Talking Trees

In the bleak midwinter …a beautiful soulful wintertime song that reminds us of the weather challenges that we face to get through...

Those of you who have followed our blogs & publications over the years will know at the heart of what we aim to do at Talking Trees is...

The place names are familiar Halifax, Loch Lomond, Chelsea, Cornwall intermingled with the exotic sounding Martinique Beach and...

Lammas (England) Lughnasadh (Ireland,Scotland & Isle of Man) and Gŵyl Awst (Wales) are the names associated with this time of the year...

There are many symbols and representations of our sun that have been made by us throughout time, the most basic being a circle with a dot...

Imbolc is an awakening as winter eyes begin to open, and we can marvel at the magick of Mother Nature. It’s literally the small things...

The winter or hibernal solstice falls on the 22nd of December this year and so astronomical winter begins ending at the spring equinox in...

Our sun once marked worktime, rest-time, its presence divided our year into summer and winter, it told us the time to grow, the time to...

Our sun once marked worktime, rest-time, its presence divided our year into summer and winter, it told us the time to grow, the time to...

What a beautiful time of the year as we officially welcome Autumn and say goodbye to summer with so many names to describe this seasonal...

Lammas is the season of first fruits and bringing in the wheat and grain crop. A ritual harvest loaf was made from the new wheat. It was...

Hymnus Eucharisticus is sung each Mayday at 6am, welcoming the rising sun from Magdalen College tower in Oxford keeping a beautiful...

This year at this time of Imbolc, we are told we have the best chance of seeing the ‘Green Comet’ (otherwise known as C/2022 E3) in our...

And here we are saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new. We seem to have adopted the idea that as the hands of the clock ...

It doesn't all have to be about spooks at this time of the year although it's both fun and traditional for it to be. This year here at...

The autumnal equinox is the halfway point between the longest and shortest days of the year, and usually falls on Sept. 22 or 23. The...

The Solstice tells us to be still, to slow down, to notice things and to dream of things to come. The Winter Solstice, this year on 21st...

We have recently returned from a folklore collecting ‘holiday’ in the northern isles of Orkney & Shetland. These very wild and wonderful...

August 1st is known as Lammas Day or as the Gaelic festival period of Lughnasadh. Lammas origins lie in the Christian liturgical...

Imbolc is celebrated on February 1st and has Gaelic/Celtic origins. In the Wheel of the Year it marks the halfway point between winter...