rise and root

***

~*~*~*~



The Flame Haired Solstice Dreamer

Cold winter brings the Everfrost and jewels every tree
In a forest new as birth and old as old can be
A flame~haired dreamer wanders there and shelters from the wind
And spins her dreams around the trees to break the ties that bind
She takes her thread and spins anew and how the Greenwood smiles
As she spins a spell for freedom and for her spirit Wylde

The dreamer finds an ancient oak and shelters in his lee
In a forest new as birth and old as old can be
Tis summer now and birdsong weaves its magick through her spells
And humming bees drum drowsily in the foxglove's bells
The dreamer sits beneath the oak with yarn upon her knee
And spins and knits and weaves her dreams and sets her spirit free

***
"When birds fall from the sky and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people...shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds, who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. they will be known as the warriors of the Rainbow"

Hopi Prophecy

~yule~

well how was your yule?

i admit that this year i have really struggled, really, really struggled.
for weeks now i have had problems with insomnia, i fall asleep easily but find myself waking around 3-4am and more often than not i get up instead of staying in bed and trying to get back to sleep.
boxing day found me up at 1am, wide awake, knowing my family were going to arrive later that morning and i had to cook dinner for the five of us.

luckily i made it but i am feeling so run down and exhausted. as i am off on holiday with my sister next week i really need to get on top of this.

the weather here has been grey and damp for weeks now with only a day or two of sunshine, a few days ago i was able to get washing on the line and magpie and merlin had fun playing in the garden





i was given some new books for yule which i have started already...


my neighbour Calv sent round some lovely ginger biscuits


and this morning i had a nice chai latte


choosing incense



and finally meet 'Gibson' our 1999 VW T4...


we finally sold 'Pretty Pagan' for something considerably smalller, something more of a pocket rocket. 
because we have lilith our crazy little french folding caravan we no longer needed a big camper with all the bells and whistles



 unfortunately a week or two after bringing him home some low life broke in and stole every one of swampys tools and so the spare money we had to turn him into a day van went on replacing all the tools, then he broke down and more money had to go on his repairs.
because it involved taking a lot of the engine apart swampy decided to replace a lot of the parts with nice new ones. we finally had him repaired and with his MOT the friday before yule.

once i am back from my holiday we will be slowly working on the interior~nothing fussy, just a seat than turns into a bed and a unit for the 'kitchen'.


this morning swampy put a hook up my my alter to hang my shaman drum from...although i just realised that in the new year we will be moving things around in our living room and it will have to come down again anyway!


3 comments:

Yarrow said...

So sorry to read that your van was broken into, how awful!!!
I hope the New Year brings many happy days for you. Big hugs.x

Jopanofmanypets said...

I hate thieves. I'm sorry that happened to you. :( Hopefully things will be easier now that Christmas is over and everything can get back to normal. I might be going mad but I do feel like it smells like spring up here in Derbyshire. And just as the cold weather has arrived too. Confusingly.

I hope you have a lovely time on holiday with your sister.

Anonymous said...

First of all a very happy new year and I hope you are feeling better. I am new here and I love your blog ! Wonderful pictures.
Have a great day.

All things share the same breath~the beast, the tree, the man, the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.



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Johney Gaul~1915

Johney Gaul~1915
1890-17 september 1918~France