{"id":23229,"date":"2015-09-16T07:54:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T07:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23229"},"modified":"2015-09-21T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T13:36:21","slug":"mabon-middle-of-the-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/mabon-middle-of-the-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Equinox middle of the harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sun is moving southwards<br \/>\nDay and night will be<br \/>\nOf equal length a chance to dream<br \/>\nA chance to really see<br \/>\nThe darkness  so much earlier<br \/>\nIts a great big balancing act<br \/>\nThat Nature does for all of us<br \/>\nAnd that friends is a fact<\/p>\n<p>The hard work that was put in<br \/>\nBrings such rewards for we<br \/>\nSee the great earth bounty<br \/>\nAnd absorb its honesty<br \/>\nWe look at celebration at balance<br \/>\nAnd accord<br \/>\nThe sun god will embrace his goddess<br \/>\nBut the harvest is our reward<\/p>\n<p>Jack and his frosty chill beads<br \/>\nWill remind us all to wear<br \/>\nA few extra layers<br \/>\nAnd just to be aware<br \/>\nA walk around the forest<br \/>\nFor some acorns and pine cones<br \/>\nLets place them on our altar<br \/>\nWith all the autumn tones<br \/>\nLeaves of many colours<br \/>\nLets give thanks to what we see<br \/>\nThe abundance of the Autumn<br \/>\nAnd its fruits lets share and be<\/p>\n<p>At Rollrights in our circle<br \/>\nFriends come together,to<br \/>\nShare and care and love each other<br \/>\nThat is what we do<br \/>\nWe are at mid harvest<br \/>\nAt the bountiful display<br \/>\nRemember to change your diets<br \/>\nAnd feel the rich display<\/p>\n<p>Soups and stews and casseroles<br \/>\nWarming hearty brews<br \/>\nHarvest home its harvest home<br \/>\nWhich really is good news<br \/>\nAnd we look ahead to Samwain<br \/>\nAnd the thinning of the veil<br \/>\nWhen we shall be a StoneHenge<br \/>\nFollowing the great trail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun is moving southwards Day and night will be Of equal length a chance to dream A chance to really see The darkness so much earlier Its a great big balancing act That Nature does for all of us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/09\/mabon-middle-of-the-harvest\/\">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-23229","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\/23229","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=23229"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23347,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23229\/revisions\/23347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}