Midwinter Spring is its own Season

[steepholm]

I know, Jack in the Green is a May Day figure. Indeed, I saw him last May, walking down the Gloucester Road...



... but in this strangely spring-like winter, rife with unseasonal daffodils and confused squirrels, Jack's a natural figure to mark the Solstice. Besides, "Jack in the Green" is a song as much about winter as spring.

(Oh, and Happy Birthday, Will.)

Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

They have a winter version of Jack in the Green in the fens, as seen at the Whittlesea Straw Bear festival, held on Plough Monday in January. But, yes, you're right that, weather-wise, it feels more like spring at the moment.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Why, and so they do! Thank you.