Fire over Water: The Fall Equinox

Green Woman by Faith Nolton

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BALANCE 

The Autumnal Equinox is my Thanksgiving, the middle Harvest - the second harvest  - beautiful weather - nature in full glory -- Grace and Beauty - the feast and the bounty.  Give Thanks to the Spirits that walked with you this cycle.   Rest in Abundance.  Make Peace with those you need to Forgive.

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-autumnal-equinox-of-2011
Happy equinox to all! The 2011 September equinox will arrive later this week, at 4:05 a.m. CDT (9:05 UTC) on September 23. 

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As above so it is below:
http://www.greenconsciousness.org/autumnal_equinox.html

http://polarbearstale.blogspot.com/2011/09/nasturtiums.html

The Hermitage

Start here:

http://hecatedemeter.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/late-late-summer-pot-pourri/

http://www.robertbissell.com/robert-bissell-galleries/index.html

and here

http://intothehermitage.blogspot.com/

And what is this?????

I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS BUT ALL THE PLANETS ARE SUPPOSED TO ALIGN BETWEEN EARTH AND THE SUN ON SEPT 26, 27, AND 28TH. ??? AND IT GETS DARK AND COLD HERE BECAUSE OF THIS??
All I could find here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u51ysQfLHRQ

Harvesting and storing pumpkins and squash

Dominic Murphy, Publishing & New Media Team

As cliff hangers go, it was hardly 'Eastenders'. But in May, I wrote about growing pumpkins and squash, promising more at harvest time - so here goes.

Harvesting pumpkins and squash for winter storage is a juggling act. You want to ripen them and their skins to harden - and you can do this by leaving them on the plant for as long as possible.

At the same time they can't be exposed to frost, and if sat in the wet too long, they'll rot.
You can help things along by removing leaves to expose the fruits to sunshine.

 But with the dodgy weather we've been having recently, I'd stop taking risks and get them in asap.

 When you do harvest (check out some of my Crown Prince crop, pictured) try to leave a long stem on the fruits. This helps delay rotting.

As does curing, to guarantee that fully-hardened skin.  Do this by putting the fruits somewhere dry and in sunshine for around 10 days - a porch say, or a shed with a window. Then store them somewhere airy and cool yet frost free.

 Do this and you could be enjoying your harvest well into spring.
Dominic Murphy, Publishing & New Media Team               

http://polarbearstale.blogspot.com/2011/09/felted-artwork-by-indras-ideas.html

AUTUMN EQUINOX HARVEST FEAST

HARVEST PIZZA   http://chefchloe.com/entrees/roasted-apple-butternut-squash-and-caramelized-onion-pizza.html

THINK HALLOWS

http://chefchloe.com/sweets/witches-fingers-cookies.html
If you paint little faces on the fingernails they can become little goddesses or witch women. 

Hallows is NOT a time of gore although it is a time to remember the dead and what has passed from the material world.  What is dead in our life we bury, grieve, say goodbye and release.  We remember the dead with love and plan the Last Supper.  Also a time to deal with our ghosts of shame, our vampires of humiliation and the beast that dwells within our spirit.

"I forgive you for not being what I wanted you to be.  I forgive myself for not being what I wanted to be".

http://chefchloe.com/vegan-recipes.html 

http://chefchloe.com/sweets/haunted-halloween-layer-cake.html

I am the weaver; I am the web. You are the weaver; you are the web.  We are the weavers; we are the web.

http://www.robertbissell.com/robert-bissell-originals/index.html

Remembering Spring

The Passion, the Ecstasy, the Carnal Rapture of Pollination from Ivette Soler on Vimeo.

Walk in Beauty by Faith Nolton