Gatherings at/near equinoxes and solstices to celebrate and cross quarter days between them...Candlemass, SPRING equinox, Easter, May Day, Summer solstice, Lammas, Autumnal Equinox, Samhain / Halloween, Winter solstice....  We dye goose eggs at spring equinox / winter solstice for easter baskets and holiday ornaments, wrap balsam into wreaths at winter solstice, swap seeds and seedlings at May day, tap maple trees at candlemass, pick strawberries and swap perennials for summer solstice and blueberries for Lammas.... Autumn Equinox finds us pressing apples into cider and milling tomatoes into soup.