New TriForce Circle in Common Area

Taking advantage of the lull in the severe weather, I laid out the TriForce circle in the common worship area this morning. (See photos below.)  The circle is approx. 18 feet across with a double stone border and a large triangle pointing north and a smaller one inside the larger one pointing south.

In antiquity, triangles were conceived by the ancients to explain the secret order of the cosmos. Ancient Pagans believed that triangles symbolically revealed that three spirits were brought down into the geographical or the worldly realm. Note that using a triangle within a triangle produces 5 triangles - the 4 elements and the "Daleth" or door. And no, I don't want to hear about "Zelda."  I found this specific design in a very very old book on Paganism, published a couple of hundred years before "Zelda" was even a bit, a byte, or a computer game.

I also treated the common area, Druid Area, and Oakshade Sanctuary area with Maxide this morning. Once we get a good rain it will bind with the soil and the worship areas will be bug free for the rest of the year.  If anyone wants to come for an hour or so after work or on a weekend to help finish laying the stones for the TriForce circle, the help would be most appreciated. Enjoy the photos.

Overlay of design

This is the design of the Triforce Circle

More Bloomin' Upgrades

Flowers and plants are still coming up at MWW.  We have also put in a fountain and will be laying down a plastic barrier and spreading smooth river stone around the fountain area. We have also made a stone and mortar planter which we will probably be filling with "pinks" of many varieties.  Below are some photos of some of the newbies around MWW.  We have a workday scheduled for this coming Saturday from 10am - 4pm.  Hopefully we can get a lot more done this weekend.

A rare sight on the far right - a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. This particular bird is usually found in Southern Canada and more rarely in the Eastern to Midwest America.  Missouri is on the extreme outer fringe of their natural range. They winter in the West Indies, Mexico and NW South America. This is a male. We have seen several of these already this year.

A standard Pink Dianthus barbatus

A standard White Dianthus barbatus

The Peonies just opened this morning for the first time this year.

This is one of the flowering Ninebark trees that we planted last year. We planted 25 more this year and already one of the new ones has flowers. They grow fairly rapidly and will make an excellent border along the NorthWest fenceline.

Lavender and Purple Iris

Standard Mixed Color Dianthus barbatus

Red Climber Rose

The new shade garden with fountain

Closeup of the new fountain with Sedum, Dusty Miller, and Dianthus plumarius

 

Mixed Dianthus plumarius