Labours of the Months - 2025

Historically, the Labours of the Month were basically pastoral scenes of what folks were doing that month, accompanied by some zodiac signs. They're very fun stuff and the content of how May was for hawking and courtly love says a good bit about the priorities of the people a set of schemes were for, and what life was for them. Something I noticed while reading about Labours of the Month is how there were months that were more about ease, because it's not all planting and harvesting.

I got thinking on that a bit and was like "what would the Labours of the Month be for my queer little west coast set, then?" And this is the result.

Each month took a pride flag as an inspiration for character colours and story. Rather than the zodiac signs, I decided to use the birth month flowers, their mismatch with month and blooming season almost as a contrast to the local plants I put in the illustrations themselves. The landscape view is one I see every day of the San Gabriel mountains, watching them change in the light of each season has been a joy for years now.

You've two options! 

• $0+ gets you the Small Labours set. These are 1800x1200 pixel sized calendar months, a nice little size for devices or whatever. (zip, 13 total files)
• $2 gets you the Printable Labours set. These are larger (10.5"x7" at 300 dpi) and also include 5"x7" files for the monthly illustrations on their own. Nice and printable! (zip, 25 total files)

Each version has the same Read Me text file that gives more information on the activities shown in each month, and a detailed image description.