Maypoles

May is at last with us and my apple blossom is out, pink blushed, scented and beautiful. Newly returned from Beltane Camp, the May is very much with me, after the deeply magical celebration I have just been very much inside of.

A very powerful and physical ritual act was the making and raising of the maypole. I offer a photo of the magnificent crown which I helped to make with a group of beautiful maidens, mothers and crones, respendent with fluttering ribbons. Here it is atop the ash pole and ready to have its ribbons woven. A blessing on the Earth!