Our ancestors were far closer to the rhythms of the earth and the passing of the seasons than we are today. Historically, people worked close to the land and festivals marked the changing year: May Day, Easter, Harvest Home, All Hallows, Christmas – and before that, Samhain and Beltane. Whatever our faith, we still mark the passing of the years with festivals and celebrations. Central to the festivities are traditional crafts, games and activities such as those found on this website.
Many of us yearn to connect with the rhythm of the year and to dip our fingers in the textures of the seasons as they pass. The wheel of the year passes wonderfully when we add activities inspired by the natural world. Marbling warm hen eggs with onion skins in Spring, hunting for treasure on Summer shores; Autumn is marked by carving fleshy amber pumpkins for Halloween, and Winter means making glitter spangled decorations.
The passing of your year may be different – you may well live in a place where the seasons are less changeable than here on my English farm – but marking the seasons as they pass connects us to the earth.
Crafts coming soon!
