…So let’s not forget that the solstice is due on June 20 this year…
And we also celebrate Midsummer’s and its Eve on the 24th and 23rd: the next Monday night and Sunday.
The imagery for Midsummer’s is easy: people in a ring, dancing round the fire, sun-wise, arms raised, on top of a hill… driving their cattle through the fire, jumping through the blaze, and rolling flaming wheels down a steep hill…
Gold AND yellow…
The Sun becomes the Questing Knight, the same as the Green Knight…
Oak leaf wine, golden green… honey cakes, local fruit… and crumble some onto the earth as an offering. Maybe add pink rose-petals to the wine…
Simple things: like laying on the grass…
Decorate the house with birch twigs and roses, and hang fennel over the door…
Garlands of St. John’s Wort, fern seeds, golden mistletoe. Angelica, marigold, camomile, chervil, marjoram, calendula, sun-flowers yellow-faced…
"Beans and peas and lettuces,
radishes and beet
Rise up soon and make for me
a garnish for my meat.
Blessings once and blessings twice
do I give to thee
Something given, something gained,
Blessed shalt thou be."
Make an incense of frankincense, cinnamon, red sandalwood and oak leaves.