Beltane is the second principal Celtic festival (apart from Samhain) and is the ancient date of the arrival of summer.  It was celebrated approximately halfway between the spring equinox and midsummer.

This will be a Celtic style ADF Rite, and will be at our outside Nemeton on the Quinet Mothers Land out on Route 27 at the Crawford/Venango County line (between Fauncetown Road and Lesh Road on the North side). Come dressed for the weather, and prepared for primitive facilities (the land has no electricity, running water, or structures). If you need a chair, please bring one along (we run out fast).

We will be honouring the Local Land and Nature spirits with our first
public high day rite since the snow covered the land. Pre-ritual
briefing will be at 3pm, and ritual to start at 3:30pm. A camp fire
style potluck will follow the rite.

For more information, contact us by phone on 814 406 9794 or by email at info@snowwatergrove.org

As Spring is the traditional time of rebirth and new beginnings, an offering was made of small slips of paper on which attendees wrote things they wished to move beyond in the coming year.
The omen was good, and consisted of a rune for the past, present, and future, and another was offered that encompassed all of them.  The runes drawn were sowilo,
ing, dagaz, and eihwaz, and the omen was judged to be good.  The Waters of Life were taken in the form of wine donated by a friend of the Grove.

Have you ever wished you’d known how to handle a wildlife emergency? A hawk hit by a car on a roadside? Ducklings stranded away from their mother?

This course will teach you when to intervene and when not to, and how to capture, handle, stabilize and transport injured birds. Sue DeArment, the licensed wildlife rehabilitator for Tamarack Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center, will teach the class. Tamarack seeks to train additional volunteers in these techniques in order to increase our capacity and to improve the outcomes for the many injured birds in our region. We also need help with phone coverage, and this course is required for assisting
with that as well.

When: Classes will be held on Tuesdays, March 6th ,13th , 20th  and
27th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
Where:  Edinboro City Hall, 124 Meadville St., Edinboro, PA, in the
Recreation Room located in the basement.

Cost: $25 for workbook and materials

More information: Call Tamarack at (814) 763-2574

How to register:  Please download the registration form, print and
fill out, then send to the address on the form with your registration
fee.

see the Website information at:
http://www.tamarackwildlife.org/2012/02/wildlife-first-responders-class.html
The link to the form is there to fill in.

If you would like any further information, by all means contact
Tamarack, or drop Grey an email at
Tamarack Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center is holding a
First Responders class.

When: Classes will be held on Tuesdays, March 6th ,13th , 20th  and
27th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
Where:  Edinboro City Hall, 124 Meadville St., Edinboro, PA, in the
Recreation Room located in the basement.

Cost: One off $25 for workbook and materials

From the event details:

Have you ever wished you’d known how to handle a wildlife emergency? A
hawk hit by a car on a
roadside? Ducklings stranded away from their mother?

This course will teach you when to intervene and when not to, and how
to capture, handle, stabilize
and transport injured birds. Sue DeArment, the licensed wildlife
rehabilitator for Tamarack Wildlife
Rehabilitation and Education Center, will teach the class. Tamarack
seeks to train additional volunteers
in these techniques in order to increase our capacity and to improve
the outcomes for the many injured
birds in our region. We also need help with phone coverage, and this
course is required for assisting
with that as well.

More information: Call Tamarack at (814) 763-2574

How to register:  Please download the registration form, print and
fill out, then send to the address on the form with your registration
fee.

see the Website information at:
http://www.tamarackwildlife.org/2012/02/wildlife-first-responders-class.html
The link to the form is there to fill in.

If you would like any further information, by all means contact
Tamarack, or drop me an email
Tamarack Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center is holding a
First Responders class.

When: Classes will be held on Tuesdays, March 6th ,13th , 20th  and
27th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
Where:  Edinboro City Hall, 124 Meadville St., Edinboro, PA, in the
Recreation Room located in the basement.

Cost: One off $25 for workbook and materials

From the event details:

Have you ever wished you’d known how to handle a wildlife emergency? A
hawk hit by a car on a
roadside? Ducklings stranded away from their mother?

This course will teach you when to intervene and when not to, and how
to capture, handle, stabilize
and transport injured birds. Sue DeArment, the licensed wildlife
rehabilitator for Tamarack Wildlife
Rehabilitation and Education Center, will teach the class. Tamarack
seeks to train additional volunteers
in these techniques in order to increase our capacity and to improve
the outcomes for the many injured
birds in our region. We also need help with phone coverage, and this
course is required for assisting
with that as well.

More information: Call Tamarack at (814) 763-2574

How to register:  Please download the registration form, print and
fill out, then send to the address on the form with your registration
fee.

see the Website information at:
http://www.tamarackwildlife.org/2012/02/wildlife-first-responders-class.html
The link to the form is there to fill in.

If you would like any further information, by all means contact
Tamarack, or drop me an email at gr3yw0lf@gmail.com

The omen was good, and was taken in the form of Ogham, and were asked for as wisdom given from Brighid for past, present, and future.  The Past was the Broom; Healing, and Tools, fashioned by us to help us move forward.  The Present was Silver Fir, Perserverence and Foresight- using the tools we have to work through the challenges facing us. And the Future was Willow, the quality of Flexibility- during those challenges, the Folk may flex and bend rather than break.

The Waters of Life were this time taken in the form of tea candles, for the Folk to take home and burn in their own hearths.

“Gifu, Laguz, Ingwaz

From the Ancestors, Gifu, A Gift for a Gift as is said. The art of
hospitality goes a long way, and can be both a gift of giving, as well
as receiving
From the Nature Spirits; Laguz; The primordial waters, those we tap into
during the two powers, the waters of earth mother herself. Strong and
powerful, but with respect will mean that we don’t get swept away with
its currents.
From the Shining Ones; Ingwaz; The primordial male powers, growth,
strength in connecting each persons force. bonded together, a force to
be reckoned with.

Using our gifts, gives us the balance of the primordial female and male
powers, in balance. A positive, good omen for Yule. Take the blessings
here, shine in these cold winter months, for there is power there.”

This will be a Celtic style ADF Rite, and will be indoors at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Meadville in the Parish House Living Room (the building to the left of the Sanctuary) located at:
346 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335,
(Directions available from:http://www.uumeadville.org/directions.htm)

We will honor the Ancestors, of Blood and Spirit, and the Final Harvest of the year.
A time to raise a glass to our Ancestors, as well as say goodbye to this year, and welcome the coming in of a new spiritual year.

Join us on this high day where we set a place at our table for all our Ancestors, and offer them praise for helping us be where we are right now, to show that we remember them, and to offer them blessings by saying we have not forgotten them and their teachings.

Pre-ritual briefing will be at 3pm, and ritual to start at 3:30pm. Potluck feast to follow, since this is an indoor rite, we will have access to the kitchen, so bring a dish to share.

We will be collecting non-perishable canned and boxed goods for the Salvation Army food pantry efforts in Meadville. Donations welcomed, which helps us pay for rental space during the winter time for us to provide open to the public rites.

If you have questions about the event, or need directions to the rite please contact us by phone on 814 406 9794 or email at info@snowwatergrove.org.

Bright Blessings,
~ Grey Whittney,
Senior Druid
Snow Water Grove, ADF
Web: www.snowwatergrove.org
Email: grey@snowwatergrove.org
Tel: (814) 406-9794

This will be a Norse style ADF Rite, and will be at our outside Nemeton on the Quinet Mothers Land out on Route 27 at the Crawford/Venango County line (between Fauncetown Road and Lesh Road on the North side). Come dressed for the weather, and prepared for primitive facilities (the land has no electricity, running water, or structures). If you need a chair, please bring one along (we run out fast).

We will be honoring the Goddess Nerthus as our Deity Of Occasion at this transition from summer to fall, as a prelude for the cold winter blowing in.

Join us on this high day where we shall see her safely to her winters’ rest, by song and praise.

Pre-ritual briefing will be at 3pm, and ritual to start at 3:30pm. A camp fire style potluck will follow the rite.

We will be collecting non-perishable canned and boxed goods for the Salvation Army food pantry efforts in Meadville. Donations welcomed, which helps us pay for rental space during the winter time for us to provide open to the public rites.

If you have questions about the event, or need directions to the rite please contact us by phone on 814 406 9794 or email at info@snowwatergrove.org.