Just made a ride on my bicycle and the springtime makes riding a bike great🙂. A while ago, before the springweather actually was there, Dirkje made a beautiful poem about spring called : Goddess of Spring. Here it is: After freezing cold,
you're still here.
Many names, many shapes,
through the ages,
always there.
New life, sparkling green,
bright leaves, soft feathers.
Your breath is magic,
like the spark
flows through me,
in a joyful yes!

Dirkje

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A bit of Irish lore - As a young boy, the great warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill (pronounced Fee-un Mack Cool) was sent to live with the celebrated poet Finnegas. Fionn acted as an apprentice and learned from the old eccentric’s immense wisdom. The two settled along the banks of the beautiful River Boyne in Leinster.

One day Finnegas recounted the ancient tale of the bradán feasa (bra-dawn fassa), also known as the Salmon of Knowledge, to Fionn. The druids of old had told of a salmon that had eaten the nuts of the magical hazel trees that lined the bank of the river. In eating the nuts, the salmon had gained all the knowledge of the world. According to the druids, the one who ate the Salmon would gain all this knowledge for themselves.

Finnegas had spent years of his life by the edge of the river trying to catch the Salmon. After years of waiting, one-day Finnegas managed to catch the legendary fish. Without a second’s delay, he passed it into Fionn’s hands and ordered the boy to cook it but not to eat a single morsel. Ever obedient, Fionn did exactly as he was instructed.

After a while, Finnegas returned to the camp but the second he saw the expression in Fionn’s eye his heart sank. Finnegas asked the young boy if he had indulged in the forbidden fish. Fionn responded that while cooking the fish he had burned his finger and started sucking his thumb to ease the pain.

Disheartened, the old man instructed Fionn to eat all of the Salmon. However, upon finishing Fionn didn’t feel any wiser than before. Finnegas suggested that he try sucking his thumb again. Fionn did as he was told and the moment he placed his thumb in his mouth all the knowledge of the world rushed into his head.

It was this incredible knowledge and wisdom gained from the Salmon of Knowledge that allowed Fionn to become the leader of the Fianna, the famed heroes of Irish myth

Iduna, Iðunn

This apple is not forbidden,
if magic needs a spark,
because you are there,
when the blossom blooms.
You are there
when there is renewal,
for the young
and for the old.
Vital life, vital force,
golden eternity.

Lieve groet, Dirkje

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I rarely get personal, but here are some scenes from my personal past week.