Posted on August 28, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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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 August 1, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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Despite the rainy intervals, these gorgeous swifts managed to catch some respite during a sunny spell, drying themselves in Lugh’s light. I’m spending Lughnasadh, also the time of Lammas and the first harvest, camping with family near a farm in Skipton. We are enjoying… Continue Reading “Merry Lughnasadh “
Category: mythology, Nature, observation, pagan, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, birds, camping, Celtic, family, lammas, Lugh, lughnasadh, magic, nature, outdoors, pagan, rain, spirituality, summer, sun, travel, weather, wheel of the year, writing
Posted on July 24, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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Ah Lughnasadh! The height of summer, a time of fun and games, the rise of the competitive spirit and a time to truly honour our ancestors, just as Lugh honoured his mother at this time. I could smell it this morning; that sweetness in… Continue Reading “Online Lughnasadh Festival”
Category: education, followers, mental health, Nature, observation, pagan, poetry, seasons, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: blogging, blogs, books, celt, Celtic, disabilities, disability, lammas, lughnasadh, mabh savage, magic, magick, mental health, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, nature, Nimue Brown, occult, online festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, paganism, poem, poetry, prose, rachel patterson, seasons, spirituality, Witchcraft, writing
Posted on July 19, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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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
Posted on July 3, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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Meet Big Jim the chilli! That’s the actual name of this variety. I haven’t tried the peppers yet as this is the first. They smell sweet as opposed to fiery, but taste will tell! I haven’t grown too many plants this year what with… Continue Reading “Big Jim!”
Category: cooking, gardening, Nature, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: big jim, chilli, chillies, gardening, monday blogs, monday Motivation, mondayblogs, nature, pepper, peppers, plants
Posted on March 25, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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Category: Nature, seasons, UncategorizedTags: birds, nature, outdoors, seasons, spring, springtime, sunshine, weather, yorkshire
Posted on February 2, 2017
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Category: mythology, Nature, observation, pagan, seasons, society, Uncategorized, WitchcraftTags: aos sidhe, butter, Celtic, Imbolc, imbolg, magic, milk, Oimelc, pagan, religion, seasons, sidhe, spirituality, spring
Posted on January 31, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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I was looking back through some old posts and was delighted with the flowers and offerings I photographed in 2014, so here they are again. How will you be celebrating the coming spring?
Category: followers, gardening, Nature, observation, pagan, seasons, society, UncategorizedTags: flowers, Imbolc, imbolg, nature, Oimelc, pagan, photography, religion, seasons, spirituality, spring, springtime, tumblr, worship
Posted on January 13, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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Here is my ‘To Read’ or ‘To Read Again’ list for 2017. A Mystic Guide to Cleansing and Clearing by David Salisbury. I’ve read this already but am looking forward to revisiting some of the chapters when I have a bit of a clear out… Continue Reading “Friday Reads”
Category: childhood, education, gardening, history, mythology, Nature, pagan, prose, seasons, Uncategorized, Witchcraft, writingTags: birds, books, Celtic, David Salisbury, Elen Sentier, folklore, Friday, friday reads, fridayreads, herbalism, herbs, Irish, Legend, magic, magick, Mandrake, merlin, Morgan Daimler, mythology, Neil gaiman, Niall mac Coitir, norse, norse mythology, occult, pagan, paganism, parenting, plants, Reads, roald dahl, terry pratchett, Wolfsbane
Posted on January 9, 2017
by Mabh Savage
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Currently I’m researching bird related myths and legends, in an attempt to create a volume all about birds and their magical correspondences. This weekend, I had the strangest dream, undoubtedly inspired by my forays into feathered folklore. I had been rooting in bins for… Continue Reading “Bacon in the Desert”
Category: mythology, pagan, prose, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: bacon, birds, books, crows, desert, dreams, jackdaws, monday, monday blogs, mondayblogs, mondays, nature, outdoors, pagan
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