Lughnasadh

It's the time of first harvest. This year, our garden is full of nature's products. We had to remove some birches during spring, because most of them had started to rot. The absence of them has now released much more water to the other plants, one's death is one's life, indeed. Thank you, dear birches, you brought us lots of joy, firewood for winter and also leaves!

Lughnasadh is an agricultural fire festival and halfway between summer solstice and autumn equinox. In seasonal wheel of the year, we are between south and east and between corresponding elements of fire and water. The elements do affect out there. Fire has now special meaning. As evenings are getting darker, I've enjoyed liding an outdoor fire in our small fireplace at the back of the garden. All fields and meadows, with their old plants are gradually collecting colours of fire, but they still keep the green as the main colour. At this time, also waters invite, my daughter wants to swim everyday in our nearby river bay and as I have been enjoying my holidays, I've had chance to do that same. When floating still on warm water, I love to watch moon on the sky and I often also turn to all main directions in order to feel the power of earth, air, fire and water.