Category: Ranunculus

pasque flowers

4/4/2015

... several days of crocus blooms. bonus, a total lunar eclipse at dawn goddess, Ēostre-Ostara, so a weekend of number 3 tetradiness and plenty of bluish purple flowers. apr 1 was first sighting.

computus: ecclesiastical full moons; council of nicea. first council of nicea. easter-ostara is on the first sun day (Sól, diēs Dominica, Ra Day) after the paschal-passover full moon on or after mar 21, a fixed date, spring equinoxish on gregorian calendar. on julian time easter is apr 12. sister sun, brother moon. sun-Sól (sunday) is the sister of brother moon-Mani (monday). their father is Mundilfari, one of Saturn's (saturday) 62 moons. newton said the moon falls every day.

wild sage sprig

newton said the moon falls every day.newton said the moon falls every dayit's anemone-windflower-buttercup Greek ἄνεμος-anemos Cold Wind Day, with pasque and a few airy snow flakes. the plant has deep roots. ploughing disrupts its fungal partners. bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) was green in march. ermine was white in january. magpie is collecting twigs.

summer crocus blooms

7/17/2013

Nuts! Mid-Summer, crocuses' Second Coming (!) .

Coincidentally, these "harbingers-of-spring" (that is: spring! SPRING!) are also at Half-Moon, a halfmoon Moonday ('quartermoon moonday' technicalities...)