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Autumn Season ~ Autumn Harvest
~ autumn harvest ~ following the height of the sun at the summer solstice the summer days have begun to darken earlier in the evenings the air grows cooler and the soil flakes with drought and heat...
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Winter Wheat in August
~ winter wheat seeded in the late August and early September, after last year’s harvest, grows golden along the prairie roads in August ~ a field of winter wheat in August
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Wood Frog
~ as a tadpole, this wood frog swam in a pond with minnows and snails, but now in the autumn, as the seasonal water dries up, he camouflages himself among the fallen leaves ~ a wood frog among the...
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Corn Husk Dolly
~ the corn husk dolly as a symbol of the harvest ~ the spirit of the goddess, of the harvest, is embodied within the cornstalks and to honour the goddess and harvest, a corn husk dolly can be made...
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Steamed Corn with Parsley
~ autumn cooking: steamed corn with parsley, cooked over the fire ~ the best way that we have found to prepare corn over the open fire is to shuck the cobs (remember to save the husks and silk for the...
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Making a Corn Husk Dolly
~ a corn husk dolly honours the corn goddess and the bounty of the earth, and can be made during any of the autumn harvest festivals, such as lughnasadh, held in the beginning of august, or the...
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September Berries
~ In September, berries are bountiful on the hedgerows~ serviceberries, also known as Saskatoon berries highbush cranberries
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Bee and Baneberry Blossoms
~ a bee finds nectar within the late blossoms; this collection of blossoms were among the ripening green and white berries of the baneberry ~ a bee and blossoms
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Wild Rose Hips
~ wild rose hips are best picked after a frost for the best flavour; they make excellent tea and are high in vitamin c ~ when harvesting wild rose hips, make sure that the area has not been treated...
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Harvest Scottish Cheesecake
~ with a decadent raspberry-whisky topping and a lingering hint of scotch whisky throughout the cream cheese layer, this simple cheesecake recipe is perfect for the lughnasadh or autumnal equinox...
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Water Flowers
~ these pink water flowers, surrounded by yellowing duckweed in the drying seasonal ponds, give a final splash of colour to the dying summer season ~
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Black-capped Chickadee
~ after the busy summer season, the black-capped chickadees that make their home in the camping grounds will then take bits of bread and seed from one’s hand ~
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Demeter and Persephone
~ this year, the autumnal equinox falls upon the twenty-second of september; it is a time to celebrate the bounty of the harvest, as well as balance and the mysteries of the earth ~ perhaps of the most...
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Warm Peach-Grapefruit Tea
~ this warm tea has a faint hint of peach blended with the tart-sweetness of honeyed grapefruit juice; wonderful for a relaxing night after a busy work- or school-day ~ - ingredients: 4 peach-orange...
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Samhain Submissions: Close 15 October 2013
~ a reminder that the submissions for our queer paranormal themed Samhain issue will close tomorrow, on the fifteenth of October ~ a wood frog among the fallen leaves while in the previous year, we...
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Ladybirds
~ in the cooling autumn days, two ladybirds have hidden themselves among these silvery-green leaves while the third basks in the waning rays of the sun ~
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Cinnamon-Ginger Carrots
~ these carrots have a rich cinnamon-sweet taste, with the faintest aftermath of ginger, and are the perfect side for any samhain feast ~ many samhain traditions or rituals include divinations, such...
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Downy Woodpeckers
~ we hope everyone had a wonderful autumnal equinox and enjoyed the colourful autumn leaves before the first snowfall ~ these two downy woodpeckers were foraging food from the picnicking area at the...
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The Samhain Wild Hunt
~ greetings ghouls and goblins ~ *hold over until Novemer 7* traditionally, the wild hunt describes spectral huntsman with hounds and horses galloping through the forest on the night of Samhain to...
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Autumn Photography
~ in the weeks leading up to Samhain, the leaves of the trees fade to golden yellow ~
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