a fire for Beltane
Photo by J. Harrington
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We're two days past April's full moon, the Ojibwe's Iskigamizige-giizis, Maple Sugar Moon, also known as iskigamizige-giizis(oog), broken snowshow moon. May's full moon, Waabigwanii-giizis, Flower Moon, or waabigwani-giizis, blossom moon, will be May 29.
Even a casual glance at the country-side reveals a softening in the appearance of twigs and branches compared to Winter's stark, harsh displays. Leaves will fill out and foliage will fill in this month.
some years we get colorful visitors
Photo by J. Harrington
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We've yet to see any "exotics" at the feeders. The purple finches and juncos seem to have moved on. With luck we should soon see a scarlet tanager and some rose-breasted grosbeaks within the next couple of weeks. Later this week we'll get the hummingbird feeder refilled and hung. May in the North Country tends to burst out all over. We wish all a month full of health, joy and Spring's pleasures and treasures.
May Day
By Tess Taylor
They go, the early flags, the gory maples—so too the daffodils & Lenten roses.Other petals swirl & nights warm.Buds thicken and cast shadows:in a thunderstormI almost forget the ice that was.Narcissi suckle watery paths;meadows heap up emerald masses.How green & I want to delightexcept this undertow—it pulls so fastpassing before I recognize it—like souls in Dante who can’t see the present,white lilacs curdle in pre-summer heat.The parade I barely noticed was beginningis already halfway down the street.
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