The Vernal/Spring Equinox is today, the moment with equal hours of daylight and darkness, so whether you think Spring starts on the 1st of March or at the Equinox, either way..............it's definitely here.
Spring has sprung
The grass has riz
I wonder where the birdie is?
The birdie is upon the wing,
No, that's absurd
The wing is on the little bird
This is the segment from the wheel of the year for Spring from my book 'Ceremonies of the Seasons'.
The day was once known as Ostara, the Pagan festival celebrating Eostre, Saxon or Germanic Goddess of Spring. There is a story that Eostre found a wounded bird and to save it's life she turned it into a hare, but even though the bird looked like a hare it was still able to lay eggs. As a thank you to the goddess the hare decorated the eggs and gave them to her as gifts. Eostre was often depicted as having a hare's head on a human body.
The word Vernal comes from the Latin vernare meaning To Bloom
(Resorting to repeating blog posts from past years!)
It may be Spring but there is a hard white frost here in Dorset, hope my Dahlias in greenhouse survive! Sarah Browne
ReplyDeleteWell you can never trap the seasons of the year to a particular day. Spring happens. So let us welcome Spring when it gets lighter in the morning and evening, it will soon be gone after all.
ReplyDeleteJoyous to welcome the spring equinox and the sun's shining. The illustration for spring is lovely.
ReplyDeletePenny
Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteI love the "Pictish scrolls" on the little bunnies. An overnight frost here too. Not opening the door just yet - waiting for it to warm up just a little bit.
ReplyDeleteSue, I've had a earworm all week thanks to you - 'twas on a Monday morning . . .' 😂
ReplyDelete