#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22 /23 #LeafMother has been working on the wreaths! I hope anyone who celebrates in any way is having a beautiful season! For me the meaningful date is the Solstice - #Christmas is a cultural time- treats available, probable day off work, fun old music and imagery etc. For those who find this a difficult time of year, may you find #SolaceInNature and #friends online or in the flesh! #WinterSolstice #nature #winter #Baltic #pagan #Latvian

This video is from August 27- early signs of #Autumn + #apples
Things have moved along a lot already, though we still have a lot of green, and the above average temperatures have continued over the last few weeks. #LeafMother begins her work slowly, picking up speed day after day.. #Alberta #Baltic #Latvian #pagan #animist #weather #garden Youtube link, #Spectra to follow
https://youtube.com/shorts/MRbmz4_aIW8?feature=share

There are still some warm days to come, but #FrostMother is leaving hints on chilly nights and #LeafMother is letting us know she's around as more bits of colour appear in the foliage.. #Autumn begins, slowly, subtly but soon to gain speed.. #FoliageFriday On a smoky day in mid-week: Amur Maple Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala in the #Garden
#nature #SeasonalRhythms #pagan #animist #Latvian #Baltic #Alberta #Canada

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10 Latvian tradition recognises numerous #LittleMothers minor goddesses or aspects of #GreatMother #Goddess who are concerned with every aspect of the human/natural world #LeafMother #SnowMother + #WindMother have been #decorating for the #WinterSolstice ❄️📷🌿 #Alberta #pagan #animist #nature

Still colour to be found- if you are looking! #LeafMother brought my attention to this #aspen #leaf on the ground, among many others, most of which have faded to dull earthy tones. I picked it up and placed it on a fallen balsam poplar trunk to photograph. #SolaceInNature #autumn #winter #BorealForest #animist #pagan #nature #photography #GetOutside

Hey, this one's on time (only 9:33 p.m. here!) #SixOnSaturday for the end of #November #landscape colours are reduced to just a few though the sky still carries Saule's goodwishes at her rising and setting and her light plays with #shadow in #SnowMother 's offerings and #LeafMother 's leftovers!
#winter #Frostodon #garden #nature #WinterPictures #sunset#Alberta #Latvian #animist #pagan

#FoliageFriday #SnowMother came suddenly and seriously this week, with no regard for the remaining efforts of #LeafMother 'Your time is done', she said, 'Saule turns ever more to the south and Great Mother needs her cloak of white."
...still, traces of the season's final colour remain amidst the white..
#animist #pagan #Latvian #SeasonalRhythms #garden #Autumn #Winter #TimeOfIce

I've been making an #altar for #AutumnEquinox (and some of the other key #Solar dates) for some years now. Several years back it gained an extra level of meaning for me, as my Mother died at this time.
Now, the altar marks the #season : the richness of #fruit and #flower and #seed of remaining #green and burgeoning #AutumnColour as #Saule turns her face to the south and #LeafMother paints the world in jewel tones. (cont)
#Alberta #Latvian #pagan #animist #loss

#SevenOnSunday #flowers a #bee #leaves on the way to gold, and #sunset on the #commute homewards
#gardening #pollinators #September #Alberta #CountryLiving #LeafMother #LapuMate
Top left, bottom right Aspen and Balsam Poplars (P tremuloides, P. balsamifera) and friends in every stage now from green to gold to brown #BorealForest
Top right, bottom left near sunsets, from the car, with ground mist and/or smoke. #landscape more ---