💛Primroses and playfulness🦁

...plus some musings on fake urgency

Stonecrop in dry stone wall

Dear friend,

Thank you for opening the second of July’s Moontime Musings newsletters. This one is landing with you at a time when I know that those of you who work in school or care for children in school will be very busy as the summer term comes to a close and the 6 week holidays (here in England) are upon us. This usually signals the end of the Summer weather here in the U.K and prompts the start of a rainy spell, yet the optimist in me is hoping that we’ve now had all the rain we were due earlier on in July and now we can enjoy some more stable, sunny weather. In this edition I re-share info on how you can shape the future offerings of my small business - Foxfire Learning - as well as musings on the Delta Aquariids meteor shower, Evening Primrose, last night’s Capricorn Full Moon (the second of the year) and Leo season.

But first, here are some seasonal dates to wind down July and ease you into August:

23 July: Sun moves into Leo

24 July: Start of Love Parks Week

27 July: Start of National Marine Week

30 July: Height of Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower

31 July: Plastic Free July ends

1 August: Lammas/Lughnasadh (Pagan)

4 August: New Grain Moon in Leo 12:13 BST

As mentioned above, I’d love to hear your thoughts about what you like most about Foxfire Learning’s existing offerings as well as any suggestions for how they can evolve moving forwards. We’re now over the halfway point between two festivals in the Wheel of the Year: Litha (21 June) and Lammas or Lughnasadh (1 August), so this feels like an apt time to reflect and gather feedback.

If you can spare less than 5 minutes to answer the 8 questions in this survey I’d be ever so grateful.

💛Evening Primrose

In the first edition of July’s Moontime Musings I shared some musings of the much-loved Oxeye Daisy, also known as Moonpenny (catch up below).

🍯Honeysuckle and Hawk Moths🦋

In this edition I’d love to share some musings on a beautiful flower who I only became acquainted with in person a few years ago: Evening Primrose. Similar to the reason why Oxeye Daisy is also known as Moonpenny, Evening Primrose has a similarly beautiful nocturnal folk name: