Celebrate Spring!
Happy Ostara!
Here are some things to do to celebrate the equinox and welcome the fruitfulness of the earth:
- Visit your local Farmer's Market. Eat seasonal fruits and veggies.
- Say hello to a random person at the bookstore, the coffeeshop, the grocery store, or wherever.
- Go visit a local dog run or pet shelter. Play with / watch puppies.
- Use natural vegetable dyes to color boiled eggs. Try drawing on the eggs in white crayon first for cool effects. Then eat the eggs before they go bad. ;)
- Sit outside and run your bare feet through the grass (be sure to check the ground for litter or harmful objects first!).
- Plant your garden with flowers or veggies. Try organic fertilizers. Research the best plants for your latitude and garden situation (small plot, large plot, container).
- Wear bright colors. Smile at people. It's time to shed our winter blues and open to the sun!
Blessed be!
ETA: Farmer's Markets may be subject to individual schedules, but I do think that even if it's not warm outside yet, these are good things to do. Ostara isn't just celebrating something that's here and present - it's also encouraging the warmth and the spring to flourish, to come back to us. Do them as invocations rather than thanksgivings. If your spirit moves you in that way, that is. :)
Here are some things to do to celebrate the equinox and welcome the fruitfulness of the earth:
- Visit your local Farmer's Market. Eat seasonal fruits and veggies.
- Say hello to a random person at the bookstore, the coffeeshop, the grocery store, or wherever.
- Go visit a local dog run or pet shelter. Play with / watch puppies.
- Use natural vegetable dyes to color boiled eggs. Try drawing on the eggs in white crayon first for cool effects. Then eat the eggs before they go bad. ;)
- Sit outside and run your bare feet through the grass (be sure to check the ground for litter or harmful objects first!).
- Plant your garden with flowers or veggies. Try organic fertilizers. Research the best plants for your latitude and garden situation (small plot, large plot, container).
- Wear bright colors. Smile at people. It's time to shed our winter blues and open to the sun!
Blessed be!
ETA: Farmer's Markets may be subject to individual schedules, but I do think that even if it's not warm outside yet, these are good things to do. Ostara isn't just celebrating something that's here and present - it's also encouraging the warmth and the spring to flourish, to come back to us. Do them as invocations rather than thanksgivings. If your spirit moves you in that way, that is. :)