Summer Solstice Celebrations

[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Awens to All:

We are now well into June and that means that Summer Solstice is coming around.

It will be on June 20th at 8pm which is a Sunday.

Time to start thinking of what to do for Summer Solstice.

3X3

[Anonymous]

I will probably try a variety of things, OBOD has an all day event on Facebook/YouTube in the virtual world, this will cover many speakers and feature different events they are always quite good and very inclusive and worldwide so I will meet many people there. Apart from that I am not completely certain yet. I am hoping that the rules do not change again as that would spoil everything if we are not all released on 21st June after all.

[DowrgiParticipant]

To be honest, I prefer to see the sunset in alone, a bit of quiet contemplation and watching the sun rise over the horizon. Each to their own, but sometimes these events (as they were before) just turn into a noisy free-for-all. I know, I sound grumpy – I don’t mean to! :-D

Bennathow
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[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

I might spend the Day Hiking around Byrne Creek where I do a lot of my Streamkeeping Work.

In 2013, I happened upon a couple who were Burying their Pet Cat while doing some Byrne Creek Streamkeeping. There have been several occasions when I came back to do a Sacred Sabbath Incense Burning.

So it might be a great way to Commemorate the Summer Solstice by going down and spending the day at the Fish Creek where I have done a lot of my Streamkeeping.

3X3

[Anonymous]

These sound like wonderful ideas, I guess that each of us will choose to celebrate in our own way.

[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Came upon this:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/solstice/

With summer solstice fast approaching, we wanted to give you an update on the arrangements for access to Stonehenge for solstice this year. We are well underway with planning, and are working carefully with the Police, Wiltshire Council and others to keep abreast of the latest COVID-19 guidance and how it may impact on summer solstice access. Many will have noticed that the date coincides with that identified in the Government’s re-opening roadmap for England as Step Four – the final stage of ‘un-locking.’ If that remains the case, we can confirm that solstice celebrations will be going ahead at Stonehenge on the evening of the 20 June into the morning of the 21 June. However, if the guidance changes for England, or indeed for Wiltshire, our plans will need to change. Updates will be posted here.

[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Happy Summer Solstice!!!

3X3

[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Awens to All:

Got up and mowed the Lawns of the Community Hall then headed off to Surrey. Stopped off at a Ladyfriend’s House and dropped off some Tomato Plants that I had grown from Seed for Her Garden as a Summer Solstice Gift then headed off to the Pet Cemetery.

There is a Local Resident who lets me use his Mower. So I got the Lawns Mowed and then set about placing around approximately 120 Incense Sticks to the various Pet Graves. Once I got that done, I made my Summer Solstice Video Tour of the Semi-Abandoned Pet Cemetery showing the progress I have made of getting approximately 2,000 sqft of Himalayan Blackberry cleared away from the Site.

Now I am back Home posting my YouTube Tour of how the Pet Cemetery looks at the moment:

After spending some Time in Meditation, I came Home to get my Summer Solstice Dinner made and post my YouTube.

Had a Really Nice Summer Solstice.

Dave TheDruid-3X3

[Anonymous]

That looks very nice 3 x 3 I have had a really quiet solstice so far although I am about to go out right now so things could get a little more exciting

[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Awens to All:

We are now well into June and that means the Great Sacred Sabbath of Summer Solstice is coming soon.

I now have the Money & Passport to Travel to do another Pilgrimage to a Sacred Spot such as The Stonehenge, Machu Pichu or maybe a few Sacred Sites that Megalithic Portal needs some Pictures of. But I now do not have the spare Time to go anywhere due to my Residential Caretaking Job. And Witchvox is offline now, so I can not look up any local things that I might jump into.

This year, it is on June 21st and that is a Tuesday and I am usually Free of any Work so I can go off and enjoy doing something Special for the day.

Are any of you guys going to any Special Sacred Sites for this Year’s Summer Solstice?

3X3

[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Awens to All:

Here is a Tour of the BC Pet Cemetery in Newton Surrey that I have working on restoring for the past year. I made this Video as part of my Summer Solstice Celebrations.

I have all the Blackberry hacked down and am now in the process of clearing Debris from the grounds and Excavating Graves. Every time I go there, I do my Restoration Work and I Excavate around 3 or 4 Graves.

In 6 or so Months from now, I hope to have several piles of Old Debris thrown into the SW Corner Composting Heap. I also hope to have at least 12 to 24 Graves Excavated & Restored.

3X3

[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

lmost Posted on this Yesterday – but caught myself that it would be of Bad Taste to bring around such a Thread on the Day of D-Day Commemorations.

Such Ceremonies are now in the Yesteryear so now it is time to figure out what one wants to do to Celebrate the Upcoming Summer Solstice Ceremonies.

3X3

[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Awens to All:

got out my Camping Tenting Equipment Bag and did a Practise setting it up for a Summer Solstice Expedition that I am about to Launch making sure it’s Pieces are in Good Condition and all Accounted for.

This is the Tent and Tarp I used in 2006 for my Summer Solstice Pilgrimage to The Stonehenge.

3X3

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[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Another Picture of my Tentage Equipment:

3X3

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[Dave TheDruid-3X3Participant]

Awens to All:

Just got back from my Summer Solstice Expedition to Southern Saskatchewan.

Set off on June 17th and stayed a couple of nights with my Aunt & Uncle and then on the morning of Summer Solstice Eve, set off on my Expedition.

On the way to the First Site, I had to go down SK Highway #2 and while on my way to Assiniboia, I came upon a ‘Point of Interest’ and this is it:

This tells the Story of a local Aboriginal Legend of how the Old Wives Lake got it’s Name.

This is what the Sign says:

Old Wives Massacre

An Indian legend from the 1800s reveals how Old Wives Lake to the west was named. One winter, a Cree party went beyond their traditional area in search of Buffalo. They ventured into territory claimed by both the Cree and Blackfoot.

The Cree were rewarded by a successful hunt. At their lakeside camp they were surprised by a Blackfoot war party. After a brief skirmish, the Blackfoot went back into the hills to wait for dawn. The Cree fires burned into the night as they decided what to do.

The old Cree women suggested taht they stay and tend the fires allowing the rest of the Cree to get away.

At sunrise, the Blackfoot were enraged to find only the Grandmothers tending the fires. It is unlikely any women survived. The Cree called the lake ‘Notukeu’ for the old women.

On windy nights, you may hear the old wive’s laughter mocking their Blackfoot enemies.

Government of Saskatchewan.
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