I’ve lived in Florida ever since my family and I moved to USA from Russia back in 1994. All these years, and I still cannot get use to all that intense heat, and extreme humidity. People always bring up a question, how did people live in Florida during the hot seasons before the invention of air conditioner? I say, they did it by staying under the canopy of tall trees that shaded them, protected them from sun’s heat. Just a few centuries ago large parts of the land if not most of them were covered in forests. If you ever walk outside on a very hot day, and come across the shade of the tree, get under the tree into the shaded area, and you will see how much relief you get from the sun. You will immediately see how much cooler the temperature feels under the tree. The wonderful, cool shade that the trees provide for us during the hot season, is just one of the many reasons why I love the trees so much.

The shading of the trees is one way our ancestors stayed cool during hot summers, but another thing is how they designed their homes, and other buildings, as well as the materials they used to build with. They designed their homes foe breeze tp come through the rooms, for the air to circulate through the house.

Last weekend we celebrated Midzomer with our Dutch fellow heathens from Swesaz. The 9 herbs and 9 kinds of wood have gone into this fire as an offering. The days are getting shorter and we hope for a good time of harvest.

It was a wonderful weekend full of celebrations, honoring the ancient traditions of our ancestors, good food, drinks and warm conversations.

Family walk.

Семейная прогулка.

Animism

I feel you in the rain on my face,
in the force of the wind,
in the cold the mud, the rough bark.

I see you in the footsteps of the wild,
in the movement of the clouds,
in the stream of the brook
and the dew on the grass.

I hear you in the cry of the wolf,
the rolling of thunder,
and the beating of my heart.

Love, life,
animated in everything.

Dirkje, Tribe of the Fox

A simple altar to meditate or connect with a specific deity. I take the image of the deity from my main altar and put it on a sheet of leather that has a nice labyrint on it. I just sit in front of it on a meditationcushion and breathing relaxed. My eyes relaxed looking at the image with a question in mind. Just listening to the god or goddess for answers. Not losing myself in thinking. Just listening....

Damn the evil rulers of our country. Hail the brave farmers.

Farmers in the Netherlands rallying against the EU parliament and Dutch government who are trying to impose nitrogen restrictions.

Inguz is the sixth rune in the Cycle of Initiation.

Inguz speaks of the fertility of new beginnings, of the power of the universe held in the answer of the seed.

Inguz is epitomized by the phrase "life finds a way"

Where Men Rarely Tread, 2022
Æthelwulf

Why are we drawn to mountains?

Many a tale, myth and legend has been told of mountains. The Sleeping King who dwells beneath his cracked ledges. The myriad of spirits and beasts who hide within their deep caverns and forests. From the Mountains where Frau Holle dwells dispensing wisdom and newborn souls, to where the Old Man of the Mountain leads his ancient hermitage. Where Votan casts storms down from on high and Gods Dwell atop Olympus!

Men follow Snow White Deer to lands of ethereal maidens and magic relics, Women climb glass mountains to save Kings from dreaded curses and children find fearsome beasts as docile to them as kittens. But the more you seek them the further away they get. The Wild Hunt. The Troll Witches. The Sleeping Hosts of Valiant Knights. The Gods atop the Peaks. To seek them is to lose them, to wander is to find them. For it is well known the gods dwell where men rarely tread.

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Arlington Row, Bibury, The Cotswolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Midsummer Eve by Edward Robert Hughes c. 1908