For all you in Norway, I looked up Candlemas to be "Kyndelsmesse", originally the same festival of shining lights, when Marie brought Jesus to be purified to the temple 40 days after his birth. Now, at least in the Waldorf tradition, it is a day of cleansing, spring cleaning, rolling/ dipping /lighting many candles, making apple pancakes for breakfast, (the circle a symbol of the sun.)
And most important for Jasmin today:
If Candlemas Day be clear and bright,
Winter will take another flight.
If Candlemas Day be cloud and rain,
Winter is gone and will not come again.
Blue sky and crispy. Perfect.
The sun arose over the mountin at 9.30 in all its splendour and continued to shine and melt the day until the very end. Winter is here to stay. We have dug our paths and hills and caves in the yard, we are out several times a day for hours, in to to eat and rest and out again before nightfall.
Preparing the apples for pancakes.
Watercolor painting after lunch.
Snack at 2pm was "Apemad"- a Danish Monkey Dish with cut fruit,
whipped raw cream and vanilla and shredded cocoanut. Beautiful.
Fortsett å blogge! Det er så koselig å lese. Selv om jeg ikke kommenterer hver gang så har jeg stor glede av å følge dere :-)
ReplyDeleteHi, Just lovely the feeling of freedom that you give, cheers Marie
ReplyDeleteP.S Du har vunnet en "Blog Award", ta en titt på bloggen min ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comments everyone. Envy your summer a little right now, Marie!
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