Category Archives: Seasons & Holidays

Lilac Days at the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens, Woodland, Washington

Posted on May 3, 2021 by volovecto

Lilacs being my favorite flower, every Spring I hope to be able to make a trip home to Oregon in time to enjoy my mother’s lilacs in bloom. Luckily, this year my Spring trip coincided with the Lilac Days festival … Continue reading →

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Oh What Fun It Is To Ride

Posted on December 27, 2019 by volovecto

…in a one horse open sleigh. Especially if that sleigh is pulled by Pete, the Wonder Horse. We got our sleigh ride, complete with jingle bells. Thomas at Foxfire Revival Farm is Pete’s caretaker and partner. They had enough snow … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas From Vermont

Posted on December 25, 2019 by volovecto

Searching for snow and a white Christmas, we headed to Vermont. The Inn at Weathersfield was a perfect setting for a Christmas getaway, but this year the snow was a little sparse. The Inn was built in 1792 and is … Continue reading →

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Another October In Oregon

Posted on October 24, 2019 by volovecto

Last October the Oregon weather was sunny and warm.  Not so this year.  Just a few sunny days mixed with clouds and rain.   October weather is always a toss up, sometimes nice, sometimes not. My mother’s geraniums. But my one … Continue reading →

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The Winter Solstice Is Here Again

Posted on December 21, 2018 by volovecto

Once again we have reached the shortest day of the year.  And once again, we perform our rituals to ward off the darkness and hope for the return of the sun.  We no longer doubt the return of the sun, … Continue reading →

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It’s Winter Solstice Time Again

Posted on December 18, 2017 by volovecto

This Thursday, December 21st, we in the Northern Hemisphere will once again experience the Winter Solstice, an event celebrated by pagans for thousands of years.  After the solstice, the days will grow longer and the nights shorter, in the never … Continue reading →

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Springtime in Oregon

Posted on May 1, 2017 by volovecto

Lilacs are my favorite flower, but timing a visit to Oregon while they are blooming is problematic.  This past winter and spring have been very cold and rainy in Oregon, so most plants are a few weeks behind what they … Continue reading →

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Happy Easter, Happy Spring!

Posted on April 15, 2017 by volovecto

Whether you celebrate Easter as the most religious of Christian holidays when Jesus rose from the dead, or celebrate the season as a pagan with the renewal of the earth (in the northern hemisphere) after a dormant winter and the … Continue reading →

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A Pagan Looks at Christmas

Posted on January 1, 2017 by volovecto

Even though I do not consider myself a religious person, (spiritual but not religious), I do enjoy the Christmas season.  As are nearly all Scandinavians, I was baptized a Lutheran, and attended Sunday School as a child.  But today I … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas & God Jul

Posted on December 18, 2016 by volovecto

These Christmas post cards are from my great grandmother Hanna’s collection This next post card has the traditional Swedish Christmas hymn, “We Greet Thee Beautiful Morning”, sung in Lutheran Churches, or at least it used to be sung 100 years … Continue reading →

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