Autumn-spring – a great time of year!

"Where flowers bloom so does hope ... "
Lady Bird Johnson

We hope you are enjoying the wonderful autumn weather we’re having at the moment. And we are all looking forward to the Easter weekend when many Australians go to church, get together with friends and eat the customary foods for that time of year.

Of course in most of your home countries your friends are enjoying spring after what has been for many people a long cold winter! We searched the internet to find out if there were any festivals associated with spring in the northern hemisphere and were amazed at how many celebrations we found. Here are just a few…

The Prague Spring International Music Festival in Czechoslovakia.

The Annual International Spring Festival and the Festival of world class music in Newbury both in the USA.

The Baltic Spring Festivals in Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia

The Beijing International Kite Festival

The International Spring Festival in Peru

The Annual Spring Film Festival in Hawaii

An International Buddhist Festival – the Kadampa Festival

The 'Spring Festival' in Kuwait

Spring Festivals in India

Soonchunhyang spring festival in Korea

And we wondered what YOU usually do around this time of year when you are celebrating at home? Please tell us a few of YOUR stories.

Regards

The Blog Team