A diary of back garden botany, urban ecology, rural rambles and field trips to the middle of nowhere...
Saturday, 1 February 2020
Wishing you a happy Imbolc- the Celtic/Pagan festival marking the first day of spring. It's also referred to as Saint Brigid's Day and more or less coincides with Candlemass; religions do seem to have a tendency to overlap in that way.
Without getting into a discussion about creation it is probably fair to say that all spiritual beliefs incorporate observation of nature in some shape or form. And today I observe that the first of the Crocuses in the garden have opened their flowers to join the Snowdrops and the Winter Aconites.