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Autumn Season ~ Autumn Harvest
~ autumn harvest ~ following the height of the sun at the summer solstice the summer days have begun to darken earlier in the evenings the air grows cooler and the soil flakes with drought and heat...
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Steamed Corn with Parsley
~ autumn cooking: steamed corn with parsley, cooked over the fire ~ the best way that we have found to prepare corn over the open fire is to shuck the cobs (remember to save the husks and silk for the...
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Making a Corn Husk Dolly
~ a corn husk dolly honours the corn goddess and the bounty of the earth, and can be made during any of the autumn harvest festivals, such as lughnasadh, held in the beginning of august, or the...
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Lughnasadh and Autumnal Equinox Submissions Open
~ we are now accepting poetry, fiction, non-fiction and artwork submissions for both our Lughnasadh and the Autumnal Equinox issues~ issues theme: samhain is going to mark one turn of the wheel of the...
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Sun-Golden and Violet Wildflowers
~ in the heat of the summer, wild flowers bloom along the riverbank and in the shortgrass prairies; the golden colour of the petals seem to bloom in honour of the sun god, and the violet hues infuse...
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Lughnasadh
~ lughnasadh marks the beginning of the harvest season; it is a festival of the first ripening berries and harvests, as well as an observance of the fruitfulness of the land ~ first crops have been...
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Corn Husk Maiden
~ the spirit of the goddess and of the harvest is embodied within the cornstalks; to honour the goddess and harvest, a corn husk dolly can be made during any of the autumn sabbats ~ - - a corn husk...
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Lughnasadh Correspondences
~ correspondences of lughnasadh ~ symbolism: corn dollies, cornucopia, sun, sunflowers, sun wheels, spear, cauldron, sickle and agricultural tools, scythe, squash and pumpkins, wheat stalks, corn,...
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Lughnasadh Spotlight Issue
1 August 2013 ~ Hyacinth Noir’s Lughnasadh Spotlight Issue ~ a chipmunk scurries through ripening fields of wheat and flax while the high summer sun shines on the golden grains . . . at the crest of a...
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Late Summer Butterfly
~ in the warm summer days leading into the autumn, this butterfly flutters around the leaves, momentarily landing upon a lavender flower ~
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Dragonflies and Bumblebees
~ although the nights grow longer and the daylight continues to wane, the warm days and fragrant late-summer flowers attract bumblebees and dragonflies ~
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Prairie Wildflowers
~ throughout summer and into the autumn months, before the leaves begin to change upon the trees, the prairie grasses are spotted with myriad golden yellow and lavender wildflowers ~
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Harvest Scottish Cheesecake
~ with a decadent raspberry-whisky topping and a lingering hint of scotch whisky throughout the cream cheese layer, this simple cheesecake recipe is perfect for the lughnasadh or autumnal equinox...
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Water Flowers
~ these pink water flowers, surrounded by yellowing duckweed in the drying seasonal ponds, give a final splash of colour to the dying summer season ~
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Cottontail Rabbit
~ this rabbit could be seen throughout the park nibbing on dandelion stems ~
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Toad on the Pathway
~ this adorable toad hopped across the stone pathway next to the riverbank, before disappearing into the shrubbery ~
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Reminder: Lughnasadh Submissions Close 27 July
~ please remember that submissions for our fantasy-themed lughnasadh issue will close on 27 July 2014 ~ the issue will be posted from 29 July to 4 August for more information see the ‘submissions’ tab...
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Woodland Squirrel
~ this adorable squirrel ran across the trail through the woods and momentarily stopped upon a fallen log; he stalled there for several seconds before disappearing into the trees ~
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Cedar Waxwing
~ by the river, a cedar waxwing basks in a highbush cranberry shrub; we were only able to get a few steps closer before he flew to the adjacent tree ~
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Lughnasadh Issue Announcement
~ an announcement regarding the lughnasadh issue ~ due to unforeseen circumstances, we will only be posting the lughnsadh issue on the eve of the sabbat and the following day; the first post will be on...
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