Beltane Full Planting Moon
“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.” – Confucius
The dew point has dropped into northern numbers. The sun shines, but the heat has not cranked up into Louisiana bayou territory like it did on Monday. We have good daytime dew points through Sunday, though nighttime dew points will be high Friday and Saturday.
No severe weather in the forecasts for the next few days with the exception of possible thunderstorms later Sunday and Sunday night. This looks a genuine outdoor grillin’, bike ridin’, gardenin’, relative visitn’ holiday weekend on this the school kids’ usual date marking the beginning of summer.
The Celts, who divided their year into four parts, saw May 1 as the beginning of the summer season while more astronomically inclined cultures made it toward the end of June with the solstice that has become known as the summer solstice, on or about June 20th. As a kid in central Indiana, where Memorial Day and Labor Day were the twin gate posts to Summerland, this was the true start. Funny how it’s remained that way for me over all these years.
