If you, like me, a balcony or a garden, you may have noticed this week, while time has not softened (the opposite!), a multitude of small fresh green shoots that link them straight nose skyward.
I did not fail to be struck, when I made that comment, by a coincidence singular, but far from coincidental. You know I live with my students to the rhythm of the Roman calendar (see http://cheminsantiques.blogspot.com/2010/11/halloween-chez-les-romains.html ). But precisely, this week, January 24 to 31, the Romans celebrated the Paganalia , a festival of sowing to protect the tender shoots that point in January, with sacrifice to Tellus, the goddess of the Earth and Ceres, the goddess of agriculture. And February 7, a week later, was regarded by them as the first day of spring, for the same reasons.
So you have a thought for the Romans, this weekend, making inspection of your flower ...
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And still ...
Remember the Festival of Latin and Greek from March 17 to 19.
http://www.festival-latin-grec.eu/
(tab "Program 2011" to see the program, under "Reservations" to reserve)
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