Yesterday my hibernaculum project ended for this year. It started on my birthday back in October and ended Easter Sunday. To mark the occasion I bought some alstroemeria (one of my favourite indoor flowers) and reduced the candles from twelve to three. The mice didn't need the warmth of the fire anymore so they went back to the mantle piece to say their prayers. Obviously there are other changes in the house but for me this was the symbolic transition.
But it leaves me a (minor) problem. What is the new period to be called? It's not summer yet and spring is partly over. Maybe it will be subdivided: it's over seven months long so that is a possibility.
Any ideas?
