On Tuesday, April 10, I drove up toward the mountains to look at the trees and how they and the plants around them were progressing with spring.  I left town about 6:30 and returned about 8:00.  It was a beautiful and enlightening trip.  I took a few pictures, which I'll share with you all ( Read more... )

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There were two trees in the garden: the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.  Everything we do comes from one tree or the other ( Read more... )

Constellation Hydra:On day the Sun-god, Apollo, sent his pet raven down to Earth to bring the thirsty god a cup of fresh water. Apollo's sacred raven was not a very dependable bird. On arriving at the spring the raven saw that a fig tree was just beginning to bear fruit ( Read more... )

This weekend, I bought a book called "The Jewish Book of Days" by Jill Hammer.  It sets up a wheel of the year based on how she sees the Jewish year and uses the metaphor of a growing tree, giving evidence and explanations on why, and provides a Midrash for each day.  I think I like it.

~Muninn's Kiss