More info on the Summer Solstice

From the Farmers Almanac:

Summer arrives with the solstice on June 21 at 2:06 P.M. (Eastern Time). Although Midsummer Day (June 24) occurs near the summer solstice, or what we think of as the beginning of summer, to the farmer it is the midpoint of the growing season, halfway between planting and harvesting, and an occasion for celebration.

Midsummer Eve bonfires and dancing around the Midsummer pole are old customs still observed around the world today. Certainly, it’s a time of magic and soothsaying as well, for as Washington Irving said, “This is a time when it is well known that all kinds of ghosts, goblins, and fairies become visible and walk abroad.”

After the solstice and Midsummer Day, the days start to shorten.

Welcome To Children Of The Moon Cinco De Mayo

How in the world does your holiday hostess not have a sombrero? I need to go out and see what I can do about that. 6pm, Cinco de Mayo and no sombrero?
Well, that’ll put some adventure into this celebration.

May Day, Celebrations, Demonstrations, Maypoles, Customs, Traditions

Get your horn filled with mead and head for outdoors. May Celebrations are underway starting with Floralia. Flora was the goddess of May and the blooming and fertility of anything that could do so.

Beltaine is a midpoint of Vernal Equinox and Summer Solstice. Commonly celebrated on May 1st, it is exact when the Sun is in the 15th degree of Taurus, usually around the 5th of May.

And May 5th, Cinco De Mayo is when the Mexicans kicked the French out but is now more a celebration of ….well, it’s just a big celebration. Much like St Paddy’s when we are all Irish, Cinco de Mayo, we are all Mexican and love La Fiesta.

Flowers, F*cking, and Fun. Grab a maypole, kids.

A pomegranate blossom.

Beautiful Blooms for the Easter Weekend.

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Good Friday-Pomegranates and Roses

Passover April 3, Sundown.

Family Fun with the Ten Plagues - Passover with Aish “Since the idea of the Seder is to get children interested and involved, the Ten Plagues is a good opportunity to add an experiential, dramatic element to the evening. Plan ahead with some props and you’ll see how much fun the Seder can be — for children and adults alike.
Here are some suggestions for the Ten Plagues:”

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There are other really good sections for the Passover Observance. Check it out.

An inspirational Passover to you all.

Expired Goods Festival - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia

“The Festival is a family-orientated celebration and begins on the morning of the appointed Easter day. Here is the sequence of events that should be followed to properly take part in the festival:

The family members of a household shall wait for a signal from the Matriarch of the homestead to begin the Search for the Festival King. The signal shall be a sort of can’t-be-bothered-with-the-lot-of-you wave of the hands. The Matriarch herself can take part in the Search, but it more proper that she perform her assigned role during the festival.
Each member of the family so shooed away then searches the home’s food cupboards for nominations for the title of King of the Festival.
Each nominee found is to be handed to the Matriarch for Judging. Eventually, the Matriarch shall call a halt to the Search, once a suitable number of nominees has been collected.
The Matriarch shall then perform the ritual of the Judging. The oldest packet or can of goods is to be declared the King of the Festival. Where two or more nominees have the same expiry date on them, the item with the rustiest, scuffed or faded packaging shall be deemed the King.
The King shall then be Uncrowned by the Matriarch, or by the family member who found the King, by which is meant that the contents of the King shall be opened to the air so that the King may breath. A ceremonial bowl may be used for this part of the festival, but the bowl should be destroyed thereafter.
Finally, each and every member of the home shall then smell the Uncrowned King and in so doing honour the strength of the King’s endurance in the kitchen of the Matriarch. Gagging on the King is not permitted and is to be considered a dishonour to the King.”