Natural tidbit for the woodsmen.

The next few days leading up to this Winter Solstice New Moon
Are the ideal time for harvesting wood.  Its known as "Moonwood".
Because the energies are drawn into the Earth, and tree sap and moisture;  logs will weigh significantly less, and dry quicker.

In studies, the grain itself is actually tighter, because the moisture isnt taking up any room.  You will end up with more dense boards from any milling.

Even if you're just harvesting firewood, the New Moon is the time, and this is the best one.
I learned this first from old-time Oregon loggers, and there are Germans who have studied this folk knowledge quite a bit, in the modern day.

Apple Pruning - February 2023

Apple Series 1 - Viewing tree and objectives. Setting Climbing Rope through Friction Saver

Latvian folk song praising oak trees & the summer solstice (Jāņi):
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Oak tree, oak tree (sway, sway)
Your big thickness (sway, sway)
Three days sun runs (sway sway)
Couldn't run around (sway, sway)

Oak tree, oak tree (sway, sway)
Your big fullness (sway, sway)
Three days partridge runs (sway, sway)
Couldn't run around (sway, sway)

Oak tree, oak tree (sway, sway)
Your big greatness (sway, sway)
Girls come singing (sway, sway)
To break branches for wreaths (sway, sway)

Oak tree, oak tree (sway, sway)
Your big old age (sway, sway)
I was born, found you (sway, sway)
I will die, you will stay (sway, sway)

Come, Jānis kids (sway, sway)
Under full oak tree (sway, sway)
There's Jānis place of honor (sway, sway)
Under full oak tree (sway, sway)

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