A couple of our Brigid's crosses. Last year's were burned on the fire.

Our Imbolc altar. Imbolc is celebrated on February 1st or 2nd, marking the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox. It's one of the traditional Celtic festivals on the Wheel of the Year and signals the arrival of early spring. 🌼

Beneath the surface of winter, the miracle of spring is already in preparation; the cold is relenting; seeds are wakening up. Colours are beginning to imagine how they will return. Then, imperceptibly, somewhere one bud opens and the symphony of renewal is no longer reversible.
JOHN O'DONOHUE

IKEA has released open source plans for The Growroom, which is a large, multi-tiered spherical garden that was designed to sustainably grow enough food to feed a neighborhood. www.ecowoman.de/.../TheGrowr....
Photo: Growroom by SPACE10 and architects Mads-Ulrik Husum and Sine Lindholm

GREETINGS for Imbolc! Celebrate with us in person on Sunday 2nd Feb at 6p.m. in London E15 3QP or ONLINE at 7p.m. Feb 3rd www.greenspirit.org.uk/events/