A well overdue BBQ dazzled in a blaze of light here on Saturday night. It was the first non-children’s Birthday party we’ve had since Alice was born (she’s coming up two in February). With summer officially a month away, and our spring being a seasonally typical windy and wet one, we sent out the invitations…
Tag: Beltane
Halloween in NZ at Beltane time: Trying to please everyone
Here in our home it’s the second week of our spring break school holidays. It’s rained for most of it and the forecast is for yet more rain 🙁 We have escaped into the fresh air whenever possible, but the rain definitely makes us all feel a bit cranky and fed up (especially when the…
Happy Beltane & Samhain
To all our family and friends, north and south, we wish you very happy greetings of the season. Gather the harvest in the north and plant the seedlings in the south. Love & light x These little ghosties took over my kitchen middle of last week… And after Alice’s nap this morning I came downstairs…
Happy Beltane to the Southern Hemisphere…
or Samhain, popularly known as ‘Halloween’, to all those in the Northern Hemisphere. Unfortunately, the majority of folk in New Zealand seem to lose sight of what season we’re in on 31 October every year and follow the Halloween celebrations. However, up in Northland ‘The First Church of Ancient Crafts‘ has the right idea with…