{"id":47588,"date":"2020-09-02T06:13:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T06:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=47588"},"modified":"2020-09-02T06:49:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T06:49:29","slug":"the-autumn-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/09\/the-autumn-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"The Autumn Equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>22nd of September<br \/>\nBrings us Autumn and a key<br \/>\nTo unlock and create  colours<br \/>\nAnd a new found vibrancy<br \/>\nApparently<br \/>\nIt Draws down hue\u2019s<br \/>\nWondrous colouration comes<br \/>\nA playful time<br \/>\nA merry rhyme<br \/>\nThe masters palette<br \/>\nWatch his thumbs<\/p>\n<p>His  Mix of yellows<br \/>\nAnd Dappled gold<br \/>\nAchieving mellows<br \/>\nA crimson hold<br \/>\nBlushes of Carmine<br \/>\nAnd madder too<br \/>\nThe harvest blessings<br \/>\nHave all come  true<br \/>\nLets count those blessings<br \/>\nOne by one<br \/>\nDark and light<br \/>\nPerhaps some sun<br \/>\nRespectfully<br \/>\nThe soiL May rest<br \/>\nAnd hopefully<br \/>\nsustain some zest<\/p>\n<p>And build upon<br \/>\nThat spirit we<br \/>\nHave come to expect<br \/>\nMost earnestly<br \/>\nCan We Welcome the frosts<br \/>\nFor They will arrive<br \/>\nThey will sweeten the apples<br \/>\nThose that survive<br \/>\nAutumnal peace<br \/>\nOatmeal and dawn<br \/>\nBeige and hazel<br \/>\nWith each new dawn<br \/>\nSinge and char<br \/>\nRoan and bay<br \/>\nA crisper Apple<br \/>\nTo tempt the fae<\/p>\n<p>A great assortment<br \/>\nOf squashes too<br \/>\nGive our altar<br \/>\nThat  varied hue<br \/>\nAll sorts of sizes<br \/>\nAnd stripes galore<br \/>\nAnd Pumpkins that last<br \/>\nA while in our store<br \/>\nbalancing nutrients<br \/>\nWarming the  way<br \/>\nAnd Calling forth<br \/>\nAt the end of the day<\/p>\n<p>Roasting and boasting<br \/>\nThe sweetness they hold<br \/>\nReflecting our joy<br \/>\nAt not feeling so cold<br \/>\nOnwards and upwards the birds<br \/>\nWill exchange<br \/>\ntheir story<br \/>\nFor some<br \/>\nglory<br \/>\nAnd Their outward Range<br \/>\nas they<br \/>\nFollow the sun god<br \/>\nwhere ever he be<br \/>\nSat Around the hearth<br \/>\nWe though earnestly<\/p>\n<p>Tasting the vine<br \/>\nIt\u2019s tasty pearls<br \/>\nSweet<br \/>\nAnd the ivy soon After<br \/>\nCurled around our feet<br \/>\nThe reed close behind<br \/>\nWhen October is gone<br \/>\nWith all of times memories<br \/>\nwhen Last the sun shone<br \/>\nAlban Elfed the wheel of the year<br \/>\nHas turned  as  the Summer King<br \/>\nGives up his post<br \/>\nSo that Winter can rule<br \/>\nIn the months he loves most<\/p>\n<p>Samhain and Yule<br \/>\nAnd the turn Of the year<br \/>\nWhen The Elder And the Birch<\/p>\n<p>Makes way for the Rowan the Ash  and the Alder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22nd of September Brings us Autumn and a key To unlock and create colours And a new found vibrancy Apparently It Draws down hue\u2019s Wondrous colouration comes A playful time A merry rhyme The masters palette Watch his thumbs His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/09\/the-autumn-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-47588","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\/47588","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=47588"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47591,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588\/revisions\/47591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}