Bedlam Farm Blog Journal by Jon Katz

We lit our bonfire, ate our hamburgers (with ketchup, sweet relish, soft organic rolls, and garden sprouts) with wine. Then we saw a bright light through the trees on the hills and we watched in a we as the full moon – the Worm Moon – rise in front of us and over the tops of the trees.

The full moon that appears in March is called the Worn Moon.

Native Americans called this last full moon of winter the Worm Moon after the worm trails that would appear in the newly thawed ground. The Worm Moon of March was sometimes referred to by other names associated with Spring.

There isn’t much thawing yet here, and I had to come in after several hours, got too cold and stiff. Maria is still sitting out there, I’ll go bring her some tea. The pagan in  her is celebrating tonight, I love her for her love of life.

I took this photo with my long lens, I liked it a lot, that was the feeling tonight sitting out in our pasture behind the farmhouse.

Our Spring Equinox celebration begins with a small and quiet bonfire. I’ll bring the burgers out shortly,  we’ll have some wine. Hamburgers are transformed near a fire, they just taste delicious.

First, we’ll sit by the fire and give thanks for our lives.

In awhile, we’ll see the full moon appear. Spring is important to us, we welcome it into our lives.

Lulu and Fanny seemed happy on the first day of Spring. Maria and I are getting ready to head out and light a bonfire, and have some hamburgers out by th fire. I get to make the hamburgers, Maria gets to start up the fire.

It was nearly 50 degrees this morning, and the sun is getting stronger by the day. This is the only day of the year when day or night get equal time, plus there will be a full full moon tonight.

This is the farmer’s holiday, this is when planting really begins and winter really begins to fade.

Since Maria will almost never buy anything for herself, I look for some opportunities to get something for her. I can’t do this too often, she gets angry if I spend a lot of money. I did not she doesn’t have a Spring or summer hat, she is always borrowing my oversized hats.

So I made a not to look for a Spring/Summer hat this year, and I found this straw summer hat on Etsy, I thought it was perfect for her treks to the pasture and her walks in the woods.

She yelled at me for getting it, but I saw right away that she really likes it. This makes me feel better than I can say. When I saw it on Etsy, it shouted out, “I want to be on Maria’s head!”

And it was right.