In case you missed the Convivio Dispatch announcement on the First of the month about the August Book of Days calendar, well, here it is on the Convivio Book of Days Blog: The newest edition of the ongoing Convivio Book of Days calendar project is now available at our website. This month’s Book of Days calendar focuses on the traditions of Obon, which is one of the major summertime festivals in Japan. Thanks to the Morikami Museum in western Delray Beach, we here in South Florida get an annual immersion into this old celebration.
With August, summer matures and already is waning, heading toward fall. And by traditional reckoning of time, with the arrival of Lammas on the First of August, we have actually crossed over into autumn. We are headed for the equinox in September, approaching once again a time of balance of sunlight and darkness.
Here’s that link once more:
http://www.conviviobookworks.com/Images/August2014.pdf
The monthly Book of Days calendar is a printable PDF document. It’s designed to print nicely on standard letter size paper in the US (8.5″ x 11″). Think of it as a good companion piece to the Book of Days Blog.
Image: Lanterns in the nighttime sky at Obon at the Morikami.
The calendar looks great.
So informative yet a little depressing as I’m not yet ready for fall. Here in Milwaukee we’ve had beautiful days but nothing remotely like summer..G
What a lovely piece of work. Thank you!