{"id":20222,"date":"2015-03-04T10:21:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T10:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20222"},"modified":"2015-03-22T10:13:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T10:13:53","slug":"oestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/03\/oestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Oestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring a time of celebration<br \/>\nWhen planting comes to mind<br \/>\nWe watched the bulbs, the sets of rockets<br \/>\nRapidly unwind<br \/>\nSpring has sprung<br \/>\nThe vernal season<br \/>\nAn innovation for<br \/>\nThe freshness and the greenest<br \/>\nThe modernity, the raw<\/p>\n<p>The great Germanic goddess<br \/>\nwatches over<br \/>\nlight and dark<br \/>\nRe birth it is everywhere<br \/>\nJust go walk in the park<br \/>\nEarth air fire and  water<br \/>\nThe cosmogenic thing<br \/>\nContinuance in action<br \/>\nSee what it does bring<\/p>\n<p>Such perpetuation<br \/>\nUnceasing cycles and<br \/>\nUtter transformation<br \/>\nRight across the land<br \/>\nNurturing and stable<br \/>\nAbide rest and remain<br \/>\nEarly blooms and blossoms<br \/>\nAnd green shoots once<br \/>\nAgain<\/p>\n<p>Crocuses and Daffodils<br \/>\nAnd Echinacea too<br \/>\nGolden Seal and Hibiscus<br \/>\nAn amulet will do<br \/>\nHyacinth and Tulip<br \/>\nEverywhere we go<br \/>\nFertility the Rabbits<br \/>\nThe March Hare<br \/>\nNow on show<\/p>\n<p>The wheel of the year<br \/>\nIs paramount<br \/>\nThe<br \/>\nSabbats help us see<br \/>\nHere at Roll Rights<br \/>\nBy the standing stones<br \/>\nwe need to be<br \/>\nHolding hands the speaking stick<br \/>\nThe circle and our date<br \/>\nPlenteous and luxuriant<br \/>\nAnd beginning to<br \/>\nPullulate<\/p>\n<p>A soft and petalled carpet<br \/>\nAn attractant for the Bee<br \/>\nThe Wasp the dainty Lace Wing<br \/>\nWho remain entirely free<br \/>\nThe frost may still surprise us<br \/>\nAn icy blast maybe<br \/>\nNobody is ever sure<br \/>\nWe just imagine and we see<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring a time of celebration When planting comes to mind We watched the bulbs, the sets of rockets Rapidly unwind Spring has sprung The vernal season An innovation for The freshness and the greenest The modernity, the raw The great &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/03\/oestra\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20222"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20390,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20222\/revisions\/20390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}