~change~

its that time of year again

there is something about sitting on the cusp of the dark months that i love so much

the autumn equinox is only a short hop, skip and jump away

 

for some weeks now i have had the feeling deep inside of the change that is to come.

 

there has been the smallest change in the air, the way the air feels around me, in the forest itself.

 

out walking flynt the heat has not diminished in any way, its still the heat of summer, there is just something...a something that is hard to really put into words but if you feel it too you will know.

 

i love the dark months,

i adore nights of wild weather, where i sit here all cosy and listen to the wind and rain.

 

although the dark months are a time to withdraw, to look inwards i feel energised by the dark days and i can feel so many ideas and plans tumble through my mind.

 

its also a good time to focus once more on my path, as usual, during the lighter months other things take to the fore and my soul journey always seems to fade with the increased light.

 

i think the darkness helps me focus more

 

there is so much i want to do, i was chatting with calv about it the other day

 

banjo practise

needle felting

try my hand at wet felting

lots of books to read

crochet projects

focus more on my soul journey

jewellery making

 

we both talked about making up a daily timetable to ensure it all gets done!

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next day...

today has started grey and dark.
i woke and was unable to get back to sleep so was up making my mug of tea by 7.30.
yesterday i did a little gardening

i cut back some plants, swept the patio, stacked my small pile of logs for my cauldron and moved my little 'sleeper' table. then i sat for a while burning some original Tibetan healing incense while writing in my journal.

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today is a 'pyjama' day-the kind of day where i don't actually dress properly.
on a pj day you wear something that would be comfortable to sleep in if you happen to fall asleep on the sofa, or lie on the bed to read then by some chance fall asleep on the bed.

not that i am planning a nap today as i promised to cook swampy a roast dinner-a rare event in this house i can tell you.

i keep having the urge to de-clutter and tidy our small front room.
at the moment the grrl-cave is on hold and swampy is considering putting decking down on the platform for the cave for now...i admit having a small area of decking would make my poi practise much easier!

i am contemplating turning our front room into my grrl-cave for now.
at the moment 'evangeline' is in there and two whole walls are used for storage-well now, you know that 'man' thing where they just put things on the nearest available surface and that means its tidy and out of the way (but actually is not?!) that's what we have a surfeit of in the front room!
stuff gets put down and forgot about (while my stuff in the kitchen is always commented on...'you do not need another mug!')
so next week i am going to buy some decorated storage boxes and pack 'stuff' away and start to get the room tidy. i have already measured my desk and found it will fit under the window.
my biggest problem is storing evangeline and the 1960's kitchen unit that belonged to my parents when they married.
swampy and i took it on and restored it when we lived in dorset and had a kitchen that had no units (just a sink, rayburn and walk in pantry) and because it was my parents i don't have the heart to sell it.
so until the grrl-cave is in then i will have to just keep it in the 'temporary' cave.
i have the idea of using it to store all my yarn, needle felting equipment etc.

how do you solve your storage problems?!