Beltane Eve - East Lothian

 

 

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Beltane - May Day

Laburnum

Beltane is the Celtic  May Day,one of the old quarter-days marking  the cycle of the seasons
and the agricultural year.Washing one's face in the May morning dew was said to beautify
the complexion. In ancient Rome it was the festival Floralia dedicated to Flora,goddess of flowers.


This May Day morning my garden is filled with  sunlight and birdsong, and the heady scent of lilac and laburnum.

Lilac

Rhododendron

Clematis

The lush Spring foliage provides perfect cover for a blackbird's nest.

Pathways used by nocturnal visitors : foxes,hedgehogs and neighbourhood cats.

Another  wildlife pathway. The beautiful and fragile Welsh poppy bursts into bloom under a rosemary bush.