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@taci,

I am doing a count down for you. 🙂 Cherie’s husband is a Leo too. So is Kitten, ME and
71flowerchild, Cindy819 and Lizzie818 now these are off the top of my head. I am sure
there are more. No worries I did start an August Birthday Thread. I am having fun with
the Leo writing some of it is so funny and so true.

Bichon, we sure do live in different times, as you say so well. Best wishes to you grandchild with the surgery and sorry to hear your baby needs anti anxiety meds.

Hey Sheba, no plans yet. Will have to wing it.
Maybe we will have to see a movie, hear Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is very good.
I am not too good at sitting in the movie theater and long movies though.

How about you? Dinner date with your husband, perhaps?

Yes, it is! I took a screen shot of this one.

Heidi Daus our Birthday Girl of the Month. Leo of course.

🙂

Hi Sheba;

I am here and well. Do not worry. I wasn’t able to get in on my other computer. Now, I am here. We are home. Had to get back in the swing of things after Naples. Ari has been in touch with Poppy. He told Poppy he needed his blood drawn the other day. His doggie specialist needs it for his Puppy Anti-Anxiety pills. Jerry went with me.

We found out a couple of days ago that one of our grandkids is going in for an elective, somewhat life-altering surgery in two weeks. We are accepting of it completely but at the same time worry about the outcomes as with all surgery. This one will be a first for us although my sister had a similar surgery which was in no way elective. We live in a different time. A very different time.

Now, how is your tooth? I admire the way you take care of yourself. It is wonderful. Do not ever stop. My feeling is that if we are okay then we can take care of everyone else.

I am here for you.

Amy

Hi – Another beautiful day here. Got a haircut, went grocery shopping and stopped to see an old neighbor. Blessings for your dad so he has peaceful days. Great niece is at Pinehurst for the world championship golf tournament this week. Three rounds, today, tomorrow and Saturday. If I didn’t have mom to take care of, I would be there watching and rooting. Up to mom’s tomorrow for whatever. I have your beautiful sunflowers in my backyard, thanks.

Lughnasa And Lammas

Lughnasa, a festival of transition, presents an opportunity to consider how our lives have changed.

To ancient people, the yearly harvest was a reflection of the human cycle of birth and death. The reaping of food crops was associated with the spiritual abundance that sustained the soul. Yet harvest times were also a portent of autumn’s chill and winter’s harsh frosts. The Celtic people of centuries past acknowledged the season’s first harvest with the festival of Lughnasa, the feast of the first fruits. Celebrated on August 1, it marked the midpoint between Beltane in May and Samhain in November, and symbolized a turning point in the lifecycle of Mother Earth. It was both a joyous celebration of plenty and a solemn wake for the decline of the potency of the sun god Lugh, from which the festival takes its name.

What we know of Lughnasa, known also as Lammas, or the celebration of loaves, has survived in the rituals that are still practiced to this day. It is associated with grain, fruit, flowers, water, and soil, and celebrated atop summits as well as in the depths of holy wells. Traditionally, people assembled on hilltops to pick berries and engage in mock battles–the profusion of the gathered fruits and the results of the mock battles were believed to predict the outcome of the yearly harvest. Many visited ancient wells whose healing abilities were thought to be most potent on Lughnasa. Grand fairs and feasts were held, during which a portion of the newly picked grains were baked into man-shaped loaves commemorating the coming demise of Lugh. The descendants of those who first celebrated the summer harvest keep the traditions of Lughnasa alive in the fairs and sporting events that take place on August 1 throughout Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales.

Lughnasa is primarily a festival of transition and thus presents a wonderful opportunity to consider how our lives have changed in the recent past. If you choose to celebrate the harvest by baking bread, adding ingredients you have reaped from your own garden will reinforce your connection to the earth. Consume your bread with loved ones while openly sharing stories of the new beginnings you are currently celebrating and the endings you are mourning. As you honor the cyclical nature of existence, reflect upon the fact that just as there is joy to be found in the sowing and reaping, each of life’s phases is worthy of celebration too.

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@southernlights55,

I hope you are up and at em. Glad your knee is on the mend. Good Morning in the
Land of Lakes. 🙂 Enjoy this day and I hope everyone in your area have their power back
on I mean everyone.

@kittengirl,

Top of the morning in Cali. I pray you and hubby are doing alright. This is a big month
for you. 🙂 Sending good vibes to you and some of my State Sunflowers. Hugs to all
the Kittens. 🙂 Kitten hugs to you too.

This is OZ!