{"id":4127,"date":"2011-05-09T15:01:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T21:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2011-05-09T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T21:01:10","slug":"summery-month-of-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/09\/summery-month-of-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Summery Month Of May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome, with your lovely greenwood choir, summery month of May for which I long!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4128\" title=\"fairycircle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/fairycircle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/fairycircle.jpg 314w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/fairycircle-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Midsummer Eve by Edward Hughes<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The green man smiles as lords and ladies dance around<br \/>\nthe May pole entangled with flowers, leaves and ribbons.<br \/>\nThe fairies ring their bells and the land awakens. ~ R. Arizmendi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4135\" title=\"Greenman pendant\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/greenmanneclace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>The Green man ~ Created with Sculpey Polymer Clay by Rose Arizmendi~ (C) 1996<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>Do you have a secret garden?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA special place in nature ~\u00a0 where life is spilling out at every corner.\u00a0 The Wisteria Garden pictured below has always been one of my favorite places to visit, with its gurgling water fountain and gargoyles lurking under overgrown bushes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is an old wooden gate that serves as a doorway to this magical place and I&#8217;m often greeted by dragonflies, friendly squirrels and a slight movement in the trees just at the edges of my vision. I&#8217;ve spent many an hour here ~ tucked away beneath the fig tree dreaming, reflecting and listening to nature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4139 alignleft\" title=\"Wisteria Garden\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/wisteriagarden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/wisteriagarden.jpg 281w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/wisteriagarden-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>When was the last time you visited or got lost in an enchanted garden?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finding joy in sun dappled trees and bird song . . .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4168\" title=\"Garden Tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardentree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardentree.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardentree-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And flowers blooming with wild abandon . . .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4170\" title=\"Garden Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardenflowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardenflowers.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardenflowers-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Magic moments . . .\u00a0 A garden\u00a0 full of sounds. The wind murmuring, the trees creaking and the leaves rustling.\u00a0 ~ A sweet return to self. . .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4167\" title=\"GardenSculpture Venus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardensculpturevenus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardensculpturevenus.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/gardensculpturevenus-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;In lovely harmony the wood has put on its green mantle, and summer is on its throne, playing its string-music; the willow, whose harp hung silent when it was withered in winter, now gives forth its melody. Hush! ~ Listen! The world is alive.&#8221; ~ Thomas Telynog Evans<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of us.\u201d \u2013 Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome, with your lovely greenwood choir, summery month of May for which I long! Midsummer Eve by Edward Hughes The green man smiles as lords and ladies dance around the May pole entangled with flowers, leaves and ribbons. The fairies ring their bells and the land awakens. ~ R. 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