Around this time of year our variegated weigela puts on a magnificent show. I take some time out from gardening
to pose beside this pretty pink, floral fountain with doggie.
Beltane is, above all, related to things agricultural: here neighbor
Ioannis negotiates some pretty impressive slalom manoeuvres with
the tractor to avoid our stacks of garden garbage and the
trees in our olive grove.
Z and I are busy planting our
vegetables: tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, aubergines, melons and watermelons –
we’re being adventurous this year. Leondaris is getting a bit bored with being
tied up as the workers proceed.
Being
the Celtic pastoral festival,
associated with fertility, we are sure that planting on the Eve of Beltane
should provide us with a good harvest – as will the fortuitous rain showers we’ve
had since the planting.We won’t be building bonfires, but tomorrow we will light
the charcoal for a get-together grill with friends and neighbours.
Have a happy May Day and a real belter of a Beltane !
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