Showing posts with label bonfires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bonfires. Show all posts

Monday, November 5, 2018

Our World: Bonfire Night Edition

5 November is Bonfire Night (or Guy Fawkes Night) in the UK. But here in Sweden (where I now live), it's just another day...

It is time to celebrate November: a time when birds fly in the sky like fluttering leaves.


Monday, May 1, 2017

Our World: It's-May-already Edition

Welcome to May! The last day in April is Walpurgis Eve in Sweden - an ancient tradition where Swedes have bonfires (to get rid of evil spirits in the olden days) and to welcome in spring. It's usually very cold in the evenings still, but the days are warming up!