Posted on May 3, 2020
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Come and join us today for videos, games, music and more! All from the comfort and safety of your own home. Plus there will be something new in this event every day until the summer solstice!
Category: gardening, health, mental health, paganTags: Beltane, Coronavirus, covid-19, events from home, gardening, health, lockdown, magic, mental health, nature, online events, outdoors, pagan, pagan events from home, pagan federation, paganism, PF online garden, quarantine, religion, seasons, spirituality, spring, stay safe, summer solstice, weather, Witchcraft
Posted on April 5, 2020
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Just a few of the things in my garden right now.
Category: gardening, Nature, observation, UncategorizedTags: garden, gardening, herbalism, herbs, mint, nature, outdoors, photography, plants, rosemary
Posted on April 3, 2020
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A witch of the wind I’ve always been Smelling out the change in seasons Through the breaths between the words The inhale before each breeze Which leaves a blossom scented stillness Or in autumn, the petrichor of rotting leaves and rain Or in winter,… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 2: Something Changed”
Category: environment, gardening, Nature, pagan, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: autumn, bees, gardening, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, spring, weather, wind, winter, witch, Witchcraft, writing
Posted on March 3, 2020
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Drying out rose petals from an almost dead bouquet in a single layer. Once dried, they’ll be kept in an airtight jar or displayed in a pretty bowl- like this one! Can anyone identify the other two flowers already drying out in there?
Category: education, gardening, Nature, pagan, Uncategorized, WitchcraftTags: aroma, aromatherapy, beautiful homes, color, colour, flowers, fragrance, how to dry flowers, rose, roses, Tuesday, Tuesday tips, witch, Witchcraft, witchy things
Posted on December 18, 2018
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Posted on December 15, 2018
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I often find myself distracted in the kitchen. I’m supposed to be jamming. Making jam, not music. But the pigeons coo, the great tits see-saw whistle, the blue tits chatter and the wrens scold, their huge voices belying their tiny bodies. My feelings war… Continue Reading “Distracted by the Birds”
Category: childhood, cooking, gardening, mental health, Nature, observation, parenting, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: birds, garden, holidays, jam, nature, self care, Solstice, yule
Posted on May 10, 2018
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Posted on April 20, 2018
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He says Chemical Fresh My eyes widen What a term A germ Of genius Genuine wonder At spring’s youth We blunder Through each day Crazy and way Out of line But smell that Chemical wonder Tear me asunder With laughter Tears And pollen.
Category: childhood, gardening, Nature, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: childhood, children, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, kids, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, nature, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, spring, writing
Posted on August 28, 2017
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Yes, it’s a blatant take on GoT’s signature slogan, but the drama of winter is a way off (we hope) and I’m loving browsing Pinterest and Tumblr and seeing how excited folks are getting about fall, Halloween and Samhain. The primary colour is orange,… Continue Reading “Autumn is coming…”
Category: childhood, gardening, Nature, parenting, seasons, UncategorizedTags: autumn, blackberries, blogs, Brambles, childhood, fall, food, foraging, fruit, fungi, halloween, monday, monday blogs, monday Motivation, mondayblogs, nature, November, orange, outdoors, pagan, parenting, samhain, summer, writing
Posted on July 19, 2017
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I’m writing about Self Heal, prunella vulgaris, for next month’s Pagan Pages. I’m lucky enough to have some of the herb crawling over my lawn, and was even luckier to get this lovely visitor when I popped out to get some photos:
Category: gardening, Nature, observation, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: bee, bees, gardens, herbalism, herbs, insects, nature, outdoors, photography, plants, Self Heal, wildlife, wildlife photography, writing