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Post by Chad on Sept 24, 2013 17:29:52 GMT -1
As the year rolls on, and the seasons change, I assume it may be more noticeable in my area, where seasons are very pronounced, I find that I, myself, change in mood, diet, even in what music I prefer. My summers of aggressive punk rock, slow down to more folk and reggae in the autumn. I become more withdrawn, and pay more attention to the spiritual aspect of my life. I also become more interested and read more about magic and witchcraft as well. I actually am outside more often, enjoying the crisp autumn air amd the smell of the falling leaves.
How about you? Does anything about you change with the seasons? Your interest, your mood, your tastes?
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Post by redraven on Sept 25, 2013 6:11:24 GMT -1
As the year rolls on, and the seasons change, I assume it may be more noticeable in my area, where seasons are very pronounced, You assume wrong. Seasonal change in the UK is very pronounced, after all, most of the UK is on the same lattitude as Churchill in Canada yet there are no polar bears here. I find that I, myself, change in mood, diet, even in what music I prefer. My summers of aggressive punk rock, slow down to more folk and reggae in the autumn. I become more withdrawn, and pay more attention to the spiritual aspect of my life. I also become more interested and read more about magic and witchcraft as well. I actually am outside more often, enjoying the crisp autumn air amd the smell of the falling leaves. This time of year sees my workload increasing as I work as a plumbing and heating engineer and as the temperatures fall, the heating systems are turned on after being switched off for the summer. So winter is not a time of slumber for me but of greater workloads. How about you? Does anything about you change with the seasons? Your interest, your mood, your tastes? This summer has been very significant for me as I have finally adopted the title of druid after finding a practical defintion that now fits. This journey is described in my blog so I won't go into detail here. Spiritually and physically I am now in a much better place than I have been for many years.
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Post by Chad on Sept 25, 2013 14:51:47 GMT -1
If enough freshwater is added from glacial melting, Scotland may well end up as cold as that part of Canada, too. I based my assumption off of what I had been told before, they had said the climate was close to the Pacific Northwest in the United States. However, what may be the case in Manchester, or Dover, or Swansea, wouldn't have to apply to Glasgow, so I stand corrected.
Here, we have a continental climate. Temperatures, if my conversions are accurate, are 35 to -15. We use Farenheit, and conversions aren't really used in day to day life. In my youth, there was a fellow student from Britain, who when he saw the weather, thought he was going to fry! We looked at him like he was insane. We didn't know about Celsius temperature yet, and he knew nothing of Farenheit.
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Post by redraven on Sept 25, 2013 16:58:37 GMT -1
At this time of year, Scotland can have all four seasons in one day. The biggest difference you would notice is that the continental air you write about is very different here. The air is much more influenced by the sea and the moisture coming from it. Britain, being an island, is not the best country for anyone suffering with arthritis. The condition is by far the best indicator for the probable weather and I know from relatives who have moved to Canada that say they suffer far less with it there because of the larger landmass and the subsequent reduction in moisture in the air, specifically the cold damp conditions that can be prevelent here. This goes a long way to explain the British "obsession" with the weather.
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Post by Chad on Sept 25, 2013 17:37:55 GMT -1
It sounds somewhat similar to my area, as far as rapid fluctuations in weather are concerned. Except for our moisture does not come from the ocean, unless there is a storm moving east to west. The air here is quite heavy, according to some, I was born and raised here, so it does not bother me. According to people who visit from the West Coast, namely the state of California. One compared our air to that of Costa Rica! I would say that is probably an exaggeration, though. Scotland, climate wise, sounds a lot like the northwest coast of British Columbia, in Canada. North of Vancouver. That is about the best comparison of weather in North America that I can think of. Our weather is probably most similar to France or Germany. Away from the coasts, and not in the mountains, though. That is probably the best European comparison, I can think of, based on when I tune into weather on television, and they do international reports for travelers. Congratulations on achieving your Druid ranking, by the way. I do not know much of what you do outside of your postings on this site, I've read some of your blogs, though. You deserve it. I think Potia does too. The two of you have certainly infomed me much and have been quite helpful, for whatever my opinion is worth.
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Post by potia on Sept 26, 2013 7:49:55 GMT -1
Hi Chad I've always loved the autumn. that and spring are my favorite seasons. I love the crispness to the air and the ever changing colours of leaves. Things are still warm enough so that the last of the summer flowers linger on and berries and other fruits are ripe and glorious on trees and bushes. This year the plum tree in my back garden has produced more plums than ever before by a long way and my daughter and I have been harvesting them bit at a time and enjoying sharing them. Most of my activites are dictated by supporting my children and this is still fairly early in the school year. My son has been settling into his new high school (he's 12) reasonably well but my daughter (almost 6) is having a lot of problems at the moment so I'm kept very busy. And with Red Raven's work load increasing I am starting to see a little less of him each day. When he is off work and the children are off at their dad's we treasure our time together even more than in the summer months. I don't think my moods are affected that much by the seasons changes, I have those feminine monthly mood changes anyway Re the Druid end of things, I still wouldn't use the title of Druid to describe myself although I have in the past but I will now speak of walking a path of brythonic polytheist druidry
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Post by Chad on Sept 26, 2013 13:35:21 GMT -1
I'm glad to hear that the two of you are doing well, and that your young ones are also. I would figure, with the role Druids played in the past, that there would be room to recognise certain people who have been Brythonic polytheist for a long time, and have guided others, or served the community in other ways, should certainly have a title to reflect that within the community.
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Post by mooncrone on Jan 18, 2016 11:54:20 GMT -1
As the year rolls on, and the seasons change, I assume it may be more noticeable in my area, where seasons are very pronounced, I find that I, myself, change in mood, diet, even in what music I prefer. My summers of aggressive punk rock, slow down to more folk and reggae in the autumn. I become more withdrawn, and pay more attention to the spiritual aspect of my life. I also become more interested and read more about magic and witchcraft as well. I actually am outside more often, enjoying the crisp autumn air amd the smell of the falling leaves. How about you? Does anything about you change with the seasons? Your interest, your mood, your tastes? Interesting post. I feel very closely linked to the Moon and it's effect on the tides... In fact, I consider myself to be bi-lunar! In that I mean that when low tide is out, I tend to feel a bit "flat" and tired and dis-associated, everything seems more of a challenge, bigger a task, higher a mountain to climb and so on... made worse by when moon is waning to dark (new), I sleep (comatosed-hibernate) more, and find I can't remember stuff so well... I don't pay much attention to things, get a bit clumsy and become more accident prone... like my elastic has snapped and my speeds are slow to stop. When tide is riding high, especially when the moon is waxing to full, I feel energized, engaged, and excited. Like I can do anything that I choose to put my mind to. Maybe even more likely to take risks and go beyond my usual comfort zones. I learn easy, and start soaking everything up like a sponge. I seek out more chances to communicate and try to socialize a lot more. I can and do get a bit manic. My long suffering family tend to get put through a wringer every time that happens, and I seem to wear them out, they just can't keep up. Folk who know me always see those two sides to me, and time when to approach me accordingly, bless 'em!!! On top of that, yes, I do feel seasonal changes. I am an Autumn/Winter loving kind of girl. a long hot summer hater, (sorry all you Sun worshippers out there, I guess we can't all be the same!) I love the rain, I love the mists, I love the cold, I love the damp, water is my favourite element, see, that's why I moved to Wales!!! I am generally more happy and settled from Mabon through to Yule. I take comfort in the dark. I relax in the fall. I come alive in the fog and the frosts. I love to pile on the layers and get out and about in the mud. I love seeing the colour change from green to gold. The Goth in me loves the death and decay and die back. I love to walk in the forest and see the holly and mistletoe berries, the toadstools and fairy rings, the carpet of brown squelchy leaves underfoot and so on. I see sad beauty in the macabre side of it all. I really love the night sky, and the darkness allows me to catch all the twinkling stars, comets, satelites, meteor showers and so fourth with better clarity. Who needs a telly when that's what's on offer up above us? Samhain just has me like a kid at Christmas. It's the end of my year and the start of a new one for me. I feel as if I can really be myself. I don't have to pretend to be something I'm not. I don't have to feel pressure to conform and be "normal" (boring) I can fill my home with dragons and gargoyles and bats and all the things that makes me happy and nobody thinks any differenly of me for it, I just wish it was every day. Biggest reason on the calender to party. Happy days!!! Yule is all about spending quality time with family and friends and showing those I love how much I care for them by plying them with food and drink and modest hand-made-with-love gifts, and spending time in company. It's a quiet affair, as a rule, although a bit of hard work for me in the kitchen, it's true, and I keep saying one of these years I'm gonna go check into a swanky hotel or vast manor house and get waited on hand and foot by a team of waiters and butlers, let somebody else do all the chef stuff and hard work, but I never seem to get around to it. Perhaps when I win the lottery, eh? When Yule is passed I go into something of a decline, like a bubble bursts, which slides further down towards Imbolc and Beltane, getting pretty chronic and uncomfortable by Litha (save for the delight of my wedding anniversary on the 21st of June, 2016 will be our 36th) and Lughnasadh, the return of the light is a challenge for me, I feel exposed and vulnerable and saddened. Which puts me at odds with a lot of my kin, they all seem to get happy about it, but I can't. I feel pushed to do more and more stuff at a time when I feel like doing less and less. I get irritable and restless and want to retreat into a cave and stay there until September comes. I comfort eat and pile on the pounds. I end up throwing all the windows and doors of the house and the car wide open because it feels like I start to suffocate and feel trapped. The fan goes on over the bed and stays on. The cooling towers go on in the living room and on the upstairs landing. I end up having endless showers and constantly washing my hair. I get itchy and sore allergies and insect bites, I suffer prickly heat and get sunburn and heatstroke at the drop of a hat, and I suffer terribly with insomnia frm July thorugh to August. It's almost like the opposite of winter time seasonal affective disorder. Yeah, I am not keen on Summer. Is there a hot version of bah humbug? Well, that's me!!! It's also interesting to note I feel more Witchy after Midsummer comes along, and more Druidy after MidWinter... like some kind of exchange of energies happens in me to make one step up to the plate and the other one fall quieter, as it were. Perhaps the cool dark encourrages my shadow side out of me. Perhaps the warm light drives me to seek alternative realities? I dunno. Need more time to think about that one! As to music, well, that's less easy to explain. My tastes are so eclectic and vary from hour to hour. I pretty much like it all apart from random jazz and twangy country and western. Can't say I notice a seasonal variation apart from I am sick of cheesey Christmas pop like they play on warped soundtracks over dodgy speakers in Morrisons and Tesco and The CoOp and Asda and so on..,, but then aren't we all?
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