Baby Bee’s first basket! Photo by Grey Catsidhe, 2014.
Along with honoring the change of seasons with Northern Rivers Protogrove, my little family and I observed it in our own way. For dinner, we had some lovely omelets with asparagus. We also gave Bee a basket of goodies. I’m still not sure if this is something we’ll do every year or not. I crocheted her a basket using scrap fabric, thus making it baby-safe. I filled it with the Spring gnome I made, some purple socks, some organic baby food, a board book all about spring, and a beautiful wooden bowl and spoon set from Nova Natural. We read the book just about every day, and she enjoys touching the textured images. I plan to get her the other seasonal books in the series for those high days too.
I got into the spirit by finally placing my seed order. There are still a few things I’m thinking of buying (like a potato grow bag and a container blueberry plant), but ordering seeds is a start. I selected some tomato plants, eggplants, zucchini, cucumber, basil, chard, and scarlet runner beans. I’m really excited to try those last seeds. They produce beautiful, red flowers! Oh, do I have plans for my little patio…
We ended the evening with a small family ritual. My husband held Bee while I lead the rite. We let her choose a dyed egg to offer the Nature Sprits, which was adorable. Our omen for the season was the salmon. Wisdom instantly came to mind upon seeing the card. Truly, Weretoad and I are gaining a lot as Bee becomes more mobile. We are growing as parents. We thought we had childproofed the home a lot but, as soon as she started to properly crawl, we realized how wrong we were. As a result, I’ve decided that my altar must go upstairs in the bedroom in order to prevent anything from falling onto her little head…
Lovely! The Equinox was wonderful here, too.