Lugnasa (Fall Eve) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Autumn Moon<\/p>\n
“O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained Tomorrow at 9:49 we move into liturgical fall (as opposed to meteorological fall). \u00a0I’m partial to the liturgical fall, especially with its astronomical significance. \u00a0The sun comes up on the equatorial plane–as projected 93 million miles plus into space of course. \u00a0Otherwise, crispy critters. \u00a0Full entry tomorrow.<\/p>\n The campaign moves on, annoying me less than many because we cut the cord, or the coaxial, with Comcast and no longer have cable television. \u00a0Though we do have a basic component of broadcast channels, we never watch them (they bring down the cost of the broad band service) and thus miss the television political ads.<\/p>\n That does not mean we miss out on television shows altogether though since subscriptions to Netflix streaming and Hulu mean many of them are available to us, just not CBS programs. \u00a0BFD. \u00a0My current new favorite is Grimm, a weekly tale of a Portland detective’s life as a\u00a0homicide\u00a0investigator and a Grimm who has the family vocation of seeing and vanquishing fairy tale creatures and\/or learning to live with them.<\/p>\n Kate and I went around the outside this afternoon identifying tasks that need to be done. \u00a0What needs pruning, weeding, transplanting. \u00a0What we want in next year’s vegetable garden and where to plant it. \u00a0Where the iris and the lilies and the tulips I buy will go. \u00a0What needs to come out altogether. \u00a0The yews out front, for example. \u00a0Long past their prime and now tall enough to hide the house.<\/p>\n I harvested the apples off the leaning tree of Zestar. \u00a0Boy, are they good. \u00a0A light, sweet flavor that seems almost unapple like. \u00a0This is the tree that needs shoring up. \u00a0Not a hundred percent sure how to do that. \u00a0Stakes and wires are one option, but with our sandy soil I’m not confident the stakes will hold at a high enough tension. \u00a0May have to support it from the front and hold it in place with stakes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lugnasa (Fall Eve) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Autumn Moon “O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof, there thou may’st rest, And … Continue reading Apples and the Equinox<\/span>
\nWith the blood of the grape, pass not,
\nbut sit
\nBeneath my shady roof, there thou may’st rest,
\nAnd tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe;
\nAnd all the daughters of the year shall dance,
\nSing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers. ”
\n–\u00a0\u00a0 William Blake,\u00a0To Autumn\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n