Posted on July 4, 2020
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I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 48 hours being super anxious about lockdown easing. Relaxing the lockdown restrictions is great for those businesses that need to get going again and people’s livelihoods, and more importantly people’s mental health which will be… Continue Reading “Super Saturday”
Category: childhood, parenting, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, flowers, fruit, health, kids, lockdown, lockdown easing, mental health, nature, nature photography, outdoors, parenting, photography, quarantine, super Saturday, 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 April 25, 2019
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No real use for these He sighs And plucks the flower Now endangered But because his land Is full of them He won’t believe It’s true A weed to him Plant based vermin Taking over Invasive He is unwilling to see He is lucky… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 18: No Real Use”
Category: Nature, observation, poetry, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: environment, flowers, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, nature, outdoors, plants, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, sustainability, thursday, Thursday thoughts, writing
Posted on December 13, 2018
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We’ve not got much money this year so we’re finding new (old) ways to make the place look festive! Big thanks to Leeds Real Junk Food Project Sharehouse for rescuing flowers that were going to be thrown away by supermarkets. We got two lovely… Continue Reading “Solstice Decorating”
Category: art, childhood, parenting, seasons, society, UncategorizedTags: candles, decorating, decorations, festive decorating, flowers, jars, Leeds, pagan, pine cones, real junk food project, sharehouse, Solstice, upcycling, winter, yule
Posted on May 14, 2018
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What a lovely weekend. I was honoured to be a part of the Online Beltane Music Festival, run by the Pagan Federation Disabilities Team, and really enjoyed seeing the other speakers and performers and interacting with the guests. For those who can’t get out… Continue Reading “A Day in the Woods”
Category: health, mental health, Music, Nature, pagan, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: disabilities, flowers, health, hiking, Leeds, mental health, monday blogs, nature, nature walk, Online Beltane Music Festival, outdoors, pagan, pagan federation, photography, post hill, pudsey, Robert Frost, spring, stream, summer, trees, walking, woods, writing, yorkshire
Posted on May 10, 2018
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Posted on April 28, 2018
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Waves of pleasure Olfactory lust Nasal pollination Vernal must Musky, heady Trance inducing Moving, ready, Rain drops sluicing Founts of heaven Sensation heavy Petrichor bomb Blossom so heady The smell of spring The scented air The cherry, apple Plum and pear Hawthorn coming Spikes… Continue Reading “Blossom”
Category: Nature, poetry, seasons, Uncategorized, writingTags: animals, blossom, flowers, gardening, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2018, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2018, nature, outdoors, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, seasons, spring, writing
Posted on June 20, 2017
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As this was growing, prior to flowering, it looked exactly like a gladioli. Not so much now it has flowered! I love having mystery plants move into my garden. We had some cyclamen pop up from nowhere last year. Magical!
Posted on April 23, 2017
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I’m languishing in bed feeling sorry for myself at the moment, however at the start of the Easter break I did manage to get out and about a bit. Nathan and I had a lovely walk to our local town, via the woods that… Continue Reading “Spring Treasure”
Category: childhood, Nature, observation, society, writingTags: animals, childhood, days out, flowers, ladybirds, Leeds, nature, outdoors, parenting, plants, pudsey, school holidays, yorkshire
Posted on January 31, 2017
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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
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