March 18th, 2012 
PaganDad Today I wanted to take a moment and talk about Springtime and the lessons I have learned from watching this marvelous season.
For me and my family the end of March and the beginning of April has always been a time of rest and renewal. With six weeks between Ostara and Beltane, we can take a [...]
March 13th, 2012 PaganDad Last week I talked about Spring Cleaning on a physical plane but I left off the spiritual side of that cleaning. So I hope you enjoy today’s post.
Creating Sacred Space
The world around us is filled with energy. This energy can take many forms, and can have both positive and negative vibrations and effects. You cannot [...]
March 2nd, 2012 PaganDad There is a theory that the Christian holiday of Easter is named after this Saxon Goddess. This theory springing from the Venerable Bede’s Temporum Ratione. In which Bede tells us that April as known as Eostre Month and sacred to Eostre.
So who exactly was Eostre? While little remains to us, since so much of the [...]
September 20th, 2011 PaganDad Here are some links for Ostara. Hope you all have a great one!
Ostara Family Ritual
Ostara Crafts – Colored Eggs
Ostara Crafts – Paper Mache Egg
Children’s Ostara Story
Ostara Recipes – Dinner
Ostara Recipes – Eggs and Dessert
March 20th, 2011 PaganDad courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net
Spring is almost here and here to a quiet year with quiet weather. Hope all finds you all well.
My calendar has Ostara tomorrow, sorry if this is late in coming for you guys that celebrated this weekend.
Supplies:
Two small votive candles – I use yellow and greenAnd Bells for each participant
Have one of the [...]
March 16th, 2011 PaganDad Last week I talked about one of the most iconic symbols of Ostara, the painted egg. Today I wanted to talk about one of the other iconic symbols of this Sabbat, the Ostara Bunny.The sacredness of hares and eggs at this time of the year lead back to second century C.E. (Common Era) in Europe. [...]
March 15th, 2011 PaganDad Hot Cross Buns
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp yeast
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
4 eggs
5 cup flour
1 1/3 cup currants or raisins
1 egg white
Glaze (you can use this one or your favorite)
1 1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 1/2 tsp. finely chopped lemon zest
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1-2 [...]
March 14th, 2011 PaganDad This time of the year many of us are going to be making colored eggs and if you use my natural dyes then you can eat those eggs. But what to do with the egg shells, well you can use them in your garden but I like the idea of making a mosaic from all [...]
March 13th, 2011 PaganDad I covered in an earlier post the building of a garden to draw the Faeries. So I figured today I would talk about crafts that you can do with your children to help with the drawing of the faeries and to decorate the garden
Some of the crafts that you can do are:
Windchimes
Mosaic Stepping Tiles
Bird Houses
Hummingbird [...]
March 10th, 2011 PaganDad Planting a Faery Garden
Whether you set aside part of your yard or just a corner of your porch or balcony. There are many options for you in what you can choose to plant. In addition to flowers and the such you should also consider adding a small fountain, low bird bath, waterfall or fishpond to [...]
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