~5 days of enchantment~day 5~

 

okay so i have a rather large gap here~there was no wifi at the field i was camped up in and so it has given me a week of 'mulling' for this post.

 

day 5 of jani's 5 days of enchantment brings us

 

 

creative essence

 

*sigh*

 

those words are just so perfect

 

 

 my credo

i love this and the words i wrote will become my mantra, i think i may even print them off and hang them in my work room to remind myself of this path.

so this is a manifesto for living, what my life is about.
i think if i put it here it is a statement of intent that will fly out into the world, be heard and come into fruition~to quote jean-luc picard

make it so


my credo is one of creativity, spirituality and living a 'true life'.
my focus will be on these, they will envelop my days, they will enhance my days.
my life will become more beautiful because of these things, more productive because of these things and

my

soul

will

sing!


 

 



~5 days of enchantment~day 4~

hello to day four (four? already?!)

 

of my blogalong with jani's

 

5 days of enchantment

 

and its

 

 water

 

i am so excited as water really is me...that's why i put it up in huge letters

 

of course by now you know i am an Aquarian (by the way i really am the Aquarian you read about in all those pages you find on the characters of Aquarians...in fact i could have written the book on being an Aquarian...honest.

 

anyway so fixed air sign but the water bearer is not all about water as we might think (depending on our source) but of duality and the cleansing power of water. i would delve into this deeper but we are off camping today and i really need to be getting dressed and finishing my packing but hey...this is important to me!

 

water...

although i do drink other things, water is always my first love~i always think how clean it is, how it really does symbolise a cleansing force in every way, for all of us animal species and pachamama too.

 

however for me showering and bathing is not an enjoyable experience...rest assured i do bathe/shower, i don't go around my daily life in a little cloud of grubby miasma like

pigpen

it is linked with my m.e/fibro that what should be a nice relaxing bath as suggested many times by swampy to help ease the pain only makes me feel incredibly unwell and so i always shower, which seems to take forever as i live in constant fear of having a dizzy spell or one of my regular stumbles and  brain myself on the sink as i fall out of the bath.

 

so my alternative ritual for bringing water into my daily life involves my sacred garden

i have a small pond with a waterfall which sits under my rowan which i adore. okay so it is a manmade structure but it is all aging nicely...i do love a nice bit of lichen! and the grass has grown right up to the edges so it now looks like some natural pool you would find in a forest glade.

 

then a few weeks ago when i started to work with the elements and creating areas for each i wanted some natural bowl to place in the west...well a trip down the tip (sorry...ahem...'recycling centre') with some green to be composted i found a large grey carved marble bowl...oh how perfect was that? i needed something and it was put in my path (this has happened quite a few times down the tip which is quite spooky...in a good way)

it now sits in the west where i refresh it with clean water every few days, while the old waters my garden.

 

 

now i really must get going and finish my packing as we have to be at the cattery at 10am...my heart is breaking at having to leave my kittens even for 6 days...i secretly kept hoping i would go down with a cold in order to stay home with them.

 

if i can get on wifi i will be writing day 5 tomorrow...if not i shall blog it when i am home but will try to post pictures from my playbook on the facebook group!

 

 

5 days of enchantment~day 3

...this post i will not be leaving in draft!

 

 

 

here we are at day 3 of day 5 with jani

 

and we have reached

 

fire

heat, warmth,

celebration,

 community, release, festival,

wheels

 

 

oh my but do i love a good fire, the best are ones lit outside and the burning is just leaves and wood~i so wish i could bottle the smell of wood smoke.

i shall tell you a little secret...if i am anywhere near a good old 'bombie' i make sure i stand in the smoke to absorb that smell and there are many nights when i go to bed smelling of wood smoke from my own little fire here in my garden...

 

one of my samhain fires

 

living here in the forest we get a lot of bonfires and if we are heading somewhere in pretty pagan and see wood smoke drifting across our path i quickly open the window to allow the smell in!

 

i think this love goes well with my being an air sign as the wood smoke moves on the drafts of air to reach me...

 

 



~5 days of enchantment~day 2~

 

here we are on day two of Jani's 5 days of enchantment

 

so

 

air

 

i think being an Aquarian~the water barer and an air sign, this is perfect for me.

 

as i sit here typing i have a cool breeze flowing over me from the open window behind me and bird song floating in that cool air.

usually i sit outside in my nook burning incense and often take photos of the smoke as it rises~i have a supply of Glastonbury bought incense like jani and adore it (there shall be much re-stocking next Tuesday when i am there again!) but i also burn nag champa, a lose blend made my friend tilli and sometimes my own blend.

 

i also burn it in my work room when i am working although with a closed door between me and the rest of the house as swampy is not overly keen (grrrr!)

 

Aquarius is a fix air sign, ruled by eccentric and unpredictable Uranus and hard working Saturn~i am all about thinking, focus, humanity and rebellion!

 

 

take three deep breaths...

 

everyday, first thing, preferably out in your garden!

 

i do this each morning in my garden (unless our rain makes me think monsoon has come to the new forest!) i love getting out there as early as possible and just 'being' enjoying the peace and birdsong...

 

 

 

 



~5 days of enchantment*day one~

 

today is day one of jani's mini e-course before the start of her everyday enchantment e-course (link to the left!) and i am very excited to be a part of it and blogging along with jani~its giving me a fizzy, positive feeling.

i have the playbook downloaded and hinting to swampy that i need the printer out of the cupboard so that i can print it out!

 

anyway today's blogalong is day one and all about the earth, pebbles and bare feet...grrrrrrrr...makes me feel all growly and perfect!

 

i love stones, i have them everywhere in my house and garden (and camper!) and when out i always come home with more in my pockets and /or bag.

 

this is my 'pebble'

 

a piece of flint i found while walking across the heathland a mile or so from this hobbit hole i call a home. i keep it in a small wooden bowl along with a few other pieces of importance on my 'altar' in our living room...it resonates with me because it makes me think of my ancestors. not just my near ancestors, those i have connected with back to the 1500's but the deeper ancestors going back millennia. its odd but i was watching a three part documentary this morning (i was awake very early!) about the origins of man and watching it i was feeling very...grrrrrrrr...thinking about deep sacred history.

the fact i found this near one of the bronze age barrows that are dotted around the village and the fact it almost resembles an arrow head or spear point makes this stone...important? is that the right word?

 

i love not wearing anything on my feet, it is a bit of a dodgy venture for me because of my diabetes but if i know what's underfoot its fine...like the end of our garden where i am slowly developing my sacred garden.

the grass is green and lush and i find joy in having the plants that some people call 'weeds' growing in it.

this is where i practice my yoga under the open sky

 



 

 it has a good vibration~when i dowsed it recently i found my garden is a mass of spirals that lead to this area that is surrounded by some of the trees from the ogham~rowan, oak, birch, holly, hawthorn. hazel and elder.

 

it grounds me totally and i can spend hours there, sitting on the edge of my 'sky deck' (perfect for watching the night sky) with my feet in the grass, doing nothing, just being.

 

as an air sign the earth helps ground me and connect the mind and body...

 

my earthy words...

 

soil~barrows~growing~wood~stone

 

grass~weeds~touch~smell~rain

 

flowers~rain~wind~earthing~dig

 

seed~roots~trees~bones~love

 

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if this is giving you that growly grrrr feeling just follow the link on the left and join us for an exciting journey!

 

 

 

 

~excited!~

 

i don't usually blog at this time of day...its usually my time to settle down to some food and crochet or reading but i am buzzing a bit today.

 

i finally got down to working with some Preseli Bluestone

 

and then registered for a free e-course with jani franck

my first ever e-course and i am feeling really excited about it.

 

i heard about it via a link from

the art house

on facebook

 and hope that in the next week i can register for the

creative journalling course that jani does.

 

calv and i were talking about it earlier and each time he talks about the art house i am determined that i will make it regular visit for me...its the kind of place i keep wishing were in our village...

in fact i am going to get swampy to take me there next week!!!