and to all a healthy and happy new year. We are shooting for at least 10 pm this year before lights out!
It would be too long to tell you how I found this, but to me it looks like a nice picture of the winter solstice for those who, like me, like plants and art... ;-) Lots of symbolic pictures, some are easy to decypher and interpret, but wha the letters mean, I dinna ken... Apparently, this "Friendly Society" is now inactive though I'm pretty sure that some of ots membres are still active in other "Friendly Societies" that are less "operative" but maybe more philosohical in the 21st century. I found these pages : HistoryShelf.org :: the Free Gardeners Home Alain, 6 Nivôse An CCXXXI
