{"id":44922,"date":"2020-03-20T23:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T23:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=44922"},"modified":"2020-03-20T23:57:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T23:57:28","slug":"spring-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/spring-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This years equinox<br \/>\nthe earliest SPRING<br \/>\nFor many years<br \/>\nThe last time it was this early<br \/>\nWas 1896<br \/>\nEqual days and equal nights<br \/>\nA celestial fix<br \/>\nThe sun has got his hat on<br \/>\nAnd he came out today<br \/>\nThe Alder tree<br \/>\nTook over power<br \/>\nFrom the Ash<br \/>\nAnd it did play<br \/>\nThe rising sap<br \/>\nYou can almost feel it<br \/>\nBursting pulsatingly from its soul<br \/>\nSo much flourishing growth apparent<br \/>\nAnd edible Greenery is our goal<br \/>\nFighting to just grasp the light<br \/>\nFrom its long term dormancy<br \/>\nThe wonderment and fascination<br \/>\nAnd its Awe-inspiring energy<br \/>\nAnd the unbelievable light we soak up<br \/>\nIt concentrates just every hue<br \/>\nAll the colours And overtures<br \/>\nExciting eyes Inspiring souls<br \/>\nAnd waking up the Rollright moles<br \/>\nWorms and grubs burst Upwards they<br \/>\nBirds migrating Hear them play<br \/>\nDaffodils each clarion call<br \/>\nThe sun feels stronger<br \/>\nAgainst the wall<br \/>\nPrimroses sparkle cowslips too<br \/>\nFlowering rosemary starlit dew<br \/>\nAn absence of fruits of nuts and seeds<br \/>\nBut early blossoms and it all succeeds<br \/>\nIn making for a splendid sight<br \/>\nAnd of waking up the Spring delight<br \/>\nThe Druid family robes and all<br \/>\nTheir real rich value Always on call<br \/>\nIllustriousness and true esteem<br \/>\nAnd of course, an undying dream<br \/>\nAn  ancestral lineage brought to bear<br \/>\nThe affection felt by all now there<br \/>\nThe promise and the hope beyond<br \/>\nThe lockdown of which, no one is fond<\/p>\n<p>There is brightness and there is pleasantry<br \/>\nA felicitation all can see<br \/>\nA familial taste of serene desire<br \/>\nAbsorbing the spirit of the fire<br \/>\nThe element of protection here<br \/>\nA coming together of truest cheer<br \/>\nSisters and brothers our family one<br \/>\nBeguiled it seems by the Aries sun<br \/>\nBecause of the virus<br \/>\nOur brethren May<br \/>\nNot be as close<br \/>\nOn our ritual day<br \/>\nBut I for one the aged bard<br \/>\nLove the order and the guard<br \/>\nThe rapport and reciprocity<br \/>\nThe love and compatibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This years equinox the earliest SPRING For many years The last time it was this early Was 1896 Equal days and equal nights A celestial fix The sun has got his hat on And he came out today The Alder &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/spring-equinox\/\">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-44922","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\/44922","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=44922"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44925,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44922\/revisions\/44925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}