Beltane Menu

[pt_tangles]

I think I mentioned before that I am going to start redoing my website - finally.  The part I want to start with is the Sabbat celebrations.  I sort of missed out on Ostara because life sort of got away from me that week.  I did make a nice dinner, and got some great pics, which I will post later.  Not Ostara party calibre, but a good start.

What I am focussing on now is Beltane.  I want to do a bit of decorating and have a nice big meal as well.  So, to start, I am going to want to plan out the menu, and I am coming to my trusty FList for some suggestions.

What are some of your favourite foods/drinks/etc to indulge in on Beltane.  What sorts of decorations/crafts do you usually use to make your space festive?

-PT

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[matrinka69.livejournal.com]

This year we're putting up a MAYPOLE!! I am way more excited than you can imagine. Tim put the ground mount in yesterday, and I'll be painting the pole this coming weekend, weather permitting. The we just need to create the ring for the top and attach the dance ribbons.

This pole will be reusable year after year, as it is a recycled PVC pipe. Weather resistant! It will be about 10' tall when in its mount, so plenty tall enough.

For food, we'll probably go with the first fruits of spring- asparagus, strawberries, and if I can find some, lamb. I'd love to do a whole suckling pig, but we probably won't have enough people to justify that much meat. I'll also do a sprouted grain salad. We don't grow our own wheat, but it seems fitting to serve grain sprouts while we're blessing the crops, hoping for a good crop of staple foods, and grain is our basic staple. If I can afford to, I'll also make a batch of short mead (and put up a batch of proper mead for next year at the same time).

[pt_tangles]

That sounds so great! I wish I could have a Maypole, but I think that Strata would frown on it. What I probably will do is make sure that our little backyard is all raked up and clear so that we can finally get a BBQ and patio furniture out there.

I'm not really sure how much of the yard care we do and how much is provided by Strata, but if nothing is done in the next couple of weeks, I will just take it as a sign that I can use my yard as I like. I've even been looking at some shade loving grass seed so that we can fill in the bare patches.

I am wanting to make some sort of sprout salad for Beltane. Our local market has so many different kinds right now and I just want to grab them all!

I have also found a few cute crafts online that I hope to include in my decorations. Watercolour nylon butterflies will be appearing in great swarms!

-PT

[matrinka69.livejournal.com]

I love nylon butterflies. They're pretty without being cutesy, if they're done even half well. I have reached the end of cutesy in my life. The youngest child is ten and not cutesy. Pretty-pretty pink by the gallon is finally over!!! Now I can enjoy it again, because I'm not inundated with it day in and day out.

Are you allowed a folding clothesline? If so, you can use the same socket for the maypole. :) (That's my plan. I just have to find the right clothesline now)

[pt_tangles]

I don't think we are allowed a clothsline. Our yard really isn't big enough for one either. I might see if I can find some bio-degradable ribbons to tie to the trees, tho. That would make the yard festive :-D

I want to make sure I take a lot of pictures for my site, so I think I will need to get started on the decorations ASAP.

-PT

Decorations for Beltane

[witchknitter.livejournal.com]

Merry Meet! I am also thinking of Beltane. I saw a cute butterfly wreath from Hobby Lobby but was done in muted brownish gray tones and was thinking of doing the same thing but using the colors of Beltane. It is just butterfly shapes cut out of cardstock with scrapbook paper adhered to them and attached to a wire frame. I also like to BBQ but will see what the financial situation will let me get at the store. As for other decorations I tend to focus on my altar area: I have a small maypole and a "balefire". Have a wonderful Beltane. I am glad I stumbled onto your blog. I was wondering where you got the really cool Practical Magic mood icons and also if you ever found anymore info on the online wicca schools? Brightest of Blessings to you!

Re: Decorations for Beltane

[pt_tangles]

Hi There -

I have thought of trying my hand seasonal wreaths or flower garlands, but I want to be sure not to overdo it. If I take on too many projects at once, then I tend to drown in work and miss all the fun of the celebrations.

For our Beltane meal, I was thinking of using fish for our protein this year. Something nice and seasonal. I would like to try cooking seabass, but I will probably end up with salmon (on the west coast there is ALWAYS salmon).

I don't really have an altar area in my house right now. That may change as I get more furniture, but I'm not really sure yet. I have some plans for my guest/yoga/exercise room upstairs. I think I may have to see how things turn out.

I had actually found several PM mood themes, but I wasn't happy with any of them, so I ended up making my own. The one you see I made from screenshots of the movie.

Since I wrote that post about online Witchcraft schools, I have gotten a surprising amount of feedback from it. Especially considering how old that post is. I've gotten emails from people who used to be affiliated with Sacred Mists and from one of the founders of WitchSchool.

Unfortunately, I have never gotten any of my specific questions answered, and as I don't really have the time to investigate them in depth, I don't really have any newer information than what you see posted there.

My advice to anyone thinking of doing the online schooling thing is - save your money. I've learned more than I could ever expect from places like Sacred Mists and WitchSchool just through the contacts I have made online and the things I have learned from local Witches, books, and my own experimentations.

Being in a coven is a very complicated issue. An online college will never be able to duplicate the experience.

-PT

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