Autumn Equinox

Autumn Equinox, or Mabon, is the second harvest festival in the Wheel of the Year. 




 I've been working on my own little wheel or ring.  The base for a future "Moon Hawk" sculpture is one step closer to being completed. 

Rituals at this time of year celebrate the abundance with offerings of nature's bounty, expressing gratitude for the fruitfulness of the summer season.                                                                       After working on the base I harvested three five - gallon buckets of grapes.   I must say it's been a wonderful year for the grapes.  They're just perfect no blemishes, sweet and juicy.  

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 Next up, apple picking.  The apples on the other hand did not fair so well.  But, for pressing for cider they'll do the trick.  The four we have now are Red Delicious, a McIntosh, a Wolf River and my favorite the Jonagold Apple.  

In the afternoon after Susie finished making flat bread and french bread, we took some time to get out and enjoy the river.  Followed by coffee and grape cleaning by the fire as the Harvest moon rises  to mark the beginning of fall.