Ostara
Happy Festival of Ostara Everyone!
On this day, wherever you are and whoever you are, we are all united by this celestial phenomenon: we all have equal day and night. During Ostara a prince can command no more sunshine than a pauper; a bishop no more than a heathen; a master no more than a servant.
At this time I shall reflect on what other factors unite, rather than divide, humanity.
Oh, there is also a matter of the flagon of real ale, a turkey, a rice pudding and some chocolate eggs as well...
May you all enjoy a happy and peaceful Equinox, and may the strengthening sun bring fertility to your gardens (and your loins too, if you wish).
Ostara - the Season of Regeneration
Frog's spawn - look, you can see the fertilised ova are already starting to elongate into tadpoles!
Frog's spawn - look, you can see the fertilised ova are already starting to elongate into tadpoles!
Mr Toad has his beady eye set on Mrs Toad...
A newt emerges from hibernation and heads off for a pool to commence his own regeneration
(All amphibian pictures taken at my research site at Roudsea Woods and Mosses National Nature Reserve)
A newt emerges from hibernation and heads off for a pool to commence his own regeneration(All amphibian pictures taken at my research site at Roudsea Woods and Mosses National Nature Reserve)
posted by Maalie at 7:45 pm
29 Comments:
BRILLIANT newt photo! Happy Equinox... but I shall decline the offer of increased fertility, thanks.
W
...perhaps I should have said BRILLIANT amphibious photos..
Happy Ostara, Jim and all Maalie Blog Readers!
Truly fabulous, there is never a dull moment with you, is there Maalie, always something to celebrate. Happy Ostar Maalie.
Ostara? Oh, how wonderful. A promise of the longer, warmer days to come!
Seasons greetings to you too, my friend.
I agree with TCA! BRILLIANT MATE!
I shall be in the desert in 2 days mate- hunting desert scorpions with david!!!
Oh goodie,
now I get to celebrate both Ostara and Easter! :-)
Dessert scorpions - they sound tasty!
w
A joy filled visit with your family Maalie!
I especially love the "pre-tadpole" photo as it reminds me of what my boys would be doing about this time of year when they were little - bringing those little tadpoles home to watch them turn into frogs!
(The girls always favored the newts and salamanders)
I still can't get my head around the fact you have spring over there, (and that I will soon be in it.) We are still having some very warm days for March here. though I guess that might suddenly change anytime soon, and autumn will announce its arrival.
a happy Ostara to you maalie:) enjoy the ale and chocolate and time with your son. not so much the turkey or rice pudding (i have no taste for either i'm afraid)
Happy Ostara Maalie and all Maalie fans!
Love your photos too.
Great post Maalie and most apt because I had a vivid dream about toads last night.
Also, re bird ID Q earlier this week. I'm 99.9% certain I've identified the call of a Northern Bobwhite. Please tell me I'm not nuts. I wil be out at the crack of dawn at the weekend to see if I can catch a sighting. It must be an escapee surely?
'At this time I shall reflect on what other factors unite, rather than divide, humanity.'
Well said. If we all did more of that, perhaps the world would be a better place.
Like tca, I shall decline the offer of fertility and rebirth.
I've only just got rid of my three and, annoyingly, they do keep coming back.
If they hear I've got real ale and chocolate, there will be no keeping them away!
Brilliant photos :-)
Happy Ostara to you Maalie and all your visitors.
we are safely here and the weather is incredible, especially since there are several inches of wet snow in Chicago!! Today it will be 67F and it is brightly sunny! I think my daughter and her boyfriend are headed to the marsh to kayak and enjoy the sun as tomorrow will be much colder (still about 20F warmer than Chicago though!)
Hope you are having a lovely visit with baby Jimmy and his parents!
oops - just saw your comment - you must have been posting it when I posted the previous one here!
snow - well, I did pray..... for exactly that - but please do not tell all of England!
Now - if you have time for blogging, you have time for email as well!
Happy Easter Maalie.
Happy Easter Maalie. I imagine you are snowed in, hope you have lots of food and drink.
I love the pics and your thoughts here, Maalie. Yes, what a wonder, all around us.
Have a blessed day!
Ostara is for yon nancy-boys. True Vikings sacrifice maidens to bring in equinox of Spring.
Viking Warrior, are young virgin men sacrificed as well as women?
g'day mate!
I am back from Kinchega, the Darling river and all of that!!!
FLOODS!!! lots of water! its incredible!
TCA - decline the offer of increased fertility?? silly boy!!
have 6 kids like me ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!
Seasons Greetings. Now thewind has dropped, 'The Bird' has been formerly idntified as a northern bobwhite. Photos are appalling, hence no posting, but since it seems to 'live' nextdoor to Mags, there may be one sometime soon.
Hope you're enjoying whatever you're up to this week.
ttfn
When are we going to get some more pictures of Jimmy?
Yon Elle Seymour lassie, Vikings verily sacrificeth virgin laddies as well as virgin lassies.
Unfortunately few are to be foundeth during these days of permissive behaviour.
today's word is : tweezers
Thanks for lovely comments everyone! I enjoyed a smashing Ostara festival with my family and I ritually planted a packet of radish seeds in a window box.
You mentioned the other day about having a mustard and cress farm. Do you grow them on bits of old flannel?
Rice pudding! Yummy, with jam I hope, hang on! wait a cotton picken minute!
Frog spawn?Rice pudding? Not the same ingredient's I hope?
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