Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Seed Moon<\/p>\n
We are far enough into spring that its first full moon, the Seed Moon, has begun to wane.\u00a0 The snow is gone and even though the land here is dry bulbs have begun to break the earth with the tips of their small green spears.\u00a0 The daylilies, those hardy, reproductively agile flowers are already up six inches or so (hmmm, time for the cygon on the irises).<\/p>\n
I pulled up stakes but we’re not moving.\u00a0 Nope, each year these stakes get taken up when the last snows of the season, at least any that will last, are behind us.\u00a0 They are three feet high, sharpened on end and painted a fluorescent orange on the other.\u00a0 Put in the ground after Halloween (for obvious, trick related reasons) they guide snow-plowing crews away from the edges of our yard.\u00a0 This preserves lawn and sprinkler heads.\u00a0 Out in Rocky Mountain National Park their equivalent is a seven foot or so sapling lashed to mile marker or outside lane marker.<\/p>\n
We have our peculiar seasonal rituals.\u00a0 Next comes the removal of the snow blower to the machine shed and the draining of its gasoline tank.\u00a0\u00a0 In its place comes the riding mower, ready for another season of grass beheading.\u00a0 Somewhere in here the cold weather plants get started outside, tomato plants inside.\u00a0 Windows get washed and gutters cleaned. We like to give ourselves a fresh face for nature’s season of abundance.\u00a0 We will put the spiritual asceticism of winter behind us, ready now to revel in green, fresh fruits and vegetables, warm breezes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Seed Moon We are far enough into spring that its first full moon, the Seed Moon, has begun to wane.\u00a0 The snow is gone and even though the land here is dry bulbs have begun to break the earth with the tips of their small green spears.\u00a0 The daylilies, those hardy, reproductively agile … Continue reading Let Our Revels Now Begin<\/span>