Beltane 🌿 Celebration

Yes, Bea is drumming some moss with a stick

Yes, that's a random bone behind her that she loved investigating

Yes, she was trying to tickle us with that pine needle cluster and eventually whacked us with it instead

We spent this day (Sunday) walking in the woods with @lindamariebunt ❤ showing Bea all the wonderful things to honor and celebrate-- all the abundance and love our area has to offer

We showed her trout lilies and periwinkle. Had her touch moss and lichen. We asked her to smell the sap from the pine trees and feel it's stickiness between her fingers. We broke some sticks for her to use as wands. We talked to her about the bears we saw that morning by the pond. We got quiet so we could listen to the woodland birds. Did it again once the peepers started their low sun song

Nothing better than spending the day in communion, while knowing that celebrating these Celtic rites is not a static practice

They stay with us everytime we walk in the woods-- everytime we take a deep breath of sweet cedar and feel it ease our bodies. Everytime we sit and observe (or play and engage!) It's alive all the time-- and it's comforting to know our place within the great wheel

Happy times