not released yet. Also don’t forget my novel: https://www.pinterest.com/lindachase56829/my-novels/ with quotes, character studies as well as ongoing research on my ongoing project.

Father. Smith. Warrior. Mother. Maiden. Crone. Stranger. I am his/hers, and s/he is mine, from this day, until the end of my days.
Game of Thrones

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Jamie & Claire the first time—his technique was more rock than Romeo…..but

Jamie and Claire after the hiding an reconciliation: But the boy appears to be a fast learner.

Check out this from Diana commenting on next (if it ever comes) season: http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/outlander-season-two-what-to-expect.html#

Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.
Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder. Tull

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This week I thought I’d do Fall….and all the bounty before the starkness of winter–except I live in Florida so I have to draw on my memories to the Midwest of my youth.

Ask the Green Man where he comes from, ask the cup that fills with red. Tull

I thought today we’d look at the Old ways of Fall and how if at all they influence Our NEW World:

Autumn Chaucer first used the word autumn c 1374, http://dictionary.reference.com/features/autumn.html Before the 16th century, harvest was the term usually used to refer to the season, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn . This begins on 9/23–the Fall/autumn/harvest Equinox date.

The river she is flowing
Flowing and growing
The river she is flowing

Pagan Song

Harvest Festivals:

POMONA

Celebrated November 1 by the Romans, this harvest festival was blended by the Celts into the Samhain festival. Since Ireland was never invaded they did not combine the two days festivities.

LUGHNASADH

This harvest festival was celebrated in Celtic lands (much of Europe, parts of Turkey etc) on August 1. This specific name is the Irish name for the divinity Lug’s “a god of light, war, craftsmanship” mother. It was a festival of assembly “where political and legal matters were settled, but also included games and feasting. Druids held ritual for harvests.

SAMHAIN: The one time of year when the Otherworld could become visible October 31-November 1. The boundaries between worlds were broken down and people (living and dead) could pass through in either direction. A time when the wronged dead could haunt the living. Christianity like the Romans took a hand at the festival and made November 1st all Souls (or Saints) Day and the Evening before All Hallows which became Halloween when we mock what we down deep may still fear.

You are the essence of all the beauty of life
You are the essence of all the love of my life
Pagan Song

THE beginning day of Fall is one of two times a year when the night and day (dark and light) are exactly the same amount of time. Symbols for fertility and a good harvest included cocks and horses. While a full moon on Christmas foretold a poor one in some areas and in East Anglia it’s a bad omen for the harvest if the Evening Star rides low in summer.

John Barleycorn was the slain god of harvest in ancient times.

At the end of the year especially in October the Saxons rounded up their livestock to put them in their winter pens— any excess numbers (too many to pen and feed) were slaughtered and eaten. Bone (now bon) Fires were set to dispose of the remains that were not useable and this named the next month–November, the blood month.

Ask the Green Man where he comes from, ask the cup that fills with red. TULL

In Scotland the Blue-faced Crone of winter withered the crops and brought the snow. While Wrens are highly disliked in Ireland and it is thought that its appearance in the fall may have at one time been thought to be a sign of a hard winter and that it was destroyed to avoid it.

Jack-o-lanterns is believed to be a lost soul or a death omen. In England the light seen in marsh and swamp lands is called a corpse light and in Ireland a faire or fox light. In Sweden it is believed to be the soul of an unbaptized child and there are similar legends among the American Indians (Penobscot Indians call it a fire demon). In Africa it a “witch-fire” and in America a Jack-o-lantern is associated with Halloween and trick or treaters.

Bells have long been associated with the divine and driving way away evil. Since the 5th c bells were thought to have a potency to against evil beings and were rung on Samhain (All Hallows) to keep witches from flying over the vlllage.

In France Goblins (Brownies in England and Scotland, Kobalds in Germany, Domoviks in Russia) were wandering spirits. They would enter households and bring good or bad depending on the particular spirit. They are now associated with Halloween and are said to be particularly active then when the veil between worlds is thinnest.

Question all as to their ways, and learn the secrets that they hold.
Walk the lines of nature’s palm crossed with silver and with gold. Tull