May 1 Photo Brief: Spanking banks, burning effigies and Beltane

By Zoë Kessler, BA, B.Ed. Today is May 1 st , Beltane. What better time to review the status of my balcony garden? As some of you know, I've blogged about my balcony garden since I first conceived of it. I've been looking at its progress (or lack“Beltane is a rural pre-Christian prehistoric tradition which saw communities come together after long winters of isolation,” says. “It marked their connection not just to nature but to each other.This photo was taken on April 30,

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