tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48190531857943993032024-03-18T15:57:03.710-04:00Fairy Cottage and Garden..... Re- Enchanted Life of a Domestic Mysticfée maison et le jardin
re-enchante de vie d'une mystique domestiqueLady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-40543321637739592862023-01-26T14:20:00.008-05:002023-02-14T08:01:36.298-05:00House Update, What Christmas Looked Like<p>Hello friends.</p><p>I hope this finds you well and stable, in a world gone mad. </p><p>I'm not going to talk much about my life, thoughts, feelings etc because we each have our own and the world is flooded with such a variety, that it is hard to find those who are in the same boat as ourselves. Our experiences are so unique, and some are bizarre, and that makes things even more difficult to share. So I am just going to post pics, and show the home I remain in comfort in. I have it set up to be comfortable, efficient, and beautiful so that I don't feel a need to go anywhere. And I don't. Its working for me. <br /></p><p>I tend to stay home all the time now and I am fine with it. </p><p>The summers have taught me I can't go out as I get heat exhaustion within 5 minutes now which requires 2 days of recovering, so after 4 years of this, I no longer fight it. I just stay in. Its ok. </p><p>Winters are ok except for the frosts which kill what was green until then. It looks bleak. I am not used to that. Keeping my trees alive is a tension filled season, especially my peach trees which can produce the sweetest peaches I ever had. So far no blooms with several frosts.<br /></p><p>I am going to just post some pics as a few friends have asked me. </p><p>As I create this post I am listening to this, if you feel like listening:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1w6G37k8kv0" width="320" youtube-src-id="1w6G37k8kv0"></iframe></div><br /><br /> <br /><p></p><p>I am getting more reticent to "decorate" as time goes on, but I did feel like it this year, only a little bit and only nature themed.....like trees, greenery and a little sparkle. Lots of twinkle lights, most I keep up all year around, because they are just delightful.</p><p>I do not have a pic for this, but one thing I did this Christmas year is something I've always wanted to do, in a house of my own, was to have a candle lit in every window of the house. This is for those who see the house, the candles give a sense of welcome and warmth, and comfort for the weary of soul, and tired. I could not see them myself at night, but those who did see them, I hope got the sense of welcome and warmth the candles symbolize. I used battery operated ones that go on at the same time every day on their own. Such a pleasure.<br /></p><p></p><p>I will post pics and comment above them. I am sorry for the many blurry pics. I kept trying to get clear ones, but I got tired of it. Either my hands shake or the camera is moody. But you will get the gist.</p><p></p><p>Below I needed to reorganize my bathroom countertop as I didn't want it
coming to the edge with things and I wanted to use the vertical space. I
got a 2 tier organizer and painted it white and restocked my things and
added $ tree fairy lights and little vase of flowers. Such a relief to
have things organized, pretty, functioning with ease and efficiency. The
upper tier holds peroxide, my homemade herbal mouthwash, cotton pads,
flowers, brush and paste. 2nd tier holds witch hazel, alcohol, my
homemade tooth powder, homemade face cleansing pads, sponge to clean
sink, and water glass. I stuck in a little white bottle brush tree with sparkles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFmWsaBxGnCo467bwaGqs4tCPrfcJzu2-vlBx5PM6IjCsW23QxMrx9S_UDwvjHCytluHlefYFb7GG5dZAnJyTLCtbLPadfSlcsijRqJbFe50K8-TXhAKRMDfzJVY2gAZDuven47oo2EwCj7UvuB3A050fvQqz8882QiV4JJLGv7d2u3Tz-_AcKie5/s1600/DSCF3931.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFmWsaBxGnCo467bwaGqs4tCPrfcJzu2-vlBx5PM6IjCsW23QxMrx9S_UDwvjHCytluHlefYFb7GG5dZAnJyTLCtbLPadfSlcsijRqJbFe50K8-TXhAKRMDfzJVY2gAZDuven47oo2EwCj7UvuB3A050fvQqz8882QiV4JJLGv7d2u3Tz-_AcKie5/w510-h383/DSCF3931.JPG" width="510" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrHJYR8Trqkq5lN7C4Fzhyllm7AEvDt3nuvzm8oTWxGDsuHMoVSwbAbHhf6h-vPuN1TYiNA5QObB42XIarHjgtQVNOHExYx0-2cs7mDPS7maO81xU1FKrfpzFhZOmGD102RZJSiuidmEzzTKZUoICEQoY4EQ3mmXcB0vgLYKnuXtQZFJGl2kvQA_O/s1600/DSCF3933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrHJYR8Trqkq5lN7C4Fzhyllm7AEvDt3nuvzm8oTWxGDsuHMoVSwbAbHhf6h-vPuN1TYiNA5QObB42XIarHjgtQVNOHExYx0-2cs7mDPS7maO81xU1FKrfpzFhZOmGD102RZJSiuidmEzzTKZUoICEQoY4EQ3mmXcB0vgLYKnuXtQZFJGl2kvQA_O/w504-h378/DSCF3933.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Below is the kitchen table. I keep the center glass jar with a candle
all year, but for Christmas all I could see were flowers around it. I
bought a set of 10 vintage bud vases and filled them with flowers and
added white bottle brush trees, deer and fairy lights that go on at the
same time every day. Love that.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHGWYMkCO-OlUaLaWjC4yGMC_E8mz8QGdBewAqgdtn98EcEdiPC0TncDGUMY75hvVpfGMqEFzJss35G6x237aTeGOkVXIaLpf2Pi8LCYH4dwklKvDFMabBdVDCmK5ixpoqwKbNJoV_AX3jY7ao-H8zwc6S4JwIj2u7tmDZ7WpwqQqZV9OFJhLLNVU/s1600/DSCF3957.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHGWYMkCO-OlUaLaWjC4yGMC_E8mz8QGdBewAqgdtn98EcEdiPC0TncDGUMY75hvVpfGMqEFzJss35G6x237aTeGOkVXIaLpf2Pi8LCYH4dwklKvDFMabBdVDCmK5ixpoqwKbNJoV_AX3jY7ao-H8zwc6S4JwIj2u7tmDZ7WpwqQqZV9OFJhLLNVU/w640-h480/DSCF3957.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HGNRSLJMCnmEDNxb0QnRVsaWYNmtajokGjiLs2T7KBCcTCRAlZuasxHQgLX6k32OWTiLrTAUrfKXMFpnyhdDtjzMSw14P3cOTgltfJZvcj05tAeF9LqHQ9gB3e7UB93mStzIFuJi0nhIJzBQLp6u20CXmSjLvXczLrgMATKbOH21HmEMrN3blc1f/s2048/DSCF3995.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HGNRSLJMCnmEDNxb0QnRVsaWYNmtajokGjiLs2T7KBCcTCRAlZuasxHQgLX6k32OWTiLrTAUrfKXMFpnyhdDtjzMSw14P3cOTgltfJZvcj05tAeF9LqHQ9gB3e7UB93mStzIFuJi0nhIJzBQLp6u20CXmSjLvXczLrgMATKbOH21HmEMrN3blc1f/w640-h480/DSCF3995.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Below is the 4 foot flocked tree. I only added another strand of soft twinkling lights, icicles, and champagne and silver ornaments. Gentle.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyY7nrVLr3ImRNZBslKOfkMXShWFBAkeUenDx0DRQGTyrdTyzoqsBVKJmJIvsYuwqIvfnsLI3CeZe8jgnBSeK0384HpcruyqQHhE67vL8Y4xpHw5KuEvRJmq_Q6RfSv7H1rcjan7D0Dsug-TUNkpDkJiUaFLLMaIMTaz_5tNsHOyFn3PpbitkuDjB/s1600/DSCF3965.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyY7nrVLr3ImRNZBslKOfkMXShWFBAkeUenDx0DRQGTyrdTyzoqsBVKJmJIvsYuwqIvfnsLI3CeZe8jgnBSeK0384HpcruyqQHhE67vL8Y4xpHw5KuEvRJmq_Q6RfSv7H1rcjan7D0Dsug-TUNkpDkJiUaFLLMaIMTaz_5tNsHOyFn3PpbitkuDjB/w640-h480/DSCF3965.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIMceVtI_MLIOE9xMrHqPnfjGJMX46iSYIZqnzRR51_OQ9wq_9UXlf2gj8aJ5klI9AuEHUK9EKOjqkO7mpU-fUUXdHGZeesmsmMgqnM9KUdVCzxFcZyUhdD7jF5U_PGEkgmqB08XUkvCItDb7zy8WfOOIptEj-iahu18rd8YYXSWFqfYyQsVWD-42/s1600/DSCF3968.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIMceVtI_MLIOE9xMrHqPnfjGJMX46iSYIZqnzRR51_OQ9wq_9UXlf2gj8aJ5klI9AuEHUK9EKOjqkO7mpU-fUUXdHGZeesmsmMgqnM9KUdVCzxFcZyUhdD7jF5U_PGEkgmqB08XUkvCItDb7zy8WfOOIptEj-iahu18rd8YYXSWFqfYyQsVWD-42/w480-h640/DSCF3968.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the fireplace. I should have lit the candles but didn't think of it. I just went around the house taking pics as things were.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYUKRvpGAPtdEIOzRkP4ys8PdfB_xleNBTBtICIfCtBI-oBMNidKUPuDU0hPhJ6opq2ptbA2bE1Zq5526BWhFssyoWQGjVN3sRqgY_nFl4t7kWTutwgKUofLUiLZ67xf9u5nqQODRXFHOMFpDAa6PSsCMDTu8QCqPqf0oPCjENq3BIxNNQLcXS8ag/s2048/DSCF4059.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYUKRvpGAPtdEIOzRkP4ys8PdfB_xleNBTBtICIfCtBI-oBMNidKUPuDU0hPhJ6opq2ptbA2bE1Zq5526BWhFssyoWQGjVN3sRqgY_nFl4t7kWTutwgKUofLUiLZ67xf9u5nqQODRXFHOMFpDAa6PSsCMDTu8QCqPqf0oPCjENq3BIxNNQLcXS8ag/w480-h640/DSCF4059.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the laundry room. I can call it a room as it has a door to go outside, a closet and cabinets, that's a room, right?</p><p>But the lovely thing that sparked all of these things is that I wanted to meet Christmas this year with things pristine clean, painted, fresh and lovely. It started with painting my kitchen cabinets which was a pain, and something that usually took me only hours, took 6 days. So this laundry room was included in that, and painting this transformed the entire feeling of this house. Even my cat likes hanging out in there now, when she never did before. The feeling is like I have an additional room now. I used it before but it wasn't ''mine'', now it is. I do light the candle there when I do laundry.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYfYML3zcD9u1KBiqNnoGnjEHH4XV9Dm556V3mTtxd5Vfl1ABMe-26taaKt-6FuNne_71CiFT8oUjt2UTGYe4ifX4nfEcoGghK4yATR31rUm7GCmYQARnrKKBUyaC4noW6_wqB6mMS_3J-3CRG0GXSvdvgaypXK4TtD6Ixg8CEgAij4wnZkzh29BI/s2048/DSCF4013.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYfYML3zcD9u1KBiqNnoGnjEHH4XV9Dm556V3mTtxd5Vfl1ABMe-26taaKt-6FuNne_71CiFT8oUjt2UTGYe4ifX4nfEcoGghK4yATR31rUm7GCmYQARnrKKBUyaC4noW6_wqB6mMS_3J-3CRG0GXSvdvgaypXK4TtD6Ixg8CEgAij4wnZkzh29BI/w640-h480/DSCF4013.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnfD1_4lJCY-W3ZNW-HBoO3NRWV0qr4Yj0oUIkrgVeq-fM0d-4vgChVTMVdZKOfZBthOdK40D9ODsu9y2Q_dVRZOGsI1DXZVmQLXQ612XK2BH5Xa5a73h0sDV_1tW06g8Xp2V12FWnKsHeKCVHpED6jEKtM39Nq1PtMgAa-QdJRkQdoVYS_a6qkED/s2048/DSCF4011.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnfD1_4lJCY-W3ZNW-HBoO3NRWV0qr4Yj0oUIkrgVeq-fM0d-4vgChVTMVdZKOfZBthOdK40D9ODsu9y2Q_dVRZOGsI1DXZVmQLXQ612XK2BH5Xa5a73h0sDV_1tW06g8Xp2V12FWnKsHeKCVHpED6jEKtM39Nq1PtMgAa-QdJRkQdoVYS_a6qkED/w480-h640/DSCF4011.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is one of the cabinets above the machine. I bought glass bottles to decant all the laundry products, the liquid detergent, the peroxide, the borax, washing soda, the vinegar, homemade stain treatment, sea salt for cleaning out old energies, etc. I don't like seeing colors and various packaging, it drives my brain crazy. I like the simplicity of harmonious stocking. I use dissolvable labels so they just wash off easy too. I love using powdered oxygen (sodium percarbonate) in the laundry as nothing cleans and disinfects like oxygen. "Oxyclean" is made of 10% of this chemical, but I like using it straight. But the past two years, the prices have doubled, and I found out that mixing common 3% liquid hydrogen peroxide with washing soda powder creates sodium percarbonate/oxygen. And yes it does work, and it is affordable, so I have those things stocked with backups. I do not use store bought anything except for Mrs. Meyers liquid detergent. I am allergic to everything else, especially fake scents. I love mixing these things when I do laundry. It is an alchemical process for me getting things pristine and free of energies and stagnation. I like it. <br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3YYYdmjaQr6CP_si5Bldb-hcctHjtx7YtOjOxjjJBISXZ7hxZUQX3mXK7y4hJGYQ7psjmtyuzut4kExMKW8xD9gcNnXLzyJOHw2s-y1r9jEyR7w5055XaD94OGWjRuUSfCsQWRdt9J0cQPWoeJ4IaEx3Mc4YUtrxB5Hl3FNVuqh8AjKLePepMmwQ/s2048/DSCF4043.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3YYYdmjaQr6CP_si5Bldb-hcctHjtx7YtOjOxjjJBISXZ7hxZUQX3mXK7y4hJGYQ7psjmtyuzut4kExMKW8xD9gcNnXLzyJOHw2s-y1r9jEyR7w5055XaD94OGWjRuUSfCsQWRdt9J0cQPWoeJ4IaEx3Mc4YUtrxB5Hl3FNVuqh8AjKLePepMmwQ/w640-h480/DSCF4043.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I added my beloved deer images as all the white was too plain and an antler like arrangement above the door, mimicking the deer with flowers and feathers in its antlers. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbTUmayy3k4WDYfOy4BLCaAUtGf2sWphoKRQuLVGJT52CrZyo6Kh0F82Vy8r7N-IMKcTTz3-5xEnIg2TMtM43aIpYGeqGiLD5yHYBG_HVoSa2NCXEFftiX4UWtZJk7bB-9p00o0nWV43niBJAQLSfXzUrkn9vmmJ6V69lyIn5Fg9cese7MZ7PmYju/s1600/DSCF3954.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbTUmayy3k4WDYfOy4BLCaAUtGf2sWphoKRQuLVGJT52CrZyo6Kh0F82Vy8r7N-IMKcTTz3-5xEnIg2TMtM43aIpYGeqGiLD5yHYBG_HVoSa2NCXEFftiX4UWtZJk7bB-9p00o0nWV43niBJAQLSfXzUrkn9vmmJ6V69lyIn5Fg9cese7MZ7PmYju/w480-h640/DSCF3954.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /> The door to the laundry room closet. Everything looks pink in this pic because it is. I had a pink curtain over the window as I like pink light. I have taken it down as I tweak what I really want in here.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1C2uoiKpoio3GOT6KouX2Tgxfx_kwyiIkJlZwaUouLv_FV9Z7xikbkkGsAFkRt_bFuSV5CteArVdzfRPjJYzbZbFt1ZrN7Do0xqnDPmyjokAj_4kiX83T5xuwwQqmQol_ygmpgfuok_-jTG9tGZqMDY_TDz_6pa3OxWFYMPank6LMxg7EZ1_l1nxm/s2048/DSCF4015.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1C2uoiKpoio3GOT6KouX2Tgxfx_kwyiIkJlZwaUouLv_FV9Z7xikbkkGsAFkRt_bFuSV5CteArVdzfRPjJYzbZbFt1ZrN7Do0xqnDPmyjokAj_4kiX83T5xuwwQqmQol_ygmpgfuok_-jTG9tGZqMDY_TDz_6pa3OxWFYMPank6LMxg7EZ1_l1nxm/w480-h640/DSCF4015.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I am organizing everything in the closets that I had not done before and this was one of them. I think I'm done though since I cannot find enough matching bins for a decent price. I don't like paying extorted pricing which everything is now in domestic "organization" since people everywhere are on this trend. I did what I could.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglk2GZ0_HoV7Dl-X1GCCXwkRJUJcC0B9uQ53YPU98jEJG-XUJjP5ljwiRZ58ov62uwsKIgDdDSElcpdi7FTpgJ34FLjvpluY708aQqe6AqkZGRygaE5VILOq5LW-stDr5n4qEEutHHz2R3O9O7SID7BNeRwtOpTr71eA5_jeDfpo8K7tY54uAiTxSr/s2048/DSCF4017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglk2GZ0_HoV7Dl-X1GCCXwkRJUJcC0B9uQ53YPU98jEJG-XUJjP5ljwiRZ58ov62uwsKIgDdDSElcpdi7FTpgJ34FLjvpluY708aQqe6AqkZGRygaE5VILOq5LW-stDr5n4qEEutHHz2R3O9O7SID7BNeRwtOpTr71eA5_jeDfpo8K7tY54uAiTxSr/w480-h640/DSCF4017.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the kitchen area where I prepare things to cook. This is where the magic in the kitchen happens, and there is alot of magic in well prepared good food! There is one of the little tinsel trees I love for Christmas, and the flowers that have always been there since the first hour I stepped into this house and always will be there.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3iyxAeD4HlKj0IGPSuQiq1SIow69a2pUrYJ00FoQu3V6TqwrVqHVTXuJX_P_f-u20fpL3xo5p9Ij4v8_JmnD0PXmRCcBzzwbXAu9l7obL8yts-sZ6uwRIc25RgM_w_LqgsmErMcdbtk9k-zAzhoL-1uiXEZAxLtZZgBknL8PkpwVqLZU9a5DOVag/s2048/DSCF4019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3iyxAeD4HlKj0IGPSuQiq1SIow69a2pUrYJ00FoQu3V6TqwrVqHVTXuJX_P_f-u20fpL3xo5p9Ij4v8_JmnD0PXmRCcBzzwbXAu9l7obL8yts-sZ6uwRIc25RgM_w_LqgsmErMcdbtk9k-zAzhoL-1uiXEZAxLtZZgBknL8PkpwVqLZU9a5DOVag/w640-h480/DSCF4019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p></p><p>Below is the kitchen sink which I needed to organize in a way that didn't look like old kitchen. So I decanted everything into brown bottles and added flowers and trays beneath everything. It looks better. <br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIguBn4tzP3rKnB3u-3HABCGakfZWHhtduzUNFymLcddBbnofC2NpPZyApYdQUVPn0cWV-Ij3dONnWPNKXQ3XhBz_Zuc43k7UKGoFuYhCSeXGaCORGuTxdLgkg35fAC6JfnVwKWxYeCyFuL_NithDlZb0YZ6LdahG9OYKb0VUQX7jl2sOcZbK04q1/s2048/DSCF4108.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIguBn4tzP3rKnB3u-3HABCGakfZWHhtduzUNFymLcddBbnofC2NpPZyApYdQUVPn0cWV-Ij3dONnWPNKXQ3XhBz_Zuc43k7UKGoFuYhCSeXGaCORGuTxdLgkg35fAC6JfnVwKWxYeCyFuL_NithDlZb0YZ6LdahG9OYKb0VUQX7jl2sOcZbK04q1/w640-h480/DSCF4108.JPG" width="640" /> </a></p><p> </p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vzj9i2u4MFoR8adW_X4j1NmXIs_C6bwEIJ3WblLOMN_eK2zIfxQGiYw3ydyrlff1aC7T3WVNMT4wfwKFPOtLGI99jPGnZjfVnhNxePBlwQOmLeYhLjUE-00Cg_Vv7w7VpGMr2O6ZwmVvEYqAM8uwJWe1q-050tBhKjZCuLBk42Mc7gu4p02j1sCy/s2048/DSCF4114.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vzj9i2u4MFoR8adW_X4j1NmXIs_C6bwEIJ3WblLOMN_eK2zIfxQGiYw3ydyrlff1aC7T3WVNMT4wfwKFPOtLGI99jPGnZjfVnhNxePBlwQOmLeYhLjUE-00Cg_Vv7w7VpGMr2O6ZwmVvEYqAM8uwJWe1q-050tBhKjZCuLBk42Mc7gu4p02j1sCy/w640-h480/DSCF4114.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Beneath the sink is another of those areas I desperately want to make better. I recently added a bamboo carousel to stash things I make and use and not have to fumble in the back or bend too much, I can turn it and have whatever is there at hands reach. But this area is still a work in progress.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEPi8yvK2D3jKZ4xTje7BVbAaPQPlBbTK09VBj0Vj9wg23Klo2X9Ky_2EQQWMZQfCTwm9XGIaug1fkSz57cKJQw_9rrxh6GjabMOL7rwP7j4FBe-OSBhe31EI75O-Cwx8e72z0h1MRPygwSWkc2BwWY_b4iQWp-HNqFinZHZUfwZGE8Fh0wLm-ri-/s2048/DSCF4150.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEPi8yvK2D3jKZ4xTje7BVbAaPQPlBbTK09VBj0Vj9wg23Klo2X9Ky_2EQQWMZQfCTwm9XGIaug1fkSz57cKJQw_9rrxh6GjabMOL7rwP7j4FBe-OSBhe31EI75O-Cwx8e72z0h1MRPygwSWkc2BwWY_b4iQWp-HNqFinZHZUfwZGE8Fh0wLm-ri-/w640-h480/DSCF4150.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>If you think you see bottle brush trees and plants in there, you do lolol. I need to see greenery of nature everywhere. I have yet to figure out how to do this in this area. For now, I just put in the set of bottle brush trees I got on sale after Christmas. I think I want to get faux garland and wrap that big black pipe, then add some tiny flowers in tiny vases, what do you think? <br /><p></p><p><br /></p>This is the plant rack, also with fairy lights. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDFVvPLZNq1KA0vJrF7Dmn9TeWL9WJ8SqpYtyWizyBUyjzujzNKM-Xn7U5KEoLDMzOpDS5tny-DFElcdF8L2p1UX6CChGHMk_cHfLfoztkj9_Db94eh0S0NJmyneaIlEsQD6Bkr1joH-g4Y721V5azk1tH_YaGNGciQE6qW0uoOQpKw1r1uTRjhWJ/s2048/DSCF4033.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDFVvPLZNq1KA0vJrF7Dmn9TeWL9WJ8SqpYtyWizyBUyjzujzNKM-Xn7U5KEoLDMzOpDS5tny-DFElcdF8L2p1UX6CChGHMk_cHfLfoztkj9_Db94eh0S0NJmyneaIlEsQD6Bkr1joH-g4Y721V5azk1tH_YaGNGciQE6qW0uoOQpKw1r1uTRjhWJ/w480-h640/DSCF4033.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the guest room converted into a gym, with a mini workout station and a stationary bike. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEP6L5HGUAZo3YhAMh5QasCNRNRRhcs6IQ_UFdqWq9FZzT-on_iBYniNzfELwOBow3gaCv3DK92uPgVtVLWF1wYTCXPuverSEyyEE3DD-2knj6vP9voyw2LaJ2GCSjBOcncN_GCpyCqvUdIXLm2sjyPWN3DJPyd_Jod4nJiWpZ2sUSLQ4sDdMtzdCv/s2048/DSCF4061.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEP6L5HGUAZo3YhAMh5QasCNRNRRhcs6IQ_UFdqWq9FZzT-on_iBYniNzfELwOBow3gaCv3DK92uPgVtVLWF1wYTCXPuverSEyyEE3DD-2knj6vP9voyw2LaJ2GCSjBOcncN_GCpyCqvUdIXLm2sjyPWN3DJPyd_Jod4nJiWpZ2sUSLQ4sDdMtzdCv/w640-h480/DSCF4061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7CNC7m7TcGaEyk1hgmd7ztckq7aVjTJcHJbOFyh5u7cpxc5JfhIoslph4oosxpg4pRcVcxtKnAAPZj7qW9AEuBipgVD6fLHAcJwYRAnKO0-2PEE24s1F6jdQy6mzIN2Z1AfzYoFHslnUALCj1ljnSiKV3Mm25PtEJDU5iinGrGFOU1b64o32VdsT/s2048/DSCF4062.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7CNC7m7TcGaEyk1hgmd7ztckq7aVjTJcHJbOFyh5u7cpxc5JfhIoslph4oosxpg4pRcVcxtKnAAPZj7qW9AEuBipgVD6fLHAcJwYRAnKO0-2PEE24s1F6jdQy6mzIN2Z1AfzYoFHslnUALCj1ljnSiKV3Mm25PtEJDU5iinGrGFOU1b64o32VdsT/w640-h480/DSCF4062.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p>Below is my bathroom. I worked bit on this section, the "throne" area. It was ok before, even pretty, but I wanted more cozy. I added floral contact paper to the shelves, pampas grass, and a crochet piece over the tank. It did the job for me. I love it now when I see this. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0grgenQ8HtZT8rjrb1uu1ux-2SMqHnXMNir7HL-iSXdh-HYTSOpe1eN8bsl-zfVc2vtKeJEL_fweOHmNo93rMlTyydqn4lAF4JxEtzVhS-q5WPBVWWIm1sLX1CUo47meDpSDrqzmTJ4AlKq8ulmjoejWxdWnhchNHErphORhgIS50Hy0exG-6TEb/s2048/DSCF4070.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0grgenQ8HtZT8rjrb1uu1ux-2SMqHnXMNir7HL-iSXdh-HYTSOpe1eN8bsl-zfVc2vtKeJEL_fweOHmNo93rMlTyydqn4lAF4JxEtzVhS-q5WPBVWWIm1sLX1CUo47meDpSDrqzmTJ4AlKq8ulmjoejWxdWnhchNHErphORhgIS50Hy0exG-6TEb/w480-h640/DSCF4070.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3IVSJdcyW84B4E56cZgbxbRvNXkLoi_Xs4NDm2a81Ja4UsX8tVNbyB2FXXg2MGGYmuGduz_G5j0uSObIK-tvgV0rVePftcycyNYMyF2bEE8rKHZFO_bXxLAO63xaxween9oLehTdhS3wu9DfZU0BETUg5z79PmWo-i16MzVhHbbVAOY1unOQnjc3/s2048/DSCF4075.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3IVSJdcyW84B4E56cZgbxbRvNXkLoi_Xs4NDm2a81Ja4UsX8tVNbyB2FXXg2MGGYmuGduz_G5j0uSObIK-tvgV0rVePftcycyNYMyF2bEE8rKHZFO_bXxLAO63xaxween9oLehTdhS3wu9DfZU0BETUg5z79PmWo-i16MzVhHbbVAOY1unOQnjc3/w480-h640/DSCF4075.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>I have since added amber pillar candles, battery, they are gorgeous!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwhMzRg_bZ4FUTYqfNPonRksBinvsn3Rl6n8znz-owJJLUWlHVSqeiDoQKyvzfITsGqmhYuCRHfLbt3SCZ3y7q0-JhBgfQPhfNFm9xgpvQ5ZKpl83TbjBEXi6GyT4z_J07qkwg3mqjWF3XIMyR_s0i8rixQiHpARtLX8RMBTjPAUPIWb4FPQOzJJp/s2048/DSCF4158.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwhMzRg_bZ4FUTYqfNPonRksBinvsn3Rl6n8znz-owJJLUWlHVSqeiDoQKyvzfITsGqmhYuCRHfLbt3SCZ3y7q0-JhBgfQPhfNFm9xgpvQ5ZKpl83TbjBEXi6GyT4z_J07qkwg3mqjWF3XIMyR_s0i8rixQiHpARtLX8RMBTjPAUPIWb4FPQOzJJp/w480-h640/DSCF4158.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vGRCnwAaoDMecs_lEI5nZrbwmammAEMt-A6KtDr0QtSGU6mwrk-BvxWqLpEEtwWLwUOY6b-Lg9at9Kr52M360SkHIWCngp68n0-2DFg_JGO6Jqd_xvdk7p3a-TkPGQ41uAqBDs_I4epg5tvaTSYQQlbtB8TofCADmACx9TgTZUhCaO6jGTilOmGv/s2048/DSCF4076.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vGRCnwAaoDMecs_lEI5nZrbwmammAEMt-A6KtDr0QtSGU6mwrk-BvxWqLpEEtwWLwUOY6b-Lg9at9Kr52M360SkHIWCngp68n0-2DFg_JGO6Jqd_xvdk7p3a-TkPGQ41uAqBDs_I4epg5tvaTSYQQlbtB8TofCADmACx9TgTZUhCaO6jGTilOmGv/w480-h640/DSCF4076.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3eVt-gzXTfFqZg05KRFVouxWSR_Lm7G2w3mbNO07564UV8EI3TfQxmRRvMBjk1RqEbe3adGS-zjpzBpwFRmtrYK1crmq9Dj36G0W8bVXsz8pPihztyKTdWnfJ9jyyo30wyicC9Us03AevQTXiZv7VPz1V3CgMwboyl4ystYcB7vUapc4h0htabby/s2048/DSCF4083.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3eVt-gzXTfFqZg05KRFVouxWSR_Lm7G2w3mbNO07564UV8EI3TfQxmRRvMBjk1RqEbe3adGS-zjpzBpwFRmtrYK1crmq9Dj36G0W8bVXsz8pPihztyKTdWnfJ9jyyo30wyicC9Us03AevQTXiZv7VPz1V3CgMwboyl4ystYcB7vUapc4h0htabby/w640-h480/DSCF4083.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is my bedroom. This is a lily and peony arrangement. I adore these two colors together. I have had white lilies every week in my homes for over 15 years. They never get old. Their beauty, their scent, and the white gives me joy and peace. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfI0rXaFdgh-saLv2UIPqFCQKrVPPzP1iB2zWlIvzSUyhGCYn0TOiiu8-7iwQP1AioXpX39vEQi9aZHiqnu5-qml3BrRFRayXa6TIsRrM_BI6BlpGu32tKZ_c_UM3XRsHsCA6epskEtXlWAU2Ism3g0hHtcdMNrnuI603vHAjCR_RWBs4q-RHG5ZA/s2048/DSCF4085.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfI0rXaFdgh-saLv2UIPqFCQKrVPPzP1iB2zWlIvzSUyhGCYn0TOiiu8-7iwQP1AioXpX39vEQi9aZHiqnu5-qml3BrRFRayXa6TIsRrM_BI6BlpGu32tKZ_c_UM3XRsHsCA6epskEtXlWAU2Ism3g0hHtcdMNrnuI603vHAjCR_RWBs4q-RHG5ZA/w480-h640/DSCF4085.JPG" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_rOmeELmzU0DLsp0ooM2X0_6ktu4BrTZYIgasyXia5OgpFuAgkj2RUBMxBSs3oG3h5TN3C7Pr5fiGaa7pJpCeV17dnlYPp9Cuf2BuVL_-wu6dui3C0bPWiGVV6UekyLcsf-lvzwYhYGvy2qlCegSfzVdUNWlt2moh2MYiH5zMO0luhCAT150MuhL/s2048/DSCF4100.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_rOmeELmzU0DLsp0ooM2X0_6ktu4BrTZYIgasyXia5OgpFuAgkj2RUBMxBSs3oG3h5TN3C7Pr5fiGaa7pJpCeV17dnlYPp9Cuf2BuVL_-wu6dui3C0bPWiGVV6UekyLcsf-lvzwYhYGvy2qlCegSfzVdUNWlt2moh2MYiH5zMO0luhCAT150MuhL/w640-h480/DSCF4100.JPG" width="640" /></a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the view from the bedroom door........ <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDe9QYhM16YaV-WE8OFipq3xST3M5hu65QbDv4NZPiRylU1n9ya1K2DQEjw5Fgtp4G6HbHcPopeoWxISptTtemOJtWwCNHyEhaPhEXd4W4o_LbEIcopCX_VtYcqu3kL2XUhLQGSLGuoNPbGwL0_cKGrbRfBsujEk3O5YYGAE8HC0IEgWz-EZr5CUQx/s2048/DSCF4106.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDe9QYhM16YaV-WE8OFipq3xST3M5hu65QbDv4NZPiRylU1n9ya1K2DQEjw5Fgtp4G6HbHcPopeoWxISptTtemOJtWwCNHyEhaPhEXd4W4o_LbEIcopCX_VtYcqu3kL2XUhLQGSLGuoNPbGwL0_cKGrbRfBsujEk3O5YYGAE8HC0IEgWz-EZr5CUQx/w640-h480/DSCF4106.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>....looking back at the bedroom door.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN4lDH8StTBGmbi0u5Cc1i4Ib3I9bnXKCcC4P6GXYvhB7CpyYb_gH05XiaBQb4DzFVqNnY-g0fqIPoFP3YrpR0gcwJWdxvq0dNkC4mKVtPEvRpmHkih85oU2SdocMJJI543Mq_7IAd4sEGzDtgZtwW1SocqSiYzfEeujl73R1QUpWbQ8kQCTsn6HU/s2048/DSCF4127.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN4lDH8StTBGmbi0u5Cc1i4Ib3I9bnXKCcC4P6GXYvhB7CpyYb_gH05XiaBQb4DzFVqNnY-g0fqIPoFP3YrpR0gcwJWdxvq0dNkC4mKVtPEvRpmHkih85oU2SdocMJJI543Mq_7IAd4sEGzDtgZtwW1SocqSiYzfEeujl73R1QUpWbQ8kQCTsn6HU/w480-h640/DSCF4127.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the Christmas theme on top of the cabinet. At night, the fairy lights appear brighter. I am having a huge thing for deer! 💚<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB33YumhTTsqS_FwkK8dUMb2CIzSgJNpuyA3kbvb5tN_vJj1AsUbqRoFlRUPnSq_bFM4BIa0C_wPPluLUk4AkAj47Y_4OeLu2EiN9qUVweauy6N755ZqQ3a1ARwn9CLQK8AO56HEzxYpZp4z4DonsE3u5CzHDuq1GlTxEuGRrRMsnx_NxUHFPu1Vab/s1600/DSCF3935.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB33YumhTTsqS_FwkK8dUMb2CIzSgJNpuyA3kbvb5tN_vJj1AsUbqRoFlRUPnSq_bFM4BIa0C_wPPluLUk4AkAj47Y_4OeLu2EiN9qUVweauy6N755ZqQ3a1ARwn9CLQK8AO56HEzxYpZp4z4DonsE3u5CzHDuq1GlTxEuGRrRMsnx_NxUHFPu1Vab/w640-h480/DSCF3935.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBoB72XgFQzbMzVvkqGGgjgeLs6jtOPViFLrVNGk3IGxYS1Ceaa_V2Swas-TAM1P1qYxPWq2DebVYmYB600CuArMJdtpKrRizFuyjJ8GBE8kpEBFu-Vr1Ay84mEwcGpS06izvSdYKSWQoxvBrfHTrvPaNXlvTAuFNx2XtSC12cwiebbmr8eTFTGrH/s2048/DSCF4095.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBoB72XgFQzbMzVvkqGGgjgeLs6jtOPViFLrVNGk3IGxYS1Ceaa_V2Swas-TAM1P1qYxPWq2DebVYmYB600CuArMJdtpKrRizFuyjJ8GBE8kpEBFu-Vr1Ay84mEwcGpS06izvSdYKSWQoxvBrfHTrvPaNXlvTAuFNx2XtSC12cwiebbmr8eTFTGrH/w640-h480/DSCF4095.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBzcHLsm5uGDwaWFRI1_Ll2lDM5ZwBPB4SpiBVGUmNet3rW1yVrb3FGSno-Qz1KlPUcd5RYVJyvnCcQJ09FIjKbIKBbK0kqsC8w7ckbIYdwY_ddgmeeKN-1G2M0oBZO6BULbjcpAMCGq5nxMLmcnX8wZR2Oyl5hT9xCycslokqq1Zd7ey3pCBwNFz/s2048/DSCF4098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBzcHLsm5uGDwaWFRI1_Ll2lDM5ZwBPB4SpiBVGUmNet3rW1yVrb3FGSno-Qz1KlPUcd5RYVJyvnCcQJ09FIjKbIKBbK0kqsC8w7ckbIYdwY_ddgmeeKN-1G2M0oBZO6BULbjcpAMCGq5nxMLmcnX8wZR2Oyl5hT9xCycslokqq1Zd7ey3pCBwNFz/w640-h480/DSCF4098.JPG" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><p> </p><p>My adorable little tinsel tree....has snowflakes, tiny iridescent glass balls and mercury silver mini ornaments. Such simple things bring joy.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmiwwAct1XWeTQdJ9RVrRAcPQZjz9Dia7YEN5YWpkZ4Y8Vd3tyBCVmjFWPucsMABvPAowFQ9Y2-SaI6-IhfpxqvjCnFOkWur6wqXM9dSXlK8JOWjnVUUfYJs04g28zTsAFwq_tmjffC6xdy5tK7fEYN0NDkN8xDSpGAfrt3WtGvSYpx5nmhAdENOI/s1600/DSCF3943.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmiwwAct1XWeTQdJ9RVrRAcPQZjz9Dia7YEN5YWpkZ4Y8Vd3tyBCVmjFWPucsMABvPAowFQ9Y2-SaI6-IhfpxqvjCnFOkWur6wqXM9dSXlK8JOWjnVUUfYJs04g28zTsAFwq_tmjffC6xdy5tK7fEYN0NDkN8xDSpGAfrt3WtGvSYpx5nmhAdENOI/w480-h640/DSCF3943.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I took this picture when the sun was really bright and everything in here looked especially white. I don't know where it went, it doesn't show up. But the cozy can be seen.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxvVN8qoInSt1i8dv_3aZc5Wno7utL_VE2LFptuVMpHJR5pPLTiFANKs32PgQDKIZ5qza7goIz_mbKE1Qu5irKaFQIZwmo6nzWa6fQSbgzKAC5iQpUKZKWTnfW2rl8bJ8uJNMuLIWAHGLrtSM8pujS23Uwkzg4WcokfA0v4Cm0a09bnX6n7oAxZ_i/s2048/DSCF4120.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxvVN8qoInSt1i8dv_3aZc5Wno7utL_VE2LFptuVMpHJR5pPLTiFANKs32PgQDKIZ5qza7goIz_mbKE1Qu5irKaFQIZwmo6nzWa6fQSbgzKAC5iQpUKZKWTnfW2rl8bJ8uJNMuLIWAHGLrtSM8pujS23Uwkzg4WcokfA0v4Cm0a09bnX6n7oAxZ_i/w640-h480/DSCF4120.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKofoRoTZyb-fFjH9PxtvBX1wsMYxqOmTI1_dqt_jRtDksgvTQMUMXciBbOcb15TlQedXBXupKdai2nNDwGj5dZNKsnkplcEgJApqO46682Ywzpj0359YIN9HpG-SL0zlPrCxoGfrYmpIC5zPnLpC5_dA9LTAGa-BHfGSZfLJVKyXGNb08uhCyWJI/s2048/DSCF4124.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKofoRoTZyb-fFjH9PxtvBX1wsMYxqOmTI1_dqt_jRtDksgvTQMUMXciBbOcb15TlQedXBXupKdai2nNDwGj5dZNKsnkplcEgJApqO46682Ywzpj0359YIN9HpG-SL0zlPrCxoGfrYmpIC5zPnLpC5_dA9LTAGa-BHfGSZfLJVKyXGNb08uhCyWJI/w640-h480/DSCF4124.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtoXga-3Suovy0d8J4GfrJPzq6INwNHVC7HARTxTjv4rUPw_KJyzYI2dwBbTI853GCD62ZB3AOcM9FJ-cxRHds78qEzXSRYDdDONHrnkjfdIuRV_aQlxdkpgrD7KbeMidliscFvrlUo2oHwlI3B11bFHF-7epJtjguFeRpjQzuYkNeaYkJgRSw58y/s2048/DSCF4132.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtoXga-3Suovy0d8J4GfrJPzq6INwNHVC7HARTxTjv4rUPw_KJyzYI2dwBbTI853GCD62ZB3AOcM9FJ-cxRHds78qEzXSRYDdDONHrnkjfdIuRV_aQlxdkpgrD7KbeMidliscFvrlUo2oHwlI3B11bFHF-7epJtjguFeRpjQzuYkNeaYkJgRSw58y/w640-h480/DSCF4132.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7HbKNnsMr_d6mc24IJHBizE0KpBr_uH6efS9BxDAt3nlFhjr0-sLVbbccZ6659paLF9TDPrfl2YNcoF8olIVX-u4vGGfXRY-tlB_ZZBuollWksQwsddOOy1U8DF4VGY-EctDSlDPEva7bhk91qJWSGKFM4pmwViz3bpwM-x6DbN3cTS1z-4dAbta/s2048/DSCF4133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7HbKNnsMr_d6mc24IJHBizE0KpBr_uH6efS9BxDAt3nlFhjr0-sLVbbccZ6659paLF9TDPrfl2YNcoF8olIVX-u4vGGfXRY-tlB_ZZBuollWksQwsddOOy1U8DF4VGY-EctDSlDPEva7bhk91qJWSGKFM4pmwViz3bpwM-x6DbN3cTS1z-4dAbta/w640-h480/DSCF4133.JPG" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p> </p><p>And where I spend alot of time below. I retire early, very early, and though I don't nap, I watch videos of people, others who are creators of beauty, gardeners, or I watch fantasy Asian drama series that are just beautiful to see, minus of course all the nonsense. But I get to visit lovely homes anywhere in the world, as they show how they cook, how they decorate, or create art, and I get to go to my own bathroom in the middle of it because I am home, then I continue on watching or change to another if I want to with a click. I love "visiting" people in this way.....from home, and this is where I do it, on my wonderful bed fixed with flax linen, and pure silk, very cozy and comfy. Love! <br /></p><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxPBq3Dl9fFgk_Uhvy6pFMutf-d0LgHCzQFa8-Qoy20vL6yH-OVEYk5J6xJETHmA-PoczoEeUxOViHcSPxufpqlX8CFMBRCMfnXQopXGSdPJcx9tYChppH13GhGkgcDQ2yKld0U_V8h_HmIWgZ8tf9VmOGV4MQRTtru2LbuuIkNAoeSKjwnhWxbBj/s2048/DSCF4128.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxPBq3Dl9fFgk_Uhvy6pFMutf-d0LgHCzQFa8-Qoy20vL6yH-OVEYk5J6xJETHmA-PoczoEeUxOViHcSPxufpqlX8CFMBRCMfnXQopXGSdPJcx9tYChppH13GhGkgcDQ2yKld0U_V8h_HmIWgZ8tf9VmOGV4MQRTtru2LbuuIkNAoeSKjwnhWxbBj/w640-h480/DSCF4128.JPG" width="640" /></a><p><br /></p><p>So that is all, from my hearth to yours. </p><p>Stay in your Light.<br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-8130139251548569332022-04-26T10:42:00.007-04:002022-05-17T08:50:43.207-04:00Pamelindalee's Remote Garden<p> Sighhhhh......</p><p>So my friends, time has passed, but here we are. It is amazing, that.</p><p>How do you all fare? How do you feel? Feel free to share if you like.</p><p>I have some pictures of the "gardens" such as they are on this property. It is coming along ever so slowly. It is more like working with stone than soil, and with feeling instead of knowledge. Knowledge of what should be working and what should not is out the window. Here, it is completely a moody land and intuitive acuity.</p><p>There are alot of anomalies in this plot, one of which stumps even the most erudite of brains. For example, two plants planted with the same soil at the same time, right next to each other will behave quite differently from each other. This is happening alot. Seeds from the same packet with have one that grows and the others not. Etcetera.</p><p>But I am here to show to my dear friend Pamelindalee what has come of her gifts to our gardens. Gardens which are created to nurture beauty, and comfort, solace, as well as food. Flowers for the spirit, herbs for healing and tea, {which I will now go and pick some dandelion flowers for tea}, salads and veggies such as tomatoes, eggplant, jalapeno peppers, but collards do the best. Red lettuces have taken one full year to grow to a plant large enough to harvest. Their seedlings stayed at one inch for 8 months, then grew. We are also growing corn with sunflowers and mizuna in one bed. There are also peaches and new apple trees. I will show in pictures below. I hope there is some beauty here. These pictures were taken this morning around 8:15 when the sun was coming up. Just something about that first light that is magical.<br /></p><p>A vase of flowers for the bedside table, sweetpeas, larkspur, jasmine, queen anne's lace, something I don't know :D growing from a pack of flower seed mixes. Just prettiness.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8t1bKyVyQQ6cii_PY63p-0HII5b3AztSBSUMCSclD-EHHLlG1noWaLHWQY546edH8IavjKRPynkE-uPY5fZViZ6PVErOBC3Atss1rMh-uJf0-hx8H33QRjnfRV34mm1LUZmlUMFQ-nz6twJj2PqgP8b3ZAvN4WHUONSmD6RLFYej0UE9HNhWsxEeY/s2048/DSCF3883.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8t1bKyVyQQ6cii_PY63p-0HII5b3AztSBSUMCSclD-EHHLlG1noWaLHWQY546edH8IavjKRPynkE-uPY5fZViZ6PVErOBC3Atss1rMh-uJf0-hx8H33QRjnfRV34mm1LUZmlUMFQ-nz6twJj2PqgP8b3ZAvN4WHUONSmD6RLFYej0UE9HNhWsxEeY/w480-h640/DSCF3883.JPG" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"WE are the ones who can be</span></i></span></div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i>
</i></span><div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">omnipresent in a purely loving way." </span></i></span><i><span style="color: blueviolet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">~</span></i>Pamelinda.</span><br /></span></i></div> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFhZQNJrAs4li3WpXAraTuEITucbJ72I_6w3K8yuiIffGjt_B7_jZFICfPC5CNy164RRsf8k66Bh93kXldCtk1GGeLB0i1NikXFsgBYmtJ02nLI9YrzRT62T56QUSNx3zrClKTvA70252MrnS_CMnGWhsUlxC95pbq69BL8jbYCJiIP_kVhYwjBUW/s2048/DSCF3884.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFhZQNJrAs4li3WpXAraTuEITucbJ72I_6w3K8yuiIffGjt_B7_jZFICfPC5CNy164RRsf8k66Bh93kXldCtk1GGeLB0i1NikXFsgBYmtJ02nLI9YrzRT62T56QUSNx3zrClKTvA70252MrnS_CMnGWhsUlxC95pbq69BL8jbYCJiIP_kVhYwjBUW/w480-h640/DSCF3884.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2L4DHAx4A9X6ixmQwf1390y_RE5HvB5WZT7lENkXvP8EonwP0RssYrN9OEEopiTan1YlOJ4SBHJgX6BFp2pdQXWFW8U4F7Tyy9iAF9qSA1EQXFqzLiaa93Q5tGPA-p6xJOmjJTJ7n3OMQEqJ2YtRrm-cHrkZLXplT59Z5gKm06jJ6QpD0DTttSKQ/s2048/DSCF3885.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2L4DHAx4A9X6ixmQwf1390y_RE5HvB5WZT7lENkXvP8EonwP0RssYrN9OEEopiTan1YlOJ4SBHJgX6BFp2pdQXWFW8U4F7Tyy9iAF9qSA1EQXFqzLiaa93Q5tGPA-p6xJOmjJTJ7n3OMQEqJ2YtRrm-cHrkZLXplT59Z5gKm06jJ6QpD0DTttSKQ/w640-h480/DSCF3885.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>The archway is full of jasmine blooms, and the scent everywhere is wonderful.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9BlC38sKM2G1iI-CKTEnUudn72OkncGpf7AvKODJ1wAc_ZmK8wXXO78Bt46kIW8OQXaEKfZSXapveWbBQ7WoqNxrD6ZwxiuVy0VhWz3V7jZ9OFdLVFW3hEcZCJNCok28yM_tLcyWw8QeoFSIQ2Y6iYstq1SNSWKdV4ZGvb3fOPXfREt7EvsMC-3O/s2048/DSCF3886.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9BlC38sKM2G1iI-CKTEnUudn72OkncGpf7AvKODJ1wAc_ZmK8wXXO78Bt46kIW8OQXaEKfZSXapveWbBQ7WoqNxrD6ZwxiuVy0VhWz3V7jZ9OFdLVFW3hEcZCJNCok28yM_tLcyWw8QeoFSIQ2Y6iYstq1SNSWKdV4ZGvb3fOPXfREt7EvsMC-3O/w640-h480/DSCF3886.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Our multidimensional self is here.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i>
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is already formed and WE breathe </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i>
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">life into it." ~Pamelinda</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blueviolet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFFIjdDZ20wTJW6MIdyWtZweJiWsYLr_QOJ_yGwlcCVKOd_CYHBdDtNQx8KPPX5hazsJf54hIU4u1UM81HxB4xvBX7GsZP0idZRmpXBOHTCH4C1MReMcOw6BSTpMw_mlLvPcrvA7eCgpHpXi9ELk0KMV6u3-iEbL3jG62qv11hxYuMB-wUEF0A2G-/s2048/DSCF3887.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFFIjdDZ20wTJW6MIdyWtZweJiWsYLr_QOJ_yGwlcCVKOd_CYHBdDtNQx8KPPX5hazsJf54hIU4u1UM81HxB4xvBX7GsZP0idZRmpXBOHTCH4C1MReMcOw6BSTpMw_mlLvPcrvA7eCgpHpXi9ELk0KMV6u3-iEbL3jG62qv11hxYuMB-wUEF0A2G-/w480-h640/DSCF3887.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>These Queen Anne's Lace are taller than me. I adore this flower.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g6RhoSsAG8BcPA7AdLUPgF90PMS0TO86Tbfk2QR6OMakBmfwf0qng2Bd9qiEJG6GjRisYpo3f9OjhsY2cs20gAIcYscX16zQCk9_Jhh9RCr5CmBncsMTsBmzhoCoS1Wxp36Vr81G8N8okUKOaoMi0vXF-oeNCtgCzSCQD7sQ6Lwrs7a2mcZXsKVB/s2048/DSCF3888.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8g6RhoSsAG8BcPA7AdLUPgF90PMS0TO86Tbfk2QR6OMakBmfwf0qng2Bd9qiEJG6GjRisYpo3f9OjhsY2cs20gAIcYscX16zQCk9_Jhh9RCr5CmBncsMTsBmzhoCoS1Wxp36Vr81G8N8okUKOaoMi0vXF-oeNCtgCzSCQD7sQ6Lwrs7a2mcZXsKVB/w640-h480/DSCF3888.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOEfiAVC71KGZl19qFcvJHaDyptd5GdvvXJwN7Hc9ErFzHO0zDa4TT_bDIDyCbbkUCXh8ZN-VClp6nCxGni12SziyH--71BXGSdMkPWLd6V9wyAzhShl-GboWKmvzcMHWEVARyRJQGL_TJ7jzyfbd4KNUPTZ-Xwriy8n51BPL3taGhMmXDjzM11Wt/s2048/DSCF3889.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOEfiAVC71KGZl19qFcvJHaDyptd5GdvvXJwN7Hc9ErFzHO0zDa4TT_bDIDyCbbkUCXh8ZN-VClp6nCxGni12SziyH--71BXGSdMkPWLd6V9wyAzhShl-GboWKmvzcMHWEVARyRJQGL_TJ7jzyfbd4KNUPTZ-Xwriy8n51BPL3taGhMmXDjzM11Wt/w480-h640/DSCF3889.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I threw hundreds of seeds into this circular garden when I prepared the beds. Some were single flowers and others were mixes. There are alot of weeds in there that I have not taken out yet as I did not know what some of those flowers would look like growing so I left them. Most are turning out to be flowers actually. But in there are primrose, larkspur, queen anne's lace, red poppies, and other things that are still in their growing stage. It looks mostly weedy, not the kind of flower patch I wanted, but this is the first year for this circular garden and I wanted to see what grows and how.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb78bqjC_YbcFPvAd_vXFHUuBt72gLa__R_tKi1vUITwrFR9ApfAnRInHKuOIlecE4QS1TtufKEy_7tDoN0zhWQ48mVJWdDX_wfUKb8W7tDFheAX8HSmcTtKDsIMioG_xfMMZSfpRX-QXK5rP2t_v-ouaqb3Wh9c2v1MnxT1MkwNgFeB7p4JhSyDF/s2048/DSCF3890.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb78bqjC_YbcFPvAd_vXFHUuBt72gLa__R_tKi1vUITwrFR9ApfAnRInHKuOIlecE4QS1TtufKEy_7tDoN0zhWQ48mVJWdDX_wfUKb8W7tDFheAX8HSmcTtKDsIMioG_xfMMZSfpRX-QXK5rP2t_v-ouaqb3Wh9c2v1MnxT1MkwNgFeB7p4JhSyDF/w640-h480/DSCF3890.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>There are also some lettuce gone to seed. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrnLNfm8egHZ97JlkwPXTHq3qDcwzxgobE2iKuWUkwUVN0uTIIA-tSLGv2EZUWdICrqsqG1O2-MKBepSWyZeCr-cQH3-_64Wkus5D6fIubllWH-lOrjQuaCZMyFg1z9CALgVVEQuci76wwzTvMWtzldmAnGZOQOD4LHraZTrWNKNmazvKY_Q6ekt-/s2048/DSCF3891.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrnLNfm8egHZ97JlkwPXTHq3qDcwzxgobE2iKuWUkwUVN0uTIIA-tSLGv2EZUWdICrqsqG1O2-MKBepSWyZeCr-cQH3-_64Wkus5D6fIubllWH-lOrjQuaCZMyFg1z9CALgVVEQuci76wwzTvMWtzldmAnGZOQOD4LHraZTrWNKNmazvKY_Q6ekt-/w640-h480/DSCF3891.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"As we release aspects of the slave self,</span></i></span></div><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i>
</i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">our TRUE self automatically steps in."</span></i></span></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDBVHut2MOh8ZEtRRnmsgNaMk-nLWhxnhyDl7Evc8SwD-JjajCuB-OHWyoqaomVGcuuy9uSPp8x-V-CfeKZTKo3ZGGcuF6LWbs9bCRAXVjuwbJpxtltuBkrHM-5gdQvLeArsrw7i3bfzYKurEs0drtLg9dMgT4FzAQWCrHbI9sCZrk_jLDKgJqUtU/s2048/DSCF3892.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDBVHut2MOh8ZEtRRnmsgNaMk-nLWhxnhyDl7Evc8SwD-JjajCuB-OHWyoqaomVGcuuy9uSPp8x-V-CfeKZTKo3ZGGcuF6LWbs9bCRAXVjuwbJpxtltuBkrHM-5gdQvLeArsrw7i3bfzYKurEs0drtLg9dMgT4FzAQWCrHbI9sCZrk_jLDKgJqUtU/w640-h480/DSCF3892.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>These arches and obelisks below were for climbing roses. But the rose got buried and is no longer to be found. The sweet peas decided they didn't want to climb as was their nature and to ignore the obelisks I bought just for them and instead sprawled outward, completely ignoring their nature to wrap tendrils around anything near them. They wrapped around each other once they flopped and the obelisk remains vacant wondering about the intelligence of those sweet peas. They are on the left side of this, and I did not take a picture of those embarrassing floppers, though they are producing, very late, some flowers that are heavenly scented. I cut them all and put them in a vase already.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLcW4KRqzU29BEamiCfzPmmwNMje6TM-euD0atqIHcieG4Kq7XNijdJQWRxjTvAuyowzwmTWOudPt1hWEotWt92olOB02TQFVgmh2gBL3t47hk9m_9lRBg6gp0G5ZfroXZ-4Be3ozrnjz5OgHhdogDK7PPzglslEuEpNzLHMAlJA_NS-bg8D174K5/s2048/DSCF3897.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLcW4KRqzU29BEamiCfzPmmwNMje6TM-euD0atqIHcieG4Kq7XNijdJQWRxjTvAuyowzwmTWOudPt1hWEotWt92olOB02TQFVgmh2gBL3t47hk9m_9lRBg6gp0G5ZfroXZ-4Be3ozrnjz5OgHhdogDK7PPzglslEuEpNzLHMAlJA_NS-bg8D174K5/w400-h300/DSCF3897.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5eah-tyO9rgvHFSqKtTRr_9Q8wOhyoOF_Ny3Q6G0RJsT9yLH5OFMsm7J_v8236tPHd6vu037XqATvbcLVwC-du_0mO5EXHmWpyvOIz5hclZKkG3SQ_XfpuzNXODobwJDcfr1ASexOG3SwYV-SlKq3kVHbnPQn_N1l_w5zUeLejMNcEMW0oe2Q7bZ/s2048/DSCF3893.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5eah-tyO9rgvHFSqKtTRr_9Q8wOhyoOF_Ny3Q6G0RJsT9yLH5OFMsm7J_v8236tPHd6vu037XqATvbcLVwC-du_0mO5EXHmWpyvOIz5hclZKkG3SQ_XfpuzNXODobwJDcfr1ASexOG3SwYV-SlKq3kVHbnPQn_N1l_w5zUeLejMNcEMW0oe2Q7bZ/w480-h640/DSCF3893.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yalZKOtswrZM_OAkvHW6A-aUWlfZ029yPKeDx8E0zS491hN0oVX4BRE4FrvEzJ1E7H-QpVM6Y8TWkg6jkH4LmT9dfH4efdHH5U4_AN1uTYXoCNZNXdoQ4i0vsE2HsvgjzC55Cosnq9HLlBwFJikGFHCFIvTeBNEhG9abdShiZM6IElntr4-VaIxe/s2048/DSCF3895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yalZKOtswrZM_OAkvHW6A-aUWlfZ029yPKeDx8E0zS491hN0oVX4BRE4FrvEzJ1E7H-QpVM6Y8TWkg6jkH4LmT9dfH4efdHH5U4_AN1uTYXoCNZNXdoQ4i0vsE2HsvgjzC55Cosnq9HLlBwFJikGFHCFIvTeBNEhG9abdShiZM6IElntr4-VaIxe/w640-h480/DSCF3895.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydlYifhYpxT_L2cuFR0GIUt07JwiJA95E7zB4XSIJ8-Sdddsmq21aTOYjWg7XtAkTLctgfAA9RfWOnuVK0feIkx7_F1FFNWc69N9fF5qkRnCiuGNjtwUeO8Vnk60FUKavkeLQz8KSDQe8WBgvSPGXHrUrWNlRVNIg4jQh1_UWU04igVOSU5faxqUa/s2048/DSCF3896.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydlYifhYpxT_L2cuFR0GIUt07JwiJA95E7zB4XSIJ8-Sdddsmq21aTOYjWg7XtAkTLctgfAA9RfWOnuVK0feIkx7_F1FFNWc69N9fF5qkRnCiuGNjtwUeO8Vnk60FUKavkeLQz8KSDQe8WBgvSPGXHrUrWNlRVNIg4jQh1_UWU04igVOSU5faxqUa/w640-h480/DSCF3896.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UmHy_2pDPxY09yn0LZVlYa5JYkXMt1Hcwk0D4c37yqIZd34uoILT93tAoWIy2ghNNSIXDJoGic1MKs6WgUwDx4aRh1fatFsA6Qep-DceI0UWWl9zjmLTr5tfjJ1DEkZcvgAdm8Ie4bQNDTSYQ-YqrQreHe9Sq7ykrIzINnSu1s3gYGDPtINQ01c0/s2048/DSCF3903.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UmHy_2pDPxY09yn0LZVlYa5JYkXMt1Hcwk0D4c37yqIZd34uoILT93tAoWIy2ghNNSIXDJoGic1MKs6WgUwDx4aRh1fatFsA6Qep-DceI0UWWl9zjmLTr5tfjJ1DEkZcvgAdm8Ie4bQNDTSYQ-YqrQreHe9Sq7ykrIzINnSu1s3gYGDPtINQ01c0/w480-h640/DSCF3903.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p> </p><p> This lean-to below I never posted in a picture as it was so ugly before we just added the lattice and trim onto it to finish it last week. It no longer looks like an unfinished ugly thing. Its not pretty by a long shot, but it is still only where the mower, wheel barrow and garden tools/supplies go. I also keep the lettuce mix greens in bins here, they seems to like it and grow well over and over, so I keep them here.</p><p>This lattice is also the structure for morning glories I planted at the base along with some purple hyacinth bean, hopefully they will cover this in the summer, hence the branches to help them sprawl. <br /></p><p></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKGTjTkX2-yhBJedXmKOhRon5XOjxdeLwV0S4Hvwm7h8wVmVp7rJaXmKFA5-BKr4O3lHIOg6K0BjhfW-ppidf_SYYjCBMRZ3zQyGH9roirfX4buC_L4VCCc-nGxbr42fT-k5GEMNHe3xIfgqHLUDnZAbKOuOE2fZeLG0N_cCFq-Fwo3EJ5_Og2MiD/s2048/DSCF3899.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKGTjTkX2-yhBJedXmKOhRon5XOjxdeLwV0S4Hvwm7h8wVmVp7rJaXmKFA5-BKr4O3lHIOg6K0BjhfW-ppidf_SYYjCBMRZ3zQyGH9roirfX4buC_L4VCCc-nGxbr42fT-k5GEMNHe3xIfgqHLUDnZAbKOuOE2fZeLG0N_cCFq-Fwo3EJ5_Og2MiD/w640-h480/DSCF3899.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>The lotus are doing very well this year. I remembered to fertilize them. This one already has a bud towered over the aerial leaves. This is a plant I love so much, it is such a beautiful water element.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuwFHiU8Ew1tg4XNZZrTtj207sNWHXftujSaEEaM_B7tmdmEdFRiG_QW4szDlBVqGkvcL0SlG8RRIHpLLq9VcyYJrRQaxwJ_8-1SCX_2dpF4s-1kL010CyWRpIXPRePbsGxdbT1x93Nb4dkrPds_yfsR-5UHSHrT-Aa3blIszr-p4xLWuI9dNvGw0/s2048/DSCF3900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuwFHiU8Ew1tg4XNZZrTtj207sNWHXftujSaEEaM_B7tmdmEdFRiG_QW4szDlBVqGkvcL0SlG8RRIHpLLq9VcyYJrRQaxwJ_8-1SCX_2dpF4s-1kL010CyWRpIXPRePbsGxdbT1x93Nb4dkrPds_yfsR-5UHSHrT-Aa3blIszr-p4xLWuI9dNvGw0/w480-h640/DSCF3900.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>This is part of the lean to the previous owner built. I added the cattle panels upright and am using it for the jasmine, rasberries and grapes. So far the jasmine is doing well. The grapes are being moody for 3 years now. Last year they produced meager grapes and they were sour. I planted sweet ones. I hope they do well this year.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRCm-ieOngrP2x29JJXF_a927XHj4hY0rECFFdAKT86KWOMkjPyBtNeLrUYSJL1ZZvAT6xzKydQtYVcBun9watk2GT9loyzLQbhLy_NWWpJADK_PuTAGpx3DA0yEBZZFmEoK5icQ2E4CT98UWrQHg7aFR5M-3nqocUaQO72MA-ocXMmuAfi1azmE0/s2048/DSCF3902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRCm-ieOngrP2x29JJXF_a927XHj4hY0rECFFdAKT86KWOMkjPyBtNeLrUYSJL1ZZvAT6xzKydQtYVcBun9watk2GT9loyzLQbhLy_NWWpJADK_PuTAGpx3DA0yEBZZFmEoK5icQ2E4CT98UWrQHg7aFR5M-3nqocUaQO72MA-ocXMmuAfi1azmE0/w640-h480/DSCF3902.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>The three main veggie beds each 4' x 8'. They should grow some tomatoes, which we did finally get a lot of but not until December and January(!?)....dozens of full size tomatoes, then the frost came and killed the ones I could not pick as they were too green. We also have eggplant, collards, red lettuce, thai basil, lavender, and strawberries which are all coming up and back this year, but most of the strawberries were misshapen and not sweet at all. I ate them anyway. The middle bed is a mix of flowers, always a mystery. So far Chinese Forget Me Nots are taking over....though I have over 15 different species in here. We'll see what summer brings.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr8PiDm8bx0UT6B9TWdW70YC9SSrikFekq0CKc44e0Lt8tnyOiCZkPTc1LxkWcsUMVJcEkA3aWbKDNZ8ufgveRs9N_yiiPsETy0bXZHmyKLsMdFXzPbX8-Ijl_O5U_zTFP99CXK7tqX7oS_UkOz5WHTWkCF3FQl79GFEiDntAsAURzfaQgDXhQ2UD/s2048/DSCF3904.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr8PiDm8bx0UT6B9TWdW70YC9SSrikFekq0CKc44e0Lt8tnyOiCZkPTc1LxkWcsUMVJcEkA3aWbKDNZ8ufgveRs9N_yiiPsETy0bXZHmyKLsMdFXzPbX8-Ijl_O5U_zTFP99CXK7tqX7oS_UkOz5WHTWkCF3FQl79GFEiDntAsAURzfaQgDXhQ2UD/w640-h480/DSCF3904.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few peaches that developed after the frost killed over 70 peaches that were growing happily until then. We have maybe 8 peaches in total in all three trees. I still love them.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpf-FDCzo2CE7okE1ZfoVCypbor0qysgtdjaqXUkTly3PwbgfOmZ7aeQhCCeC3XvgOjLnauyKWFDzIGd7s_mIQ80cvoUIQLQWDoDEkRLlhZeHNFrCBA_D2Fv5aUr5gWzGudTb0Wh1MbSDHOOh5N3l-Jq1vWncH6KLPiUt-JMzjjecuJ3A6CqScgFe/s2048/DSCF3905.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpf-FDCzo2CE7okE1ZfoVCypbor0qysgtdjaqXUkTly3PwbgfOmZ7aeQhCCeC3XvgOjLnauyKWFDzIGd7s_mIQ80cvoUIQLQWDoDEkRLlhZeHNFrCBA_D2Fv5aUr5gWzGudTb0Wh1MbSDHOOh5N3l-Jq1vWncH6KLPiUt-JMzjjecuJ3A6CqScgFe/w640-h480/DSCF3905.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I use the carport as part of the garden. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklgr0sViJ8fPBIjlpA63uYZp7_X0C_dl6reYs8_l2Mlo9BYB_PlH4NGizCNpEt-ugmGG0VC5PlA2XLOIfyzi-9zmK8_xrhWzxMcqGK9KV4OQT5RX9LUZtN7BWnVRLcoS5qXmr_wWfdSQANHCTAsboJzDxnyj-hgsLARi5hmbSK1HF6dtRyEzHm2yZ/s2048/DSCF3906.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklgr0sViJ8fPBIjlpA63uYZp7_X0C_dl6reYs8_l2Mlo9BYB_PlH4NGizCNpEt-ugmGG0VC5PlA2XLOIfyzi-9zmK8_xrhWzxMcqGK9KV4OQT5RX9LUZtN7BWnVRLcoS5qXmr_wWfdSQANHCTAsboJzDxnyj-hgsLARi5hmbSK1HF6dtRyEzHm2yZ/w640-h480/DSCF3906.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>On the south side of the house the wisteria is finally growing. It took 3 years. I've pruned it twice in the last 2 weeks, it is a crazy monster. I am hoping the blooms will grow longer and open up finally.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs42JWwkzp0rj7dX2F6pLMEP_JL_ngNdVqfQ4DcYhXn1qLW-lioRwgU86cboSaU1SniMT0ghDhsM2Cp0TpDte9b8J7o8CKn6dCazXCWIRU0PJC7kqQJFruhJWoBhr8HVjKdlTjSkTjy7Sm0xE2bCOxlI2f4c5e2uUxE86j9esQbLsac-A4dw-ABLKs/s2048/DSCF3907.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs42JWwkzp0rj7dX2F6pLMEP_JL_ngNdVqfQ4DcYhXn1qLW-lioRwgU86cboSaU1SniMT0ghDhsM2Cp0TpDte9b8J7o8CKn6dCazXCWIRU0PJC7kqQJFruhJWoBhr8HVjKdlTjSkTjy7Sm0xE2bCOxlI2f4c5e2uUxE86j9esQbLsac-A4dw-ABLKs/w640-h480/DSCF3907.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>The front door has a wall of jasmine. The smell is wonderful.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsss3JWdBozf2mZuX1YfBUnoKl7Lcei_yp7kxRDWW_fhM4mXeazWJT85uRF1UOTocpvjDadgHEI8HpmTtkBJkzLNdX1O0NzxXxF_Tw-G-O1nCQMBGtr3XECVUORs4CVMeVud65C5oHzcEU7wY4wx9COiC6DlBes2YRnFCbBjmnk9SD_apfFNvEuMP/s2048/DSCF3908.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsss3JWdBozf2mZuX1YfBUnoKl7Lcei_yp7kxRDWW_fhM4mXeazWJT85uRF1UOTocpvjDadgHEI8HpmTtkBJkzLNdX1O0NzxXxF_Tw-G-O1nCQMBGtr3XECVUORs4CVMeVud65C5oHzcEU7wY4wx9COiC6DlBes2YRnFCbBjmnk9SD_apfFNvEuMP/w640-h480/DSCF3908.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Even the shed's jasmine is blooming well.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5oUHc3yvFjxBwDkZec8zmObSss7MNtI2XyaLlWPlXK_pkE0VHgo-rG4CwRlGQyCtj65tABDfaV6uN7MqIoJFes1LyuJQ3CIv9nhZjjaV27Fl0VgENUE0gX61c85knghZFwWKc3tPhZDU3qC1JdSY-mq6bzZPsOo0RuOdAOZRQprL9lkeGyrROaef/s2048/DSCF3909.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5oUHc3yvFjxBwDkZec8zmObSss7MNtI2XyaLlWPlXK_pkE0VHgo-rG4CwRlGQyCtj65tABDfaV6uN7MqIoJFes1LyuJQ3CIv9nhZjjaV27Fl0VgENUE0gX61c85knghZFwWKc3tPhZDU3qC1JdSY-mq6bzZPsOo0RuOdAOZRQprL9lkeGyrROaef/w640-h480/DSCF3909.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Behind the shed is a bed of planted corn, sunflowers, mizuna and arugula. I can't wait, they are all coming up so far. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRqMTgI8ZPGDhQcCusEEdw_f63RK8KkjEbZzUIeZnPBxYzm8_8DR8041sB3HAVT2Adi0nurdiKhDDoxjGpl9mTXuB-czepNp0W93jlSChuvpAVsljgoiI2l6TgdYXoOh27DSJGNfDLmbZCp925cTMyFJsutJr3LfkNeAKaj0_dns3Gqi-h21K9NYw/s2048/DSCF3910.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRqMTgI8ZPGDhQcCusEEdw_f63RK8KkjEbZzUIeZnPBxYzm8_8DR8041sB3HAVT2Adi0nurdiKhDDoxjGpl9mTXuB-czepNp0W93jlSChuvpAVsljgoiI2l6TgdYXoOh27DSJGNfDLmbZCp925cTMyFJsutJr3LfkNeAKaj0_dns3Gqi-h21K9NYw/w640-h480/DSCF3910.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>My beloved Lotus.......<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOIaF3GE6awScxD8-cY-rDZErtmfDqzS4VI0zxrmcaHci2dV9NbrKquQkxvUyk-sWPreXTlzZNUsnCPXq2KVoXnHzctYoNQKPYBbcT_hSYGYMavTFGL90uulUsI8a2H6NiuzdjLo6T6fs22MhRkuSQESSuutN0MFwPvUfqZI7nP9NYjh6uRNmgAqT/s2048/DSCF3911.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOIaF3GE6awScxD8-cY-rDZErtmfDqzS4VI0zxrmcaHci2dV9NbrKquQkxvUyk-sWPreXTlzZNUsnCPXq2KVoXnHzctYoNQKPYBbcT_hSYGYMavTFGL90uulUsI8a2H6NiuzdjLo6T6fs22MhRkuSQESSuutN0MFwPvUfqZI7nP9NYjh6uRNmgAqT/w480-h640/DSCF3911.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>"What makes us powerful transformative Beings of Light is being Light with full awareness of all that the dark is doing. You cannot transform without that knowledge yet remaining powerful in your Light/Love." ~Serena<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiId36NOY2I3Kdl6f4HlLfOlCFWqnAfk1sBqhxnmXmNEfeaOL6_IeB9vD_JVPmLEHC2xkjpXbT-hv7WkKx6-bVUq78eT1EWVSz230X20AH7TtHwpIlqR7qJvils3BypGses3Ifm49APznCi0YM5y_MIQCxn5ugl3NGHKp-_ThQK2k3AagCixnbOe38Q/s2048/DSCF3912.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiId36NOY2I3Kdl6f4HlLfOlCFWqnAfk1sBqhxnmXmNEfeaOL6_IeB9vD_JVPmLEHC2xkjpXbT-hv7WkKx6-bVUq78eT1EWVSz230X20AH7TtHwpIlqR7qJvils3BypGses3Ifm49APznCi0YM5y_MIQCxn5ugl3NGHKp-_ThQK2k3AagCixnbOe38Q/w480-h640/DSCF3912.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>The little weeping willow is filling out nice in its first season here. It's about 8 feet tall. I could literally plant 20 more weeping willow on this property and if they were all full sized I'd still have room for 20 more.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrNFO-ieOb96E5W6GUxxn1OUpK40UPIMLdXlokOuRjZcXdN9WmxT5Dkn7JfMrBv5BblbMP1kp6fshTjt2JcDGah6qXQSUviMV2zkW58C447GexJbdAQf_i4lAyvd5FAFvgDc6mTy_574uglG4PygCRM4sp4Qzx9xOnil-BWAaKsY0WZxbBdVuBprt/s2048/DSCF3913.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrNFO-ieOb96E5W6GUxxn1OUpK40UPIMLdXlokOuRjZcXdN9WmxT5Dkn7JfMrBv5BblbMP1kp6fshTjt2JcDGah6qXQSUviMV2zkW58C447GexJbdAQf_i4lAyvd5FAFvgDc6mTy_574uglG4PygCRM4sp4Qzx9xOnil-BWAaKsY0WZxbBdVuBprt/w480-h640/DSCF3913.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>This spring, the only thing that did well were the two little apples. They bloomed so prettily! as small as they were. So here is a picture of one apple on one of them. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCOoFvZRl1m7FsQl4gjJYbFbg99l9PIQIqv9-MG_6AIRI39QzodHwNV0QgrcdhH_jcbNivet7Z3IB_TteAVrZhlk1EATmBpjyrIYuvar1x94SwqWBYelzBbsFx7mSJQDIraLOxDuh1480BqQZmd_n2KyNRTsIVlmxAnsF9S1zicyXIneZzkBPCaMY/s2048/DSCF3914.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCOoFvZRl1m7FsQl4gjJYbFbg99l9PIQIqv9-MG_6AIRI39QzodHwNV0QgrcdhH_jcbNivet7Z3IB_TteAVrZhlk1EATmBpjyrIYuvar1x94SwqWBYelzBbsFx7mSJQDIraLOxDuh1480BqQZmd_n2KyNRTsIVlmxAnsF9S1zicyXIneZzkBPCaMY/w480-h640/DSCF3914.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>These are the north and south arches that I will plant with something that will do well. I keep hoping for climbing roses, we'll see.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOoK2xq1cdq-b4ruqhb1SxiRF9vPjSmSLRsSGIv39Zj8ypHQoIiwHp_4whCc_9w_FmUoxnoR0zDP1fxuZpfSoG9Z4MrupZ4U7jK4vgKUXYFAxTSam_zVcEJJdgLrZ3yHPddgIm2DYf0tDes4Od2Y5BvPoherruajk1auQOmafFdfS5C_-bFme17am/s2048/DSCF3916.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOoK2xq1cdq-b4ruqhb1SxiRF9vPjSmSLRsSGIv39Zj8ypHQoIiwHp_4whCc_9w_FmUoxnoR0zDP1fxuZpfSoG9Z4MrupZ4U7jK4vgKUXYFAxTSam_zVcEJJdgLrZ3yHPddgIm2DYf0tDes4Od2Y5BvPoherruajk1auQOmafFdfS5C_-bFme17am/w640-h480/DSCF3916.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I call this my Stonehenge Tea Table. :D<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrexrvMIjvdSfrIG1v3uU2uivwmjmtAQJdHBN7bq8e3SGxWJ_RVAm-osqAgL0Xr1Hm1-Y2V1mMij5sY7EJpaCdDtE3-n6KvTOeA77goSScF3v93jqly5LBbs3PEmjsSPkLcZLP1lbVxFsipCg6dWTEvB4ScxGrpCj_30MCPFbwrbRkJerDzh2BeEm/s2048/DSCF3919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrexrvMIjvdSfrIG1v3uU2uivwmjmtAQJdHBN7bq8e3SGxWJ_RVAm-osqAgL0Xr1Hm1-Y2V1mMij5sY7EJpaCdDtE3-n6KvTOeA77goSScF3v93jqly5LBbs3PEmjsSPkLcZLP1lbVxFsipCg6dWTEvB4ScxGrpCj_30MCPFbwrbRkJerDzh2BeEm/w640-h480/DSCF3919.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>And finally the view from my back door, it is lovely first morning light when it is misty from dew in the sun, low light, and sparkling dew drops on everything.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLWV00hRlcd0pkDflLXWMNq4W2mb2fhOaEyNXPqCCg4VSJOh2dDy1PgRLibpgKDvh9lrGMPtE7Hx5YutnKS_FE95FIGLN8520f7XG0Eeb0C2SREokrgFyNDR8wMVcrzluE24rFwnXaVJ30D-sL--Rd9MDUrvpniPOEaa43Bqy2FYq3kg9WOVenTD6/s2048/DSCF3917.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLWV00hRlcd0pkDflLXWMNq4W2mb2fhOaEyNXPqCCg4VSJOh2dDy1PgRLibpgKDvh9lrGMPtE7Hx5YutnKS_FE95FIGLN8520f7XG0Eeb0C2SREokrgFyNDR8wMVcrzluE24rFwnXaVJ30D-sL--Rd9MDUrvpniPOEaa43Bqy2FYq3kg9WOVenTD6/w640-h480/DSCF3917.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Stay in your light. </p><p>Nurture your light and only your light. </p><p>Grow your light and dwell in love. </p><p>Shine that love over the darkness you see and never waver. Not for a moment.<br /></p><p> <br /></p>Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-75085086648100238062022-01-01T14:39:00.002-05:002022-01-01T14:39:47.378-05:00Pictures and Notes for Pamelinda and Friends<p>Hello Bloglandia.</p><p>*lots of pictures. <br /></p><p>I do not write as much as many do not these days. We have been so overtaken with other things that pleasure and creative writing have been thrown aside.</p><p>But I am not here to write, I am just wanting to share some pictures I promised to a friend, to show my gardens such as they are, and the results of her gift. </p><p>I will post the pictures and comment above it.</p><p>I am a gardener heart and soul. I love nature and our relationship with Her. Nature of course as a living being is symbiotic with us, both biological and spiritually. I cannot explain that to anyone who hasn't felt this, but it is really a beautiful thing. It can only be called love and I am ever faithful to this love. <br /></p><p>In current times, once again, Nature is calling for us to merge with Her, to work with Her and to understand that we can not do well without Her. To this truth I am dedicated to gardening, the soil, the trees, plants, wildlife and everything in between. I want to care for and nurture that natural life here. We need each other.<br /></p><p>However, this particular area I live in is beyond challenging. I thought I had to give up since nothing is working out right, not even the easy growing plants, like tomatoes, potato vine, and many other things that people can grow in a wide diversity of conditions.....here it is not happening. I even have a neighbor who moved in recently and is a permaculturist. He recently told me he has given up trying to garden here. That is intense. Then the difficulty is not in what I'm doing or not doing, it is the area's energy. It is the first time I have ever seen such energy of Nature go against all my efforts. But I will not give up. I will find out what ails this place and try to heal it. I cannot tell you how much I want to cry over this, but I will persist.<br /></p><p>This is a metaphor for what is ailing the entire planet. We must, in love, persevere.....it is our only salvation. If I succeed, there is nothing more important I could do as a living humane being. To heal a sick land, and nurture it back to beauty and bounty would be a gift.<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglxV4Vk7QZlC7LeLw4Bl-9mko8vtJX2s5taK4CGlcVWQX71BYTof0fsjYeOCs79s3psc5nvzdOIYtv9xjquoumzY6-1JjZS-MsJVwUk5Q8hvMW8M0EMhwWjK8kjRA-xFNA2LfeXeE0vLCQfRe_N0CYp5qHKvQIcPHLsMaJiaO8Z5lbuoF5qfxen-0s=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1600" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglxV4Vk7QZlC7LeLw4Bl-9mko8vtJX2s5taK4CGlcVWQX71BYTof0fsjYeOCs79s3psc5nvzdOIYtv9xjquoumzY6-1JjZS-MsJVwUk5Q8hvMW8M0EMhwWjK8kjRA-xFNA2LfeXeE0vLCQfRe_N0CYp5qHKvQIcPHLsMaJiaO8Z5lbuoF5qfxen-0s=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p></p><p>So far I have planted over 70 trees and bushes, still in young form so it doesn't look like much, but 5 years from now, this property should have some gorgeous trees, shade, flowers and fruits. That is my hope. I also hope to see this beauty I worked so hard for.<br /></p><p>I have a peach tree I particularly love planted close to the house right outside the kitchen window. I did have some peaches from it the first year I bought it full of peaches. The 2nd year, last year, it gave me only 6, and now it is loaded with peaches. </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz9ETOiN6G87iX1zTWo7415qzxNbBHnUz3giMRYNhRxzqU1ALd6e6EMJO6y27fOWgOBKereJ2Jd8e4BZg0xTtUTlPhAYiM65QCWSwwnIwIFOJsYRxxzgTlGkh320KKfRvLoqKGivZ_6mH5XRRlAj90-rB8EbWE2i1qNtM76sN2GBDR2RiqrAOwpK8J=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz9ETOiN6G87iX1zTWo7415qzxNbBHnUz3giMRYNhRxzqU1ALd6e6EMJO6y27fOWgOBKereJ2Jd8e4BZg0xTtUTlPhAYiM65QCWSwwnIwIFOJsYRxxzgTlGkh320KKfRvLoqKGivZ_6mH5XRRlAj90-rB8EbWE2i1qNtM76sN2GBDR2RiqrAOwpK8J=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p>If we get a cold spell or a frost they will not survive. I am hoping we do not get one. It is currently, on January 1st, 2022, 78 degrees outside and my air conditioner is on....but that could change in one day.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKYjGzh5CKHG0451udL-mBNfaXGxtGc9MbPS48lUnKQIG8HHjSjpqEbVNLHuCcRQ6wI0WbstWvvsQaTCIx-s4l2wxzT4Ne32qKaNmHa8nWW4f1BtNuIVwiu8QGr1Rzj0GLgECMS52oEu9y-HlhYrgnXQHfLBvTzxl0z8Rppg2gwiXnEtP14s7hiD9z=s860" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="860" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKYjGzh5CKHG0451udL-mBNfaXGxtGc9MbPS48lUnKQIG8HHjSjpqEbVNLHuCcRQ6wI0WbstWvvsQaTCIx-s4l2wxzT4Ne32qKaNmHa8nWW4f1BtNuIVwiu8QGr1Rzj0GLgECMS52oEu9y-HlhYrgnXQHfLBvTzxl0z8Rppg2gwiXnEtP14s7hiD9z=w400-h80" width="400" /></a></p><p> </p><p>One of the things I love most about some gardens is an Asian element. I wish I could have pagodas all over the property lit up at night with candles. But I have this one. It is a sturdy element, that gives interest when there is too much space. The birds love it too.<br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgW3EvNBQsXaqs26IelYK9xXiq6Y6KeY8E5syjB4nlTM2iaDM5u2o_Sk1N6ZwEEhXTXSAC5esvbBgG0rfplAjso1hJEBg6EltGavl1Dct3wzWbFJlGDTZ8pY_7v9iX_p88p-Ba-Xut_0wCv2ESltwCR90lgoEGM7poYvu90RkIanP-psSWzPsD5riJY=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgW3EvNBQsXaqs26IelYK9xXiq6Y6KeY8E5syjB4nlTM2iaDM5u2o_Sk1N6ZwEEhXTXSAC5esvbBgG0rfplAjso1hJEBg6EltGavl1Dct3wzWbFJlGDTZ8pY_7v9iX_p88p-Ba-Xut_0wCv2ESltwCR90lgoEGM7poYvu90RkIanP-psSWzPsD5riJY=w640-h480" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is a lean-to next to the shed and the large table we built originally because I wanted to have large dinners with lots of people....well, thats not happening....so it is a very sturdy seed table where I grow greens for salads. I can watch them closely in the bins they are planted in they will not dry out as they have no drainage. In the smaller bins I have lettuces which are taking 5 months to grow. An abnormally long time, its just not really working out. I have tried many times and I will continue. The larger ones are a Spicy Mesclun mix, the only ones that always grows and grows fast. I love this blend.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglyxSEaHgpp9Tx5Pte3barl9t9HFTzht9NlLnEvjj8_e3GIACQ2kiXT7sPwASJ2zYoe2hDre0BrhiRUAr4lJRL6sdoLXhLJ5iY28FXELICq9CTD2ry-ZqO2fCOY4s2W6wUm7w6DZ73RqYk5m9kjxtCxdyAzqqiTs7z7oD_MosrwCsRoyhieHeAzSlE=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglyxSEaHgpp9Tx5Pte3barl9t9HFTzht9NlLnEvjj8_e3GIACQ2kiXT7sPwASJ2zYoe2hDre0BrhiRUAr4lJRL6sdoLXhLJ5iY28FXELICq9CTD2ry-ZqO2fCOY4s2W6wUm7w6DZ73RqYk5m9kjxtCxdyAzqqiTs7z7oD_MosrwCsRoyhieHeAzSlE=w640-h480" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Below are more greens in window boxes. The one that grows with no help at all is mizuna. Right now I have a lot of it, I don't know what to do with. It is the only one that is hard for me to eat because the stems are tough, and yet this is the one that grows the most. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The window boxes below the mizuna are lettuces which again, not growing well. They have been this size for months. In the raised bed is lemon sorrel. It is nice in salads. It wilts in the sun but only get sun for a couple of hours, then it stands up again.<br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmTmbVj03nVfEvQJmPXdhsSITzFGbQh8uJm0kG_tFjNtq9JYu448z3w6b9WGpnX9-2HSnOde0OyidYMAyz8EvgRs2lwTsNHuuYK3CtZUww882XaEnsO78UKpRbBa9hUaPLZRqEg4-3XCY8vTRGIwvI0WBpQyYqI0rdzOH5Dofy4JYMVKJGMeaK27_k=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmTmbVj03nVfEvQJmPXdhsSITzFGbQh8uJm0kG_tFjNtq9JYu448z3w6b9WGpnX9-2HSnOde0OyidYMAyz8EvgRs2lwTsNHuuYK3CtZUww882XaEnsO78UKpRbBa9hUaPLZRqEg4-3XCY8vTRGIwvI0WBpQyYqI0rdzOH5Dofy4JYMVKJGMeaK27_k=w640-h480" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is a thing of beauty that stands alone in a spot that has not much beauty. But this pot has a lotus plant in it and in the summer produced 2 blooms. They were precious. I am hoping the coming summer it will produce much more. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ_cRadimc53fw8X0oHZhDTTymoN3CHY9knJh9wV3G_S2PfAAwOmniDHs2LI7zGLKA-nZudzD3VAl8AxBvmqznUgce1JT0QEfKeCSA-bQtmCNiu0Z7HCS1MXi3UV3_S1ruHtrB6ffJsPisAFNh3pfH73nZ6HTgnp800rKIzoE03VYEn33jcpzDhbhy=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ_cRadimc53fw8X0oHZhDTTymoN3CHY9knJh9wV3G_S2PfAAwOmniDHs2LI7zGLKA-nZudzD3VAl8AxBvmqznUgce1JT0QEfKeCSA-bQtmCNiu0Z7HCS1MXi3UV3_S1ruHtrB6ffJsPisAFNh3pfH73nZ6HTgnp800rKIzoE03VYEn33jcpzDhbhy=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This should have been the first picture. It is the view from the back porch. I have taken down this archway...... <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjo9Rf9zBATfQ4B53BJYat0aVV0XPY4chgQeqxV32QAik6_83Nkh1IAR5_A5bunV2aqvp6gchokxY5F9JV8nbxAIIDAbgdnGxH3j4rnXvTyPl_ZlQEpivlWJhzAsDJvp-eoI8YXkJlA8rQ_NYtZF3G4Jdhkhs-2mIrOYXbBOgtfuGj5DOLWjgpfZ7ZT=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjo9Rf9zBATfQ4B53BJYat0aVV0XPY4chgQeqxV32QAik6_83Nkh1IAR5_A5bunV2aqvp6gchokxY5F9JV8nbxAIIDAbgdnGxH3j4rnXvTyPl_ZlQEpivlWJhzAsDJvp-eoI8YXkJlA8rQ_NYtZF3G4Jdhkhs-2mIrOYXbBOgtfuGj5DOLWjgpfZ7ZT=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because
for 2 years lush green vines did not grow on the 30 foot
walkway. So that came down, and I built a circle of lattice wood. I kept one of the arched panels because the jasmine is growing well around it and bought arches for each of the 4 directions, north, south, east, west, to keep it open and so I can drive the mower in there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUoQw0rulta0JBbS30J3qvWlL07m0gNGwng74y4oKhl9dwWELbqZ_aYk6I3zJQGXRV76C46yGJ_DkeLO2q_qgqtzGaLttymqq8D_6Z_fclX0LrbLzUVNUcJHz4lODUkxdUw-Fe6rpLt1TRN5NfM2HpyKoBOp0QMeP7O8qBuxfVLqDpL2fT3Ngm2wNB=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUoQw0rulta0JBbS30J3qvWlL07m0gNGwng74y4oKhl9dwWELbqZ_aYk6I3zJQGXRV76C46yGJ_DkeLO2q_qgqtzGaLttymqq8D_6Z_fclX0LrbLzUVNUcJHz4lODUkxdUw-Fe6rpLt1TRN5NfM2HpyKoBOp0QMeP7O8qBuxfVLqDpL2fT3Ngm2wNB=w640-h480" width="640" /></a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4C0z4W6w6_JKyvgu29IR8z2O-rQSxyUyf1zzerVxGZ5741RCBNJbBCwq9aw4PGZT30zbbmKYmv15l6EZ_nkfBLMNBDahIXxjSXbD1_EgTOU_noXoAOVENV-P_Ah7UE9R4WKFW4wC4xlkM19OM_keaLQbYyhSrMQNETPD_--tdYUB_XAPPPvCF6BNo=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4C0z4W6w6_JKyvgu29IR8z2O-rQSxyUyf1zzerVxGZ5741RCBNJbBCwq9aw4PGZT30zbbmKYmv15l6EZ_nkfBLMNBDahIXxjSXbD1_EgTOU_noXoAOVENV-P_Ah7UE9R4WKFW4wC4xlkM19OM_keaLQbYyhSrMQNETPD_--tdYUB_XAPPPvCF6BNo=w640-h480" width="640" /></a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For this circle garden I wanted to make sure the soil in the ground would be friendly to the plants. It seemed nothing wanted to grow here, so I knew I had to work the soil. This was laborious. First I marked out the circle with a string and spray paint. An outer circle and an inner circle, that gave me a 5 foot wide bed, and a 30 foot diameter. I then laid down many cardboard boxes I got from John's job. Then I laid down bags and bags of compost bought from the store. Then loads of sawdust, then azomite, then grass clippings. There was more but I don't remember. Then I waited for the summer heat and rainy season to cook it down for 3 months to break everything down. When John was laying in the edging to keep the grass contained around the perimeters, he said he saw worms. That is a good sign I thought, the ground must be ready for planting after 3 months of intense heat and rain. I wanted to plant in September but I didn't have the seeds I needed until October. I planted lots and lots of seeds in that 5 foot wide bed, 30 feet around, mostly flowers, because I want a garden and though the seedlings came up quickly, they remain only an inch above ground for 3 months. Only a few plants have grown, like the allysum, and some of the salad greens. And though there are many green things growing in there, I no longer know what is what either because all the tags faded in the sun.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Below is another angle of the circle garden with the citrus tree that has both lemons and oranges. It is a hybrid. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifpo6xIZbWG2Pb_ITzOyOouHKQqq9zgPEyC33SCLrSoFsDQngdTVrKLYurLXvbT8GPsKXrMzAfksOvjjW-NSUnYhmtvEdjqv7I6B2Ci_E7hq-KY2tY5u6F-A1qLXwDbL-5O5xGYOaCN1UPGwzRS0hOPjN3O02XShZyYhAbwhOZwGPTpTOhUs7JZDxn=s950" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="950" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifpo6xIZbWG2Pb_ITzOyOouHKQqq9zgPEyC33SCLrSoFsDQngdTVrKLYurLXvbT8GPsKXrMzAfksOvjjW-NSUnYhmtvEdjqv7I6B2Ci_E7hq-KY2tY5u6F-A1qLXwDbL-5O5xGYOaCN1UPGwzRS0hOPjN3O02XShZyYhAbwhOZwGPTpTOhUs7JZDxn=w640-h480" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is the inner circle with small salad greens growing. Not nearly as much as I planted, but some are growing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-sB06AguM8o9b1Yw3Qnk84lD7BYt9q0JnpqyUWVkY618aTEd5pggJZbLjTeKa6igBAXF6UIBv5sPR_65W9GkRN2iFbGrRxkvGxoYTPkpW3V5fyXnvgM36GqYymQUDTMQlOzpRBKDoyxu8lLwxsETRfHcKg7FRPDjYnqbdKBetPFbpZ3ecC_su-M5D=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-sB06AguM8o9b1Yw3Qnk84lD7BYt9q0JnpqyUWVkY618aTEd5pggJZbLjTeKa6igBAXF6UIBv5sPR_65W9GkRN2iFbGrRxkvGxoYTPkpW3V5fyXnvgM36GqYymQUDTMQlOzpRBKDoyxu8lLwxsETRfHcKg7FRPDjYnqbdKBetPFbpZ3ecC_su-M5D=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is a speckling of purple allysum and lots of green things that do not resemble what I have seeded, at all. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDnKnDjSCwBMoYUxlbVgM2CtSddZlcLCi79m9iPuGbcMuxHvE4qcA-gMPAwQiehgT_z3BzpM2q7wCIUetG6eDlxZt2qspa06Og2Rt6w6QPvck5p3mGjEqV3gcsj6A1C5OLR1oLm0omUiWftKdVONR1_EJlXMYcDDKc37fv0ELsgnzg5QhYPDBPyjMl=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDnKnDjSCwBMoYUxlbVgM2CtSddZlcLCi79m9iPuGbcMuxHvE4qcA-gMPAwQiehgT_z3BzpM2q7wCIUetG6eDlxZt2qspa06Og2Rt6w6QPvck5p3mGjEqV3gcsj6A1C5OLR1oLm0omUiWftKdVONR1_EJlXMYcDDKc37fv0ELsgnzg5QhYPDBPyjMl=w640-h480" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This below is another section of the circle that is showing white allysum and lots of green mysterious things that will not grow more than this for 3 months now. <br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrObIotHOIfC1DdvF-Wc3Sot1OvcCczl96rd89aV9htzNKI5j6KJVNG3xn3NKcXIheS56m2AWb0tO6Cc851QQno-yWKGkqFftS8h27NMmkNLC3lAiooXjjD2ZKwc6j2N6NPbEhIRKZjNa8R8mIqpcLykrTgCSBM3KXZ_G9UVljh0kpIuJIHjYNXnzv=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrObIotHOIfC1DdvF-Wc3Sot1OvcCczl96rd89aV9htzNKI5j6KJVNG3xn3NKcXIheS56m2AWb0tO6Cc851QQno-yWKGkqFftS8h27NMmkNLC3lAiooXjjD2ZKwc6j2N6NPbEhIRKZjNa8R8mIqpcLykrTgCSBM3KXZ_G9UVljh0kpIuJIHjYNXnzv=w640-h480" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun is too harsh to see what is growing here, but when I try to take pictures when the sun is not so bright, it is too dark. lol.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, lots more green little things of a mysterious nature. The bushes are hydrangeas I had in pots, that went in to fill this circle. I am hoping that they will bloom in the spring. They should be blue.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhq0vzJr6kL13vZhxotHOLjWtSxJkQDnvYZczc9DnomhoNTUn75mgzzU7A3uCGrgw-F77XwPs1tl181set7IOiSTnjaKij3h-OSpyRCRriv8fjObVUSLSr5jtdcH02UfqygpFDMTbF-grUbOlOSfttOKugBRyMv7RU6SSjYdRfZaUYLNsNxztCxTJh=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhq0vzJr6kL13vZhxotHOLjWtSxJkQDnvYZczc9DnomhoNTUn75mgzzU7A3uCGrgw-F77XwPs1tl181set7IOiSTnjaKij3h-OSpyRCRriv8fjObVUSLSr5jtdcH02UfqygpFDMTbF-grUbOlOSfttOKugBRyMv7RU6SSjYdRfZaUYLNsNxztCxTJh=w640-h480" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is a camellia that is supposed to be white with pale pink edges, the way it was when I bought it. Now it is dark pink, but at least it is blooming a bit.<br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj13H_OluYZC1zpGGJQTeQYnZn69sHlT_Iq_CYc2nmknUeq7eTygikkcK7QPghN2-Pbd4DBBQvc4y0UEDfsFxae4N7EN9ZyqcWwwTKqTMi3y4hRDbTzy7SO54_aPuHovYodV9-u7KN6e_PdPHGKajxsUBaXW5y4RgCxRfVLMUi5h8j73iEpX5LWjmUp=w480-h640" width="480" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Below are the three main raised beds. The have veggies on either side and the center bed should be wild flowers. ahem...should be is key word in the garden. I planted the wild flower seeds in the spring and it took 6 months for them to grow only zinnias and a few forget me nots. It did not do well, despite this soil being one of the best on the market. I replanted lots and lots of seeds in October everywhere and they are also very small still, after 3 months of good weather.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Db-r3CrrbDXhjTxV_SE0hTmvggo05pV07d_aVUBVzRgoliYcNY6n0ODUGOfL-1lLGjQvlfRiZ-V09KxyBlloUJcjXwnk8JLVYzfsvM7xj8eIxURUKyZqiPgkkb72Zai8abbXPCpvmaFe49ONbI3zVxIUo7KnudISF9uadzrpSpwRNXO97tVwJ9aK=s950" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="950" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Db-r3CrrbDXhjTxV_SE0hTmvggo05pV07d_aVUBVzRgoliYcNY6n0ODUGOfL-1lLGjQvlfRiZ-V09KxyBlloUJcjXwnk8JLVYzfsvM7xj8eIxURUKyZqiPgkkb72Zai8abbXPCpvmaFe49ONbI3zVxIUo7KnudISF9uadzrpSpwRNXO97tVwJ9aK=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the left bed with a huge lemongrass plant behind it which makes the best tea. In this bed are the tomatoes, which did not do well in the summer, but now we have about a dozen normal sized tomatoes growing which is making me giddy happy. It is totally the wrong time of year, but just yesterday I took off 2 full red tomatoes, and others are ripening up. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhxBdBB3FOocazfi30dcL-jcGCn1OBVbz99rJu6CeIzQepWBYuN2bYBLRBSfvztqq04yA_7CyKMLPdg3UZ-mxruxM3AbBuwJyUlFk00NBdujN0hj-QnFmktnS8arUm9uUeAhBOD-OgcYFjnHI2qyptuxWLm9gxm-baWgAPje8UyJ9wxuPWd88ViiGk=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhxBdBB3FOocazfi30dcL-jcGCn1OBVbz99rJu6CeIzQepWBYuN2bYBLRBSfvztqq04yA_7CyKMLPdg3UZ-mxruxM3AbBuwJyUlFk00NBdujN0hj-QnFmktnS8arUm9uUeAhBOD-OgcYFjnHI2qyptuxWLm9gxm-baWgAPje8UyJ9wxuPWd88ViiGk=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Also this bed has red lettuce, zinnias, thai basil, strawberries and nasturtiums which are not only a beautiful plant but every part of it is edible. I love the peppery flavored leaves and crazy colorful flowers.<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhef4ZPQfK39vu-PcqzL5LL5Y6RgDE0ACBamkXE-_MllL1GwcCCXiCpM8eBZ9eOsN9wAj8Jctb0TfPF3pdnu1a3dji4b59gjPW0xgB_EvA21PknqSg7wphKE0iuuzqLnYjtL-H1X97F-zRtQGmqr-xHIURUK9Ve02k2VaO8CMDPqwdrU1gdBXKC3pPB=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhef4ZPQfK39vu-PcqzL5LL5Y6RgDE0ACBamkXE-_MllL1GwcCCXiCpM8eBZ9eOsN9wAj8Jctb0TfPF3pdnu1a3dji4b59gjPW0xgB_EvA21PknqSg7wphKE0iuuzqLnYjtL-H1X97F-zRtQGmqr-xHIURUK9Ve02k2VaO8CMDPqwdrU1gdBXKC3pPB=w480-h640" width="480" /> </a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In this below picture you can see the nasturtiums in the foreground doing as they should be around all three beds perimeters. But only this one is doing well. Overall the plants are doing better than in the summer.<br /></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitLWgL2Nhnx68hBUYFxlxinhWoRz2-hIrOPjv7zUEFimCjbCbZM0A41pFxaoaC3I-n-J9KEKR2aWGljiw-fgH-yasmTBPFqKNVjiJyd0VqQ1JVgZfubYVngfh3TF4lMZgaK8l6qH3gKqFN2Jqu4ufgU4XBJrWfokH2g76TMBfoi6QIQDi4dXTg6Nh6=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitLWgL2Nhnx68hBUYFxlxinhWoRz2-hIrOPjv7zUEFimCjbCbZM0A41pFxaoaC3I-n-J9KEKR2aWGljiw-fgH-yasmTBPFqKNVjiJyd0VqQ1JVgZfubYVngfh3TF4lMZgaK8l6qH3gKqFN2Jqu4ufgU4XBJrWfokH2g76TMBfoi6QIQDi4dXTg6Nh6=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIJp4IGcrm0NJ5109E6BSWo18jD6OR9MJV9Wjw15hdWZ1B8VUduDHGset0QGx3RPNEGckAZJsHwV0Uuwklnf6G8NdO73ZAmJGrNipE8gaKVcRDGEuB1wlgvOF1qkQUQGEHVpsG9Fkxl7UR5wF46oo-JkatbwynzN8Z7favQPG3Y0Wgj86l_bUKJx3l=s750" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIJp4IGcrm0NJ5109E6BSWo18jD6OR9MJV9Wjw15hdWZ1B8VUduDHGset0QGx3RPNEGckAZJsHwV0Uuwklnf6G8NdO73ZAmJGrNipE8gaKVcRDGEuB1wlgvOF1qkQUQGEHVpsG9Fkxl7UR5wF46oo-JkatbwynzN8Z7favQPG3Y0Wgj86l_bUKJx3l=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></p><p> Below is the middle bed of the wild flower seeds. But since it didn't do anything I began to throw in some edible greens, but they are not doing anything either. Just a few cosmos have come up. The large leaves are hollyhocks, a tall large and beautiful cottage garden flower. They may bloom in the spring. The nasturtiums are struggling here too. I planted nasturtiums all around the edges of all three beds to have an overflowing green mass of coral and red colors. But that is not happening. Only a few plants are doing well, and even though they were all from the same seed packs, they are doing differently.<br /></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQwSlSSl9kFeFuH4QPieFIyU3XzN7d3DKd0tBHIpItNRSJu8CWq03Guk4asUYcju7Jnj2pTDjASi4Y4SOGIoskMa1IhT2rcO_G9kT4UJ9J29P4XEksqWcPJcIwXPgGUSRQY3bzxe0_X3nk2gfb6C6mo1H3k1KDRqubz2HGui8CJx88Xjj3CqK3Cdy7=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQwSlSSl9kFeFuH4QPieFIyU3XzN7d3DKd0tBHIpItNRSJu8CWq03Guk4asUYcju7Jnj2pTDjASi4Y4SOGIoskMa1IhT2rcO_G9kT4UJ9J29P4XEksqWcPJcIwXPgGUSRQY3bzxe0_X3nk2gfb6C6mo1H3k1KDRqubz2HGui8CJx88Xjj3CqK3Cdy7=w480-h640" width="480" /> </a></p><p> </p><p>This is the right bed, and here are collard greens, cabbages that are struggling even though I never had problems with those before, some romaine lettuce, eggplants and scallions. The empty spaces are filled with edible greens seeds, but nothing came up. <br /></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf69wM6jTxf9SWAwuNTO8mgrfUoaDcGsZ377r5v0Pnml7QvWYBXeTxOZflUjxA36TJaD1PhoE8Cha4LOjPxdz68x6bxAGxrLfDiSnCmKb8IwtgAeC-boc_FJz8Awx4V-2Tc4Ri3a0mqFtd-aR2ucvvSGqrwkOnE86A3vXsrn4m5pvpyF0qhfhwgj5J=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf69wM6jTxf9SWAwuNTO8mgrfUoaDcGsZ377r5v0Pnml7QvWYBXeTxOZflUjxA36TJaD1PhoE8Cha4LOjPxdz68x6bxAGxrLfDiSnCmKb8IwtgAeC-boc_FJz8Awx4V-2Tc4Ri3a0mqFtd-aR2ucvvSGqrwkOnE86A3vXsrn4m5pvpyF0qhfhwgj5J=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></p><p> </p><p> This is a small seating area under the carport behind that massive lemongrass.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoZRtly9rSXlYMZ0tiERQMD3UfJ5n1ynv0WgZMj9aggkl0Mfq_kouf9Ut2gzlO76nIwLd5GZfknmZ8eGCZ5Vu7VqSXmLV14GozI3lYHasBAMP5sU3L6iS3c7Jy24S1GJuu3oR9rHqnrCV7KZrHclopIp99fYXupGpJduQthmBjK9Ip36z_wQSpNnuk=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjoZRtly9rSXlYMZ0tiERQMD3UfJ5n1ynv0WgZMj9aggkl0Mfq_kouf9Ut2gzlO76nIwLd5GZfknmZ8eGCZ5Vu7VqSXmLV14GozI3lYHasBAMP5sU3L6iS3c7Jy24S1GJuu3oR9rHqnrCV7KZrHclopIp99fYXupGpJduQthmBjK9Ip36z_wQSpNnuk=w640-h480" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below are some pink floribunda roses that give off a lovely scent all the time. The smell when I go out there of the roses and the wood mulch I put under the carport is a pleasure. I also have some lettuce seedlings in 4 inch pots that have not grown in 3 months. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit8FFl7KWWSTcoKVyFb1bdZt66XxEklfUXCjGu0c733y1mWy_kjQHRtusw6WbGsIzrcvH8gAyj0v3wLfYC17SjDC6nDbx1uGF9vIvBjvnylx7yX465LVyWBD4slGNKNpsARMsqyqe2jswt45QChQgt8Jm5-FMkDmd2D3FD4BF0LcbshTRUZQhghGiM=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEit8FFl7KWWSTcoKVyFb1bdZt66XxEklfUXCjGu0c733y1mWy_kjQHRtusw6WbGsIzrcvH8gAyj0v3wLfYC17SjDC6nDbx1uGF9vIvBjvnylx7yX465LVyWBD4slGNKNpsARMsqyqe2jswt45QChQgt8Jm5-FMkDmd2D3FD4BF0LcbshTRUZQhghGiM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><br /> </p><p>As I was taking pictures my cat Sarah came bolting over to me and then scrunched down in the shade of my legs. She is a huge brat. :D<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaXBvEBYal9sBO8-jQHJLasgTuk0_rApdyYvVchMwnqzXPn3Ql-ySW9YFIDfeND9pCrVz8mqqERhCB6mb5BCOFAtN9TJlzCsdxuvTL9LQAfB2wZRaTqUqpsq1PS12Vt1nGhVxLlpuP7pozEB9lNcgNtFFAMnosA_9eAmx7QOLAygoG-JSDmmCLhy4s=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaXBvEBYal9sBO8-jQHJLasgTuk0_rApdyYvVchMwnqzXPn3Ql-ySW9YFIDfeND9pCrVz8mqqERhCB6mb5BCOFAtN9TJlzCsdxuvTL9LQAfB2wZRaTqUqpsq1PS12Vt1nGhVxLlpuP7pozEB9lNcgNtFFAMnosA_9eAmx7QOLAygoG-JSDmmCLhy4s=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, I think that is all for now. This is the state of my "garden", which is actually much better than the summer was, but it is unusually warm here now, so the tomatoes took advantage as it does go down into the 60's at night, and that is good for us all. This is as much as I could do.</p><p>I will however, despite the challenges, continue to garden and love the land, no matter what. It is the truest love we have.....and though She may be sick here, it is my honor actually, not to mention responsibility to help Her heal. When all is well, there will be no greater reward for all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Blessings for the coming year of 2022.<br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p>Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-34247049825765360902020-05-21T11:51:00.001-04:002020-05-21T20:59:36.940-04:00New House Pics for Pammie and Friends May 2020<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Just want to post some pics since I've been working a bit on this property/land in accordance to guidance from the Land Spirits......to help heal this place and return it to a potentiality for the Green Enchanted. I spoke a bit in previous posts that I finally figured out what is going on with this land, and how I felt with it, and basically this land has been awfully injured, forced into a type of man-made girdle of production, (farming), and then neglected, along with the spirits of this area both human and non. I had learned when I moved here that horrible things happened to humans some time back and I still felt those spirits here, enmeshed with the land itself that was also still in trauma. I know how this sounds, but it makes sense to me now, so just move on if this is not within your scope.<br />
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Since then I promised to help with this land and work it beautifully by loving each individual plant or tree I put in, giving care to each according their needs in a conscious way.....not simply mass planting and plowing through forcing the plant to behave in a certain way, (again farming practices), but nurturing each as an individual.....and I'm not talking babying the plants, I'm talking conscious attention to individual needs which equates to being detailed for each, developing a conversation with each and respecting each one. I have since seen the weather here change for the better compared with the last 2 years of me being here. I can now sense/feel a big difference in this land, and my connection to it. There is no longer a hostile feel though I still get stung by fire ants. When I look out the windows I can feel the land is awake/aware of me being a helpful friend to it. Those angry spirits seem to either no longer be here, or are no longer angry. In fact, in my daily vigilance in observing any slight changes here, I even sense/see a sparkle in the air and feel the happiness of the land, that is reflected in the change of the weather. We've had lovely cool nights all this time until 2 days ago, and the hot days where one does not want to even stand in the shade have arrived, but at least it was greatly delayed to which I am incredibly grateful as are the plants who are happy with the cooler temps. I have started seeds, quite late though, but at least they are going and we'll see what they want to do what this land will take.<br />
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I moved here in May of 2018 and two weeks after moving in it rained every single day until September. The neighbors said they'd never seen this much rain in the 13 years they'd been here, and others said this was highly unusual. I thought we were drowning. The temps were 100 degrees plus very high humidity the entire time. I developed serious heat exhaustion, and the stinging of fire ants on a regular basis kept me sick in bed. The next year, last year 2019, we had drought. I don't care what other residents of this city say, this area did not receive but may be 7 days of rain when it should be entirely a Rainy Season for the subtropics. So the plants I had put in, namely 10 topiary hibiscus and 2 weeping willow, died.....and no small plants could survive in those temps and humidity one year then drought and intense heat the next. I did not know what to make of this place. In addition I personally felt alienated from this land, I could not connect and that is the first thing I like to do when moving into a new place is introduce myself to the land and makes friends. It has always worked in the past , but this time I did not really introduce myself, its not really necessary as they know who we are, but I fully expected to be supported in my gardening ventures. I was not. It was quite hostile and eventually I began to see it was indeed personal.....not that I deserved what was happening but the spirits here were extremely angry.<br />
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So, as mentioned I finally "figured out" what was happening and stepped in to help because humans and land are intrinsically connected and to do so conscientiously was necessary. So I stepped in a it became a collaboration. There was not much dialog, but I would see the evidence of the assistance on a regular basis, in very specific ways. I was not alone.<br />
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Anyway, here are some pictures of what is going on here, and it does
look better and feel better. This pic is from early February? This peach
tree lower left had just a few blooms at this time but we had several
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which turned into only 4 peaches. I am trying to sprout those seeds.
There is only one cattle panel up and a gazebo in the rear.<br />
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This below is all 5 panels up with the tree branches intertwined for both all year round aesthetics and support for vines, and the Welcome Banners are up on 4 trees, and two planters to be filled.<br />
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I have solar crackle glass lights on each of the 5 panels so as to have light through the tunnel archway for my nightly walk throughs.<br />
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Now this is what I see in the mornings, and I love doing my walk through
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ok moving on, I also got some flagstone and made a table and two benches. I love the stone. I only like to see stone and wood out here, but I wanted a table set that would not corrode in any way.<br />
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In the mornings till noon, I see lovely yellow dandelion flowers which I pick and make into a tea.<br />
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On four of the pine trees which are placed just towards the back of the property in line of vision from the house, I have Welcome Banners, for the Fae Spirits, and a lantern hanging above each one.<br />
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These planters filled out quite a bit, something I'd never really had success with either here on this property or on the previous property, because the heat was too much, but again, its been cooler for some reason.<br />
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This is the raised bed which I love because I don't have to bend......here we have lots of scallions regrown from the tips of those we bought. Tomatoes, eggplants, cubanelle peppers, and tarragon. They are all doing well and I've never seen the eggplants do so well before, but they are beautiful just for the plants aesthetics itself. <br />
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I had to put some sheer fabric to diffuse the strong sun. Now everything in this bed is doing well. <br />
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Some lemon trees I started from a lemon's seed the first year here. They are getting big. <br />
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This is a work/dining table we just built. I needed something to keep my seed trays on, so we had all this wood here from john not finishing the porch decking, so I said lets just build the table. It came out gorgeous, and will last more than a lifetime. This is an heirloom for sure.<br />
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The table in place now, hold seedlings of lavender, mesclun mix, basil, parsley, cilantro, tomatoes, onion seeds, and flowers of hollyhock, campanulas, foxgloves, sweet peas and moon-flower for the arches. We'll see how the seeds grow. I've done all I can for them, the rest is up to Nature.<br />
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The side door with window boxes filled with strawberries....and some large marigold plants, such a cheerful color. All the veggie plants and marigolds we got from the local farmers market.<br />
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A small raised bed with kale, and I got grow bags for potatoes, onions, collards and romaine lettuce. I like the idea of grow bags because I don't have to deal with cutting horrid tough grass to get to soil which needs amending anyway. And these bags can be moved and folded up when not in use.<br />
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To the left I have a variety of lemon verbena, dill, parsley rosemary, thyme, more rogue mint, sage and chives. Doesn't look like much but this 4'x4' bed supplies what we need.<br />
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This is a large phantom hydrangea which should have huge white blooms, and a small pink one.<br />
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On the front "deck"...tons of Star Jasmine flowers in bloom for months now, and the scent heavenly!<br />
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One day when I woke up I saw a horse grazing on our lawn, it's magical!<br />
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Why it took me so long to make this post, is I have to go through many loops to get the pictures and to edit them to the right size individually. Since my pc crashed things no longer work as it did, lots more clicking, work and time, so it takes hours to make this one post. That is why.<br />
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Note to myself what we're growing: potatoes, onions, garlic, scallions, eggplants, zucchini, yellow swash, cucumber, watermelon, pumpkin (for pumpkin praline cheesecake! :D) kale, collards, mesclun mix, romaine lettuce, swiss chard, strawberries, 12 different herbs, and flowers: hydrangea, roses, hopefully the peonies will come up, dahlias just budding, sweet peas, moon-flower, morning glories, foxglove, campanulas, hollyhocks hopefully, and lavender, I pray all come up. But I have help now :D. <br />
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I love amaryllis in whites and pinks. This one had a spotlight over it and looked magical.<br />
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A variety of the flowers I keep in the kitchen passthrough......every week its different and beautiful. These are white lilies and campanulas.<br />
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This is how my bedroom looks these days. I love the branches as I don't have to keep changing them out and when I light my candles at night they create huge shadows on the walls and it feels and looks like a woods. I had guests here recently and they said my house looks like an Enchanted Fairy Forest. Sigh....I have achieved the feeling I wanted. <br />
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This is the laundry nook. I love this area.....such a clean space and feeling. I keep the cleaning powders in clear glass so I can mix what I need for the laundry's specifics. I keep flowers here too.<br />
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The table by the entry door.....orchids and lilies.<br />
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Everyone on this planet needs to watch this 24 minute doc......everyone needs to understand this and share it widely. It has already been taken down a few times, but there is a reason for this......because the answers and cures are already here and if the people knew this, then the overlords would be in deep shite.<br />
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This one is a round table discussion, almost 3 hours, but the most informative of anything you could possibly hear. I tried to post it here but it won't let me, hopefully this link still works.....the title is <br />
Plandemic Round Table Discussion with Experts, one of whom is the woman who exposed the corruption of those who receive payments for every case of false id of this current "disease".<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-31603848100062283012020-04-11T09:35:00.000-04:002020-04-11T09:37:47.595-04:00If I Had Words, I Would Say These....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I would say what Sasha Stone is saying, please listen to this video and try to "inner-stand" what is being said. For thousands of years humanity has been under the thumb of madmen. Acquiescence has never been the solution, only permission for their iniquity to continue.<br />
There is no time like now for a firm stance in your Divine Spirit, a Spirit that gets up off its knees.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-24007025880360297412020-03-31T15:28:00.002-04:002020-04-02T15:18:43.114-04:00Chronicles of the Workings of the Real Fae: part 5 More Synchronicities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There is, again, much that is missing here in this story, but this
day had to be recorded so I will never forget. I have to know now, that
yes, there are still positive energies at work in my life, with me, and
some of you, and that I can come back to how I used to be, or even
better. This entire painful and lengthy process is something to
understand only in due time. My role, my helpers, my friends and family
from The Beyond.<br />
<br />
What is most important now though, is
that I am well with myself now, my spirit and how I feel on daily basis
during the day, except of course for this man-made pandemic which I will
have some words on that later!...... meaning, that if I should pass on
after my work on this land is completed I feel totally fine. I just need
to complete this work here. I am so satisfied with this task, whatever
this is,..... I will feel complete again, for there is nothing more
important, divine, or meaningful, than increasing and elevating pure
life force and providing Beauty to all living beings to live well
together. I have been too long absent from myself. Now I am present.
sigh.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
*Once home, I got an
email with this as the subject: "Its working its magic, and its clearing
the way" from an entirely different and non related sender, whose own
meaning was very different from mine.*<br />
<br />
*While in the
stores when I realized I could not talk to everyone that wanted to speak
with me, john humorously said, "there is not enough of me to go
around!", mimicking Mrs. Tinsdale of The Good Witch series.....and while
we were watching an episode of that series in the evening, Mrs.
Tinsdale indeed did say "I'm baaaack". I just looked at john and he
looked at me.* <br />
<br />
<br />
* Since my ideas for the gardens are mine I
figure I need to pay for them as well, but I explained to john all my
ideas (because of the witness thing, as it does no good to explain
something to someone once all is said and done you cannot say but I
planned that!)....and he understood I wanted to create beauty and life
on this land and everything I had in my wish lists on two sites both for
the garden and all my Frankincense items, he volunteered to pay for
half.* </blockquote>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
*Today,
Wednesday March 11: We ordered from some online site 7 banner holders but I
wanted to confirm when the order was coming and to receive updates to my
email and the lady Jamie said they don't have them in stock, they were
back ordered and she had no idea when they'll be in. So that is when I
realized we ordered wall hangers instead of post hangers and I said this
to her and she looked up another style for posts and found one that
were $1.00 more than the ones we ordered, but she volunteered to just
change out the wall style for the post ones at the same price and they
were even in stock and would be shipped out right away. :D I never
encountered such luck before, what a delight!*<br />
<br />
* I
mentioned above that I was in my imaginarium trying to figure out the
creation of my plaque and then a Faery took the stepping stones of
pieces and put them all together for me, and that is now a continuing
process. 1) I could not figure out how to disguise the ugly cattle
panels I was using for archways in the garden for the past year, and
they sat out there bare and ugly. Today I was given the image in my mind
for doing something I had done on the inside of the house which was to
flank each side of the archway with tall tree branches which I have a
plethora of in the back woods....and as I was dragging the 2 large
branches to the arched panels was told 2) to weave some branches to the
sides of the panels also to reinforce the strength of the panels so they
remain firm and not blow with the vicious winds we have at times and
they would look architecturally beautiful even when bare of vines. {Fae
people do things in such a way that whatever it is always serves at
least two purposes, always}. I have just put up the two flanking
branches around 8 feet in height each on either side of the front panels
and they look so beautiful already, even with nothing on them, they are
an architectural arched shape reminiscent of elegant palatial gardens.*</blockquote>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
*Today
Wednesday the 27th March ......this morning when I got up there was no
hesitation or question. I opened all the doors for ventilation and
breezes. I wanted to smoke up this house with frankincense. I got the
silver bowl, put pebbles and sand and prepared it. The large one was
ready and I wanted one more....so I used the chinese incense burner with
lid. I got my tools, lit the charcoal and placed it in the large one,
then the next one, then the third and placed them in my bedroom, kitchen
table and living room table. It smelled wonderful and I felt like I
could breathe again. I took many deep breaths. I am in out of the house
watching the greenery outside of which there is plenty, and it is all
moist from the rain yesterday, just the way I like it. I go back in to
continue keeping the charcoals lit and adding
frankincense. It was good. I heard in my head "it is done"..... ( ?
)....... <br />
While I am walking between the bowls in the various
rooms making sure they continue smoking, I glance out the doorway, and
saw the most beautiful lighting......the clouds were deep blue and grey
with random places where the sun was gently through....the light on the
verdant grass was dappled by the trees, their shadows between golden
light....and the fountain was wet and dark but the water was sparkling,
and the mist was still in the higher heights of the trees and
woods.....I had to grasp this as this, this is what I always want to see
and here it is!!.....I quickly went in to get my camera and turned it
on and went back out and focused on a broad image of the back but there
was this huge white beam on the right side and I thought I had not
positioned myself right, but when I brought the camera down there was
nothing there. I looked again in the camera and there was this huge beam
of white light going straight down, vertically from the sky to the
land, white and sparkling opalescence....and once again I took the
camera down to see and nothing was there......again I looked into the
lens and it was there, so bright it seemed to diffuse everything else so
I didn't take the picture.....this beam of light was huge.....if there
was something physically there it would be a beam maybe a foot in
diameter 15 feet in front of me.....but again, there was nothing there
and now the clouds covered everything and everything was in shade
again.....no picture to be taken. I go back in to continue keeping the
charcoals lit and adding frankincense. I didn't make anything of this
until john got home and I wanted to tell him about the most beautiful
view I'd seen here since we moved here. When john came home he breathed
an audible sigh of release or relief, I've never heard him do that since
we moved here...and as I was telling him about the most magical lighting
I'd ever seen here I began to "see", that maybe, there is alot of meaning
here.What is my literal craving for frankincense? Why do I need the oil
for my skin, the tears to burn and the powders to ingest? Why am I
craving it so much all its forms? Did I need to smoke this house with
that vibration of quality sacred tree of Frankincense Sacra pearls to
make it hospitable for some being of light who then arrived in a
vertical beam on the waves of some truly magical lighting? And what
exactly "was done" ? </blockquote>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
*
Today, Tuesday, March 3rd. I wanted my stone table. I had to go out
again to a landscaping place for stones. I abhor driving around. It is
so ugly, streets, concrete, lights, advertisements, strangers who want
to remain so.....I refer to the outer world as "the alien territory".
When we got to the place I found my flag flagstone table right away, it
was the only piece large enough, thin enough and flat surfaced, compared
to all the other wood crates filled with a couple hundred pieces. This
one was on the edge of the only broken open crate and was easy to lift
out. Others were not able to come out to see their shape and size. I
took it. Then I realized I needed a bench to sit on for a table. I had
found one that looked like a perfect shelf. I decided it made a perfect
bench. I got that one. I saw another one on my way out and told john if I
needed another one to choose something like that one. We lifted it and
looked at it, yes it made another perfect stone bench. He said just get it. There
was another flat piece laying out on the other side and when I looked at
it realized it made another table, we got it.....and then another. we
left with pieces for 1 large table, 2 small tables and two benches, all
for $122.00. Then we went to Home depot to pick up retainer stones for
the bases of the benches, they didn't have the ones we had already so we
went to Lowe's. We found something but I was settling only, wanting to
get back home again. On the way out I found other stones that I
preferred for the bases of the benches because they had rough stone
edges but flat tops and a better color. We left the ones we loaded and
took these. We needed 16. They had only 16 in the color I needed. Then
on the way to the register I saw their display and a retainer that was
even better, smaller and lighter, enough for me to manage alone.....I
went back and found them. We left the 16 large heavy ones and got 16 of
the smaller lighter ones. Perfect. It is when something goes right, that
something inevitably like a retaliation goes wrong. I am not even the
one who noticed this, john did. Whenever I feel some joy, I sing, or
laugh or just feel content, something will happen. He told me this, I
didn't believe it. He insisted and he insists on nothing. I decided to
watch this, and sure enough it does. So this day we had a great success
with the stone tables and benches, I was very pleased. He later tells me he found a tall
palm plant I had in the guest room knocked over, and it broke my
favorite carafe and crystal candle holder. He said he had checked the
room in the morning and all was fine. This happened during the day we
were out. When I sing or laugh and he's around he warms me to be
careful.....I sing and laugh anyway.</blockquote>
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When
we got home john noticed a tray I had left out as an offering for the
Fae People. I must clarify. I made the most amazing chocolate cake. I'm
not a sweets person, but when I do crave something I need the best kind
of all natural chocolate cake, and I have found nothing anywhere, and as
usual, realized I had to make it myself. I had experimented with a few
over the past couple years and none were good enough. The last cake I
made, I had finagled everything, from ingredients to cooking time etc,
and somehow it worked out the be the magic recipe. I wanted it even
slightly better and made one yesterday. I was totally prepared to be
blown away. After cleaning up in the evening, wiping everything down
with orange oil, lights out and into my night clothes, I cut a small
slice to bring into my room for when the urge hit me. As I was walking
into my room I heard a voice tell me to leave some fo the Faeries. I
thought of this for sec in the back of my mind and figured I made it up,
and ignored it. I heard it a 2nd time, and decided it was nighttime,
dark and I didn't feel like going out, so I closed my door behind me.
The 3rd time I heard they wanted to try my cake....and with this a
plethora of senses describing how they recognized it was all natural,
had amazing things in it and they wanted to try it. I decided to follow
this directive. I put together a beautiful tray, with a small bowl of
blue and pink campanula flowers that are beautifully fragrant, a beeswax
candle in a mercury glass, I wanted to cut a slice for them and was
looking for a beautiful plate, but heard they don't need such a large
piece a smaller piece would do as they can "magnify" the piece to share
around if they deem so. So I cut a piece from my slice and put it on a
beautiful marble coaster and cleaned up the edges for perfect
presentation. I added a beautiful Franz porcelain spoon right next to
the coaster. I put a small cut glass bud vase on the tray filled with
organic almond milk. I figure this was a nice offering. I wondered what I
would see the next day. We we got back from shopping, we pulled into
the back and john saw the tray on the ground and asked if I had left
something for the faeries. (I used to do so often). I went out to get it
and when I looked at it......the marble coaster was completely clean,
nothing on it, not a speck of frosting or crumb.....and no grass or
soil....nothing was on it....and the spoon was not moved and neither the
almond mill glass was moved.....it was impeccably clean and nothing
else was touched. I told john that I had given them chocolate cake on
the marble and he said really?!?....marveling at the obvious
cleanliness. He also said no way an animal got to that cake and didn't
knock over the glass, and the spoon was precisely straight up and down
as I had put it. I personally do not see how any animal would eat that
and not touch anything else, no animal is ever that neat.....and so, I
must only conclude, that my cake offering was appreciated, and the rest
of the tray was left impeccably neat. </blockquote>
<br />
<br />
<br />
*
Monday, March 9th, johns day off we decided to put the hangers up on
the trees for the solar lanterns and for the banners. I arranged an
empty cardboard box with all the materials we needed including nails and
hammer. We put up 4 lantern hangers and 4 banner hangers, they look
wonderful. We left the rest for another day and left the box in the
shed. Before we started this I was outside watering plants and trees
wearing leather work gloves. They got wet and I laid them on each post
of the stairway to dry in the sun. I had to go into the house a few
times for things and back out and noticed one glove was missing. I
looked on the ground and it wasnt' there. I didn't have time to look for
it since I was busy hanging hangers on trees. So after a few times of
being in and out of the house I kept noting the missing glove, and the
last time I went in it was missing and when I came back out it was back
on top of the post. I called out to john if he had done it and he said
he wasn't near the house since we started this project. So a glove was
taken and put back in short time, deliberately for me to see. I
interpret this as telling me, we are being watched. Okaaaaaay. And part 2
of this..... A couple days ago we received the 2nd box of 8 count
lanterns, so now we have 16 for 16 trees....but one hanger or hook was
missing from this 2nd set and the battery tabs were all missing as if
they had already been pulled but returned. I left the lights on the
front porch to charge to make sure they work properly because one hook I
can make. I did call amazon and they could only give a partial refund,
fine. As long as the lights work like the first set, I'm ok. They did
not. They had to be returned. Today, March 12th I went out to hang the
hangers on the rest of the trees with the box in the shed that had all
the hangers and things I needed for this job. As I get down to the last 4
hangers I found a hook in this box. Did not make sense since this set
up box had only the items I needed and only hangers were in there a week
before the 2nd box of lanterns was even received, no lanterns. So
"someone" manifested an extra hook and placed it where neither one of us
had been this past week, and where that hook was not before. Now there
as an extra hook, placed where it was impossible to be, for a lantern that was received a week later. <br />
<br />
*Sunday,
March 15th: There is a little project I want to make, a wood lantern.
And other projects I want to make involving wood. This morning I thought
I'd make my lantern and wanted to go into the woods and find some
wood. I got online to see some images for inspiration for what I wanted
to make but didn't see anything like it, but I saw an image for a wood
lantern that was beautiful because it had a glass globe of light in it,
crackle glass which made beautiful patterns, and I wanted a white globe
light, so I began to look to see if I can buy something like, but didn't
find anything. I also didn't want to get too distracted with being
online and get on with my wood lantern project so I got off, and went
outside. I wanted to collect whatever interesting pieces I could find
for other things too so I grabbed my wheel barrow and went into the
woods. I walked in a bit and left the wheel barrow and went searching
and saw an interesting piece of wood from a fallen tree that might work
for one of my projects and had to cut through brambles, vines and thorny
things to get to it, but I looked down to the left and saw something
white sticking out from layers of leaves. I went to pick it up and
pulled the leaves away and it was a white glass globe light, intact. I
was amazed.I put it in the wheel barrow with the wood and cleaned it up
of years of dirt and though it was not a working light, it was still a
white globe in the size I wanted and I will use it for something. :D<br />
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At this moment these are the last of synchronicities, but I am writing them down as they happen. Stay tuned. Stay well, and be strong in your goodness.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-22349204846451921322020-03-28T15:35:00.000-04:002020-03-30T16:14:49.050-04:00Chronicles of the Workings of the Real Fae: part 4 Synchronicities and Good Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A year ago, I wanted to hang a banner on a pole that is near our
lean-to by the shed, as that pole is so tall it must for me, serve some
magical purpose, other than what it was built for which I cannot fathom.
It is such an ugly construction I had to figure out how to insert some
magic and take away from the ugly. So a lovely banner was the answer. I
searched and searched and could find nothing that would work in that
spot for my purpose. Garden flags and spinners was either too cheesy
looking or too small, just not right, or cheap looking. I was not going
that way at all, not ever. For months I could find nothing.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
*For some reason I have been craving Frankincense. Not just to smell it,
I want it every where, to be infused with it, burn it, diffuse it,
ingest it, wear it, everything, I cannot get enough. So I've been researching
Frankincense and the purest kind, and I bought an ingestible powder, and oil for diffuser. I also found some quality
seller/alchemist/perfumer on Etsy and put those items on my wish list. But
Monday morning was the first day I took in some Frankincense tea or emulsion, a
quarter teaspoon of the powder left in water overnight and drunk in the
morning. It was delightful.*</blockquote>
<br />
Then after I
had decided I would garden here this past week, I continued online my
search for a banner that would be specifically welcoming for the Fae,
that would be the first appropriate step, something for them. Now an
idea came up that was easy and affordable and looked beautiful. I bought
some of the fabric but it was far too light, I folded it up and put it
away. Back to the drawing board. I searched and searched in such a way
that I knew I would not stop until I found it. Within minutes this time,
I found it. It was perfect and I don't know why I didn't think of it
before, but its understandable that my brain has been fried over these
past years, so I can no longer think of everything I need the way I used
to. But there it was. And not just one, but several lovely choices and
the price was right. In fact everything was perfect about it, would
involve very little work on my end. I don't have to go crazy looking
into medieval banners and flag making with silks and linens,
embroidering designs, or laser printing, weather-proofing etc
etc.....sigh. This was it. Those went into my wish list. So the idea of
one banner turned into 6 spread across the property in symmetrical form.<br />
<br />
I
also wanted hanging lanterns for the trees, also since I moved here, and
I could not let that idea go. I found some online and those went into
my wish list. I needed hangers for the lanterns, I found beautiful
scroll work iron hangers, onto the list. Also banner hangers, on the
list.<br />
<br />
Now on that pole I wanted to hang the Welcoming
Banner for the Fae, there is a piece of wood, also serving some
mysterious purpose, but instead of taking it down I decided to put up a
wooden plaque over it, a Heraldic sign with a name on it, something like
Fairy Cottage and Gardens, yes that would do. But how to design that
would take some imagining.<br />
<br />
So Tuesday, yesterday
morning as I was lying in bed I was in my imaginarium inventing,
creating a design for the plaque, whilst in that space, some things
began falling into place, like a puzzle with the pieces all making for
me a clear picture, and I GOT IT!......I realized what was happening
here on this land, with the plants etc, and more importantly what I
needed to do. I had been told when I moved here of some horrible things that happened on these lands back in the day. I won't repeat them here, but this land bears the spiritual scars of it all. It was like some little faery had danced over the stepping
stones of bits and pieces in my mind and put them together, informed me
and laid out a clear path. ( I decided it had to be the Frankincense
that had cleared some blockage in my spirit {validating its spiritual
uses} that allowed the information I needed to come through, hence the
cravings for it, along with help from the Fae who I had committed to working
with and for.)<br />
<br />
The decision was already made to garden
for the Fae and the land itself, not just for my own visions of gardens.
I had to work with them. Reminisces of that reading of Ken telling me I
was like Dorothy came to mind. huh.<br />
<br />
But I felt life
forces sparkling through me now. I got up Tuesday morning with my mind
illumined and clear and my physical body was energized and alive like it
used to be, fast paced and walking hard and fast, and I went out to
tell john "I got it! I know what to do with this land, and I understand
what happened, it all fits now." Its not that he listens or even
remembers, but mostly I need a witness, so I tell him some things....
because that witness is crucial when I do have to explain things to
people or I even tend to doubt the things happening, he is there to say
he saw it or he heard it too. That is why I tell him anything. I need a
witness.<br />
This land has according to someone I spoke with when I
first moved here, some really dark history, and happenings. Nothing but
brambles grow as far as one can see, and some sorry looking greenery,
makes no sense. And on top of that, I've had some intentional dark
energies directed at me and my gardens which is also the energies that
is killing indoor plants that should not die. Meters also. <br />
<br />
So now
filled with understanding and a sense of purpose or mission, or endowed
with a task from the Beyond, I was alive again, and this is good, a sign
of things going right.<br />
That day Tuesday I had only one thing
scheduled to do with john's help and that was to prune the crepe myrtle
trees, but he also suggested we go to the garden store to look for the
maidenhair plants to replace the dead ones. Ok. plan. I got dressed and
ready though I wasn't prepared to go out in a car and drive around, I
abhor that, but I did want those plants now.<br />
<br />
I took 2
$100 bills for my purchases. On the way to Garden Gate Nursery I got
really hungry and said we should stop at Fresh Market to pick up a bite.
We parked and I got out and walked ahead and a lady heading towards me
was smiling. I love those days when people are friendly. I could tell
she wanted to talk to me but didn't. John was maybe 10 feet behind me
and she said something to him and I heard him say, "she bought this for
me", meaning his T-Shirt which he always gets complimented on because
its a beautiful green with a large yin yang tree of life. I smiled at
her again. Once inside the store I decided I needed a bit of coffee
which I do not drink but on days once or twice a year where I need to be
working the whole day, so I got one of Fresh Market's sample coffee's.
While there a tall older energetic man holding a helmet came also for a
bit java, and he began to talk and oh boy, someone talking to me what a
delight. ( remember I lived isolated where I am with no friend or family
and few phone contacts and neither does john talk to me) So this was a
delight! He was very pleasant and social and I told him when the service
lady said she was bringing out the blueberry crumble I thought she
meant a cake, but it was a coffee and he laughed and decided to try it
and I went for my 2nd sample. John went to the john, and this man stayed
with me chatting so nicely I wish I could have spent the day with him.
When he had his cup ready he cheered my cup, what fun! But john came
back and stood behind me and the man decided to leave. During the time
he was there talking to me another woman looked like she wanted to speak
with me too, but didn't want to intrude on this chat. I saw a couple of
other women looking at me and wanting to talk it seems, but they
didn't, they just kept smiling at me. I used to have days like that all
the time. In fact I was "told" often I needed to go out, for the people
somehow. I wanted to say, "I'm baaach!", in the most positive sense of
the meaning.<br />
<br />
We left there with pannini's and drove to
Garden Gate and more friendly smiling people.....so much so it was
anomalous and I pointed it out to John.....again I need a witness. He
did see it. I reiterated all that had gone on and the sequence of events
and it seemed to him and to me, that the Fae were actually helping me,
maybe not with the plants but with their energy. But the store had no
maidenhair fern. I wanted a juniper specimen but they couldn't break
another $100 so john bought it. I then said we should go to Lowe's to
look for some evergreens to replace the ones that died. They had none
but my first purchase was there at Lowes a large leafed philodendron
plant for under the carport, as I only want specimen plants now, not a
bunch of little half alive things struggling. Then on to Home Depot. I
bought a beautiful planter for the juniper. Last at walmart I bought 2
hanging boston ferns for under the carport, but there is where I
discovered I had lost a $100. bill. I was heartbroken. Such a magical
enchanting day and here was some interference. It couldn't be, I haven't
lost any cash since I was 17 years old. I searched thoroughly and it
wasn't there. Then I felt the "pattern"....this was "normal".....feeling
good and then something negative to ruin it, was indeed a pattern so
much so that john was the one who noticed it in my life first. However,
today I was not wanting to destroy the good vibes I was loving all day
so far so in between still feeling the good vibes, I was lamenting but
really didn't feel like feeling bad, so I was going back and forth.<br />
<br />
I
asked john if he could drive me back to Lows and H.D. because maybe,
miracles happen, someone found it and saved it for me? He said sure. Se
we drove back to Lowes first since that was where I first pulled out my
money. I wanted to find the blond girl at the register but she wasn't
there, and the girl that was there I explained and asked if the blond
girl who served me could be paged, but she directed me to the customer
service desk where she said she was working. I went there but she
wasn't. I walked a bit through the store looking for the girl, but knew
it was futile, she could be anywhere and again, I didn't feel like
lamenting. I walked back to the register and asked if the girl could
page the blond girl and that I would leave my name and number in case
she did find it and could return it, but she didn't even know the blond
girls name, so she paged a manager. And all this time I felt this a was a
one in a million chance. I don't even know even if I did drop it
because so often things simply vanish from the air (in my world).<i> </i>
So as I was writing my name, the current girl paged a manager because
she didn't know the blond girls name who served me, and when I wanted to
write my telephone number I couldn't remember it so went to the car to
ask john and he was telling me and I was writing, when the blond girl
came running to the car with the $100. bill in her hand and she said she
had hoped I would return, because I dropped it on the way out of the
store. I looked at the bill and at her and my face scrunched up and the
tears came running down and I just cried at the impossible luck, the
honesty....., her sweet face and the rock hard proof of my Faery
Friends helping me still on this enchanting day. I wanted to thank her
and looked at her name tag and if ever there was a Faery name, this was
it......Arela.<br />
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Hello Everyone....<br />
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I really believe in cultured veggies and for their powerful medicines, so easy to make and delicious to to eat. Please listen to this podcast from the cultured veggies Queen Donna Schwenk. Do this for yourselves and loved ones and stay well.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-65759153505618287072020-03-20T20:12:00.003-04:002020-03-22T09:22:08.395-04:00Chronicles of the Workings of the Real Fae part 3, Inspiration and Help<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
~ all of these Chronicles were written on the same day in the first
week of February which I have broken up into parts I'm slowly publishing
here. There are dates added to the later asterick* notes because this
is the part I am chronicling as they happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Me Personally:</u><br />
<br />
As a being of the Fae People,
it has been beyond depressing in this house to not be able to garden and
have things grow and glow and sparkle in the sun.....to not have the
life growing before my eyes, to see them happy and strong and exemplifying
the Divine Plan.....to not have things flowering and scenting the air,
to please all beings visible and invisible, human and animal. I could
not figure out why my plants were dying. I would replace them and they
would slowly die. This is not normal for me. I bought an ivy and pothos
for the bathroom, everyone knows you can't kill those, especially the
pothos....even if its dry it will still live, give it water and it
thrives.....it almost doesn't need light, it is truly the hardest to
kill. They were doing well, until recently. The pothos vines were
turning yellow, leaf by leaf. My beloved maidenhair ferns all die within
some time even if they're watered. But its when I saw the pothos
turning yellow leaf by leaf, is when I knew something was killing them
and it wasn't me. My energy reeled as I could not "figure out" another
single abnormal thing as nothing in life made sense to me. I've had to
live with the woohoo and not engage the mind which for my scientific
nature was too hard to do. But anomalies were piling up. I've kept them
on a shelf in my mind, figuring that one day there will be enough of the
pieces of the puzzle that it will put itself together and give me the
picture since I was not about to do any more brain racking.<br />
<br />
I
also wanted desperately to move out of here as the weather has been
torturing me, with 100 degree temps six months of the year, and storms
that literally shake this house with freak winds all the time.<br />
My
nerves cannot handle any more life threats as that is what they are to
me, life threatening.<br />
Not to mention living with a robot of a person who
literally begins his morning coughing at precisely 3:03 every single
morning and whose steps I can tell you what will be when and how. Every
day is literally Ground Hog Day, there are no changes in his moves, and
this alone is maddening.<br />
<br />
That is a long background shortened by 90%. Which brings me to yesterday and its magic.<br />
This will be all over the place but I need to record it even if it is not in a graceful order. I need to record this. <br />
There is a ton I have to skip here. What is missing may lead to confusion, but I cannot write the book.<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
*
The day before yesterday, Monday, I woke up to find two glass
containers containing food that needed to go into the compost I had
stacked one upon the other on the side staircase were moved, to a higher
step on the staircase, and no possom or armadillo did that. I could
understand how they could knock it down or over, but not picked up and
moved to the top step. Also I had half of my spanish moss I had
collected gone, and it was lot, maybe 3 cubic feet. So I'd been creeped
out at who could have been here again, yet the security camera picked up
nothing.*</blockquote>
<br />
<u>The Magic and Present Tuesday:</u><br />
<br />
I
recently realized I had to make a final decision on whether to plant and
garden or not since not being able to has felt awful on a daily basis as
gardening has been not only not rewarding but creepy so far at this
house/land. But not gardening destroys my soul.....there is no life
without gardens. I am too deeply connected with Nature and not engaging
means being ostracized from life force. I can no longer invest and lose
money in plants and trees only to have them die, so whatever I do has to
yield really good results, so that my efforts payoff, are not wasted in
futility. I abhor futility and spending time, energy and money for
nothing for bad results....makes me growl. I was determined about that,
so what to do? I had even told my housemate john that I was not going to
garden this confused land that doesn't know if it wants to drown or dry
up in drought so how am I supposed to know what to do with it, and why
so many plants are dying even those that you can't kill, so I'm not
gardening any more. I felt a huge hole inside me. For the almost two years I've
been here I could not figure out what it was that was needed. I've been
at a loss for too long yet still wanting to "do something about it!".<br />
<br />
Since moving here I've spent many many hours, days weeks and months pondering scrutinizing
this land and my own knowledge base and how to proceed. I came up with
nothing. <br />
<br />
<br />
So I thought about my daily-life
feeling and what would feel best. I really do need to see the beauty and
gardens daily, that would make me feel good every day. If I do not feel
something good every day, I am basically the living dead. The
alternative was to not garden on this old farmland of 5 acres, and see
all that bare land with nothing on it and feel like shit every day. This
is not even an option. Thinking in this way changed my mind. Waste or
not, frustration or not, every day is a day I can die therefore I need
to fulfill my joy on a daily basis as if every day were my last. That is
clear now.<br />
So this past week, I decided I was going to garden.
I'd rather feel the potential of plants and trees growing, flowering and
yielding fruits, herbs and flowers, than not. But I had to do something
radically different as ''normal gardening'' was not working here on
this land. So I told john (as witness) all this and that I decided to
garden after all, but not sure how to proceed with this mysterious land.<br />
<br />
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
* Some weeks ago I had a psychic reading
with a psychic named Ken, and he told me I was basically very very very
much just like Dorothy MacClean who founded Findhorn Gardens in
Scotland. Ok, that was interesting, but I certainly did not feel like
that. I put that on a shelf too.*</blockquote>
<br />
So again, radical change was required, something I could not think of. That didn't help.<br />
<br />
I've
wondered what is the mystery here of this land? What happened here? And
recently a feeling of honoring the elements spirits of land and plants,
of all in Nature was a necessary thing. How to do that? Plantings were
not enough. What I had to do here was for the Fae and this land. I had to honor
them, and so I decided I would.<br />
I thought and thought, and slowly
over many images of celestial gardens I was seeing in those Asian
series I was watching that remind quite a bit of paradise, my own feelings, and hints of my origins and
where I hail from wanted to manifest came to the fore of my mind. Yes, I
thought, that is perfect but how to do that? This is planet earth after
all, and the 3rd dimension only.....sigh......what to do. <br />
<br />
<br />
Well,
I had a couple of small ideas, and as they came and tickled my spirit, I
felt anything that tickles my spirit needs to be done without further
ado. I was decided.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-61161861882176692702020-03-04T14:15:00.002-05:002020-03-22T09:21:29.328-04:00Chronicles of the Workings of the Real Fae, part 2 Epilogue and Present<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
~ all of these Chronicles were written on the same day in the first
week of February which I have broken up into parts I'm slowly publishing
here. There are dates added to the later asterick* notes because this
is the part I am chronicling as they happen.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Part 2 Still Not Pretty:</u><br />
<br />
Recovering from the past years and all the traumas I'd been through
and never acknowledged, just moving on as if nothing had happened was
how I (coped) handled it all. I wanted to be away from those planes driving me
insane with grinding gut wrenching noise all day every day over head circling my house, and away
from john the zombie. These were the two things I really needed to escape from.
But these traumas of past and present and all the paranormal things
took everything I had left out of me, and that move to TN in May of 2017 I thought was a
new fresh beginning, was actually going into the fire from the pan. All
this caught up with me when I moved to TN in 2017. That is where it
got worse. I was very sick and my body could not heal. It was
degenerating bit by bit, losing hair, teeth moving around, my skins
drying and wrinkling all of a sudden, no matter how much water I drank I
could not hydrate, and many other things. My mermaid looks were gone. I
couldn't walk due to some hip agony, chronic all over pains 24/7 and no
where near any friends. I was devastated. I spent the entire year lying down in bed, except to buy foods, then back to bed.<br />
<br />
I have been living on
300-500$ a month for years and when I moved to TN it became less. My car
started to have many problems. Every time I got money, it went to car repairs. Five times in one year it was in the shop for many hundreds of
dollars each time.<br />
<br />
Something was causing me sheer terror. I once felt I needed to escape and quick, so I
quickly gathered a few items tossed them into a bag and went to my car
intending to drive to a hotel somewhere, but the car wouldn't start. I
had to go back into the house. More trauma.<br />
<br />
It was a desperate
plea to john to help me move out of that house, and I helped with ideas.
He said if he got a job in Gainesville, he would sell his house in
Pembroke and move and I could be back in a house with him, which was something I didn't want but he was a safer choice than where I was.
We did....that is a whole other story. I got out. And for three months,
he was a friend. But only for 3 months. Then he was back to zombie.
Sigh. So this house in isolation is what I have. Lets deal.<br />
<br />
So
being in this house with all this land, 5 acres of old farmland, I
thought could become a paradise of gardens in short time. But turns out these
lands are riddled with fire ants who sting not bite, and they have a
venom that is poisonous and turns out I am highly allergic to it. So
every time I went to garden or just to weed, hundreds of ants come out
and sting, I'd get bit and it would land me in bed with flu like
symptoms for 2 days. I literally could not get out of bed again for many reasons. When I thought gardening would be therapeutic, it was toxic. What a curse.
I really didn't know what to do. The bites leave scars also which I
hate. I finally learned that as soon as I get bit I have to run in and
take some liquid propolis and a teaspoon of manuka honey, its the only
thing that can reduce the symptoms. Bed was the only place of sanctuary for the following year from 2018 May to recently.
I understand those who don't get out.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Then
I got a cat. I've loved cats since they are so warm and affectionate
and thought it would be good for me since my last cat was literally taken from me and killed I won't go into that. So we adopted one from the garden center at 6
weeks old. I named her Sarah. This little one could not have been more of a
terror. There was no little cuddly thing there, only a willful,
domineering, independent, tear up everything, and mad dash break and
fall things cat. I was too sick for this and could not get her to calm
down. She tore up my nerves which were at nil. She left me shaking. The worse part being she hates being held, hates affection, does
not want to be touched. I was gifted for my birthday by a friend a
reading from an animal psychic to understand this cat, and when the woman
connected with this cat she made it clear she does not care for me, doesn't need to care for or love her, but especially doesn't
like to be held and doesn't want affection and will not be affectionate,
the best thing would be to put her in a shelter and let a better match
adopt her. We had her fixed, intending to give her to a shelter, but she
seemed to calm down a lot, so we kept her. A year later she still is
distant and fiercely independent. She is redeemable in some way as she
taught me how to play hide and seek. Every night at 7pm on the nose, she
dashes to hide until I find her, or I'll be walking and she'll ambush me from a hidden place..... and we go on like that for an hour. I
feed her well. She's johns girl though. I love her anyway.<br />
<br />
<u>And Lately:</u><br />
So.....with much editing and leaving many things out, that has been the past year.<br />
Mostly
being in-house lately but having discovered some interesting videos....... watching "my ladies" of Asia vloggers, doing
their chores, cooking, cleaning, caring for home, being meticulous, clean, aesthetic, gentle, generous,
peace keepers of the world, and they have been warming my heart to see
them. I wrote about some of them in my previous post. These are the most
genuine peace makers of the world, those who are the suns of unseen
households, who are life giving, and life elevating beings......the
women folk of the world, silently emitting sunlight in quiet places,
keeping life and humans and animals in integrity. I love watching them, it helps me to know humanity still lives.<br />
<br />
The
other thing I've been watching are Chinese and Korean dramas, or drama series. I laugh because I've never done these things in my life. TV
watching was for morons and losers, sleepers. Please excuse this harsh
criticism, as I had not yet until recently realized the importance
of the need for escape....especially for people who experience not just
one trauma, but many in their lives. I now see the help it offers to
escape from all the memories and symptoms of ptsd, and the physical pains. Every sudden sound caused me to jump and I could not calm down for more than a day after. But I will
never accept t.v. as a form of "entertainment" or such, it is
still only a necessary escape......like a drug that dulls the pain of the mind.<br />
<br />
<br />
Yet,
now here I am in 2020. sigh.<br />
I'd always earned money and taking care
of my body as a bodybuilder, and nutritionist, and being the Light that
I am, sprinkling that, and embalming strangers with some peace giving magic from my presence alone.
That was my life. A long time ago, seems another lifetime.<br />
<br />
Now,
however reluctant I was to even watch a video last year, I cannot tell
you how much this watching a series has been an easy escape for me,
much needed, since my thoughts could only go around my life and
experiences, the anomalies and the freaks of nature. And trying to piece
this all together in my mind simply didn't work and created more stress
and anxiety as nothing made sense. The impossible was happening on a
regular basis, I could not tell anyone. I could not work. I could not
physically function.....and more......I just could not. NOT. So watching
a series from a foreign country gave my mind some stimulus to watching
some gorgeous scenery and differing cultures which I always loved. This
has been acceptable. Now I even look forward to ending my day by
watching a few episodes, as this always puts me to sleep as well. Good
all round routines, safe for my body and mind. Another complete belief
system gone to hell: "thinking is bad, escaping is good".....I
always believed the reverse, "thinking is good, escaping is bad".<br />
<br />
<br />
I
felt like the living dead. And I realized this is what I've been seeing
of people on this Earth, this is what most people feel like. I finally feel
totally human. No wonder the world is such a sick place. Something vital
is missing.....some critical element as important as morals and
integrity.....which left only human biology and a terrible sense of futility. I
understood many on this earth and the pandemic depressions and
suicides. It is terrible. I cannot stay this way, my soul will die, not
just my body.<br />
<br />
But doing nothing for more than a year and half now, on some levels, I was healing slowly
from not just recent events, but many years of damage..... from what I
understand now as years of Attrition Warfare tactics against me from
invisible sources.<br />
You can think what you like here, the last
thing I need is to convince anyone, that would take reporting all the
events of my life and no way that will happen. But know this: Millions
of people on the Earth are experiencing this if not all....that's
right......there are forces at work on people in every way imaginable.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-15849332038513004382020-02-26T16:25:00.001-05:002020-03-22T09:21:12.742-04:00Chronicles of the Workings of the Real Fae, part 1, Not Pretty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
~ all of these Chronicles were written on the same day in the first week of February which I have broken up into parts I'm slowly publishing here. There are dates added to the later asterick* notes because this is the part I am chronicling as they happen.<br />
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<br />
I think this is not for publication but it is a story I must
chronicle for myself, which is why I started this blog to begin with. This blog is about the Fairy Cottage and Gardens.....this is about that.<br />
<br />
I
have decided to publish this in parts as it seems there is a story
unfolding here. This is part one. Please excuse the
unpleasantness.....but it is a critical part of this "story". <br />
<br />
This was written on Wednesday the 19th, hence references to the day before Tuesday and Monday. <br />
<br />
Right
now I am tired, very tired, physically, but my spirit has experienced a
sign of True Life as of yesterday, Tuesday the 18th. This will be a very very long story.<br />
<br />
*astericks will be where I remember something to insert, something important.<br />
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<u>The Problems and Back Story</u>:<br />
<br />
For
years now, I felt I have lost something vital to myself, my soul or
spirit, not sure which, but something critical was missing. I've been a
lump of biology moving about with no signs of my previous connections,
to divinity, to my true people, to the limitless gossamer threads of
life that reach very far out into the deep cosmos, to everything and
anything. I always felt divinely connected.<br />
<br />
I guess
through a series of events, people and traumas, gossamer threads were
broken, I got into "beliefs"then pummeled by reality, all of which resulted
in an attenuated spirit, stretched too thin, not enough life force to synthesize to
these realities here and too thin to spread even over myself.<br />
<br />
There
was the situation with the planes doing flyovers around the Pembroke
house all day whose noise nearly, very too nearly drove me insane. I was,
after 5 years of living on the edge of sanity, finally offered an
opportunity to move out and took it believing I got my groove back and
things were returning to the way they should be with me in control of my
life. I went from the pan into the fire, or from really bad to horrid. I
nearly died. I was very very sick, more sick than I even knew. I found
myself living with the paranormal in full onslaught. I have spent the
past two summers in this new house sleeping, recovering and not doing
anything.<br />
This "not doing anything" has rocked my world as I never ever
thought that was a good thing, for me it wasn't. I firmly believed in
being busy, keeping moving, could be my New York indoctrination, but it
is still hard to shake, though I've recently gotten very very good at
doing nothing. My mind reels from it, but my body and spirit are so very
fine with it indeed!<br />
So sleeping during the night as best as one
could getting up 5 times every night, and sleeping in betwixt that was
the life. Then getting up in the morning doing one or two things and
being so exhausted I was back in bed often by 11am, not to get up
again. I then got into a routine of being in my room in bed by 3pm cause
that is the time around my housemate gets home, and I'd rather not see
him since he has totally reverted back to his 100% passive aggressive
behavior with 0 percent interest in anything or anyone, and that is
always very hard to stomach....so I hide from him. However being in bed
by that time began a routine that began settling my body and my body
liked it. Apparently I needed it in more ways than I can think. Luckily I
have a kindle that I use to keep my mind busy. I've begun to watch
series online, and that has kept my mind zoned out, not thinking at all
which is what I finally needed also because thinking about my life,
what I went through and what I could do about it resulted in nil and
that nil was not acceptable to a mind that believes I can do
anything.....but with the kindle and browsing leisurely for the first
time ever in my life began to totally relax the body and mind, so that
NOT thinking did not disturb whatever peace and healing was taking place
in this new "doing nothing" routine. It has been the only way to begin
to heal in my case.<br />
And more than year of this and I am still slowly healing.<br />
<br />
I
am also still trying to take stock of just what damage has incurred,
but that is way too much information and I'm sure I will never know all
of it. I however did feel the sickness of it very thoroughly at all
times, relentlessly......cruelly, in such a way that I was totally angry
that I was still alive to feel it all. NO one should live through such
agony and pain 24/7 and live. NO one.<br />
<br />
On top of that,
the only true joy in life which is gardening, I could not do in this new
house/land because the year I moved here in 2018 May, we had nothing
but flooding which killed whatever I had planted. A local farmer told me
we had more rain than in the topical rains forests of the amazon that
year. The next year we had drought.....no rainy season at all....and
we're supposed to have a rainy season here in the sub tropics of
Florida. Soooo this year I am wondering what will happen. But I was so
depressed about not being able to garden, I had recently come to the
decision that I would not garden, not buy any plants and just leave this
land and this house as I didn't want to live with this peculiar
person anyway, he was so dead inside, a virtual zombie and I still can't
tolerate this even after 20 years. This decision not to garden though
made my soul sick. But I was not about to continue the futility of the
plantings I had been doing when more than half of everything died. I
have never experienced this kind of bad luck in gardening ever....not
even in New York. Its been truly depressing. But it is also not normal
that so much dies, when I have green thumbs and my love for my plants is
palpable, so when they die, it hits me in the gut.<br />
<br />
And
on top of that topping, was that my creativity was down to nil. I had
no creativity whatsoever and that feels like death to an artist. I am an
artist of sorts, no particular medium, I just love to create what I
envision and make things myself. I often refer to my life as My Hand
Made Life......but I could create nothing. I could not do even small
projects, nor come up with ideas for simple things.<br />
<br />
I
wanted to do calligraphy again, and got all the items I needed and was
excited to begin doing it the right way, then hurricane Dorian came and
went and that threat took the juice out of me again, as I've lived
through hurricane damage and will never forget....so even a threat comes
and I relive it. I lost all desire to create. I had many projects from
macrame to sewing clothes, but could do none of them. It wasn't just
that I wasn't in the mood, I can indulge that because it only lasts a
day or several, but this was going on for months. I'd walk into my craft
room look at everything pending my energy and walk out and go to bed.
This frustrated me as I did not understand it. It felt like something
was terribly wrong, like I was not here, only a body was walking around,
like a ghost in my own skin.<br />
<br />
Too much to say.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-77082900376028856572020-01-18T14:01:00.000-05:002020-01-20T19:51:59.897-05:00Korean Salim Manifesto<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone, long time no see. I hope everyone is doing well.<br />
<br />
I will explain and tell some things later about my own life, doings, and plans, but here I want to share this most important manifesto of the most divine spirit. I have much to add to this later, but to get this out is key.<br />
<br />
I would also like to make many posts in the near future coming up. I have many ideas of things that keep coming, I just need the strength to do so......and I'd like to join blogging parties too to spread some relevant wisdom, ideas, creations, and tips. If anyone would like to suggest good parties to join, please comment below. I really would love to blog again. I know things have changed these past years, but I still think blogging can be a wonderful thing, especially for those of us simply wanting to share goodness. I dont' want any party with hundreds of links to every chaotic thing, but things that are specifically relevant to elegant beauty and Earth friendly living.<br />
<br />
As for the purpose of this post, the meaning of (Korean) "Salim" (not the arabic) I have become very excited about. I didn't know in another part of the world there was a growing movement of feminine essence moving its peaceful essence through stealth. I think "stealth" is the only way we truly can move as being overt about making peace hasn't not worked for thousands of years. Yet it is very much alive, at the micro level, at the individuals level, at the womans intentional level, at the level of sublime peace at work, every hour of every day. These women are truly living the example, not talking, but living it, practicing it, and are invisible (unless they are blogging) hero's for Peace and Beauty.<br />
<br />
I had stumbled upon a video that showed one womans ventures in her own life. They call this "vlogging", and this woman has taken Asia by storm with millions viewing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoC47do520os_4DBMEFGg4A/videos" target="_blank">her youtube channel</a> every day. She has the most humble and evocative content I have ever seen. There is no talking to the camera, it is a visual (right brained, artistic, spiritual, heart based) and silent observance, a quiet sharing of her life. Some have subtitles you can turn on to read, some do not. I don't care, the music is gentle, I love the silence, and just watching and learning. The same goes for the other vloggers.<br />
<br />
But Liziqi......I have never seen anyone so talented in all my years and I'd love to be as talented as this woman Liziqi is. She is a master chef, furniture builder, nature decorist, nurturer, embroiderer, perfume maker..... anything.....she masters it. Anything this woman wants to do, she does and she does it in exemplary fashion, nothing is done poorly. Her excellence is superior. Anyone who said "you can be a jack of all trades but master of none" was only a man. This woman is master of anything she wants. And I know of many many other women who are masters of many arts all at once.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoC47do520os_4DBMEFGg4A/videos" target="_blank">This is her channel if anyone wants to watch,</a> and I will post here just one of my favorite videos of hers......<br />
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After discovering her, I found others, mostly from Korea who are embracing the Salimist, the minimalist, the eco friendly, the Earth friendly, the nurturer, the peace maker, the beauty maker.....everything that is good in humanity, I have found in these women. There are many, I keep finding more channels of these women to watch. Later I will post those. For now I want to stress the critical importance of the Salimist and its meaning. This needs to be shared worldwide.<br />
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However it is a bit distressing and revealing of the mindset of the google search engine that the definition of this word "Salim" as defined by those Koreans who embrace "enlivening" and the "essence of care" can not be found with a simple search of that word. What comes up is quite the opposite. I keep having to go through loops to get this website that defines it, even when I enter Hyun Kyung's name.<br />
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So before it disappears entirely I want this indelibly marked on my blog.<br />
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This is my nod of deep respect and honor to the woman who wrote this and to the thousands and thousands of women who are living this in Korea, Japan, and all over the world actually. <br />
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From this website: https://funisbeauty.tumblr.com/<br />
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Many people here might not have heard about the word, Salimist.<br />
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So, simply to give you some ideas about what Salimist looks like, I share this manifesto created by Chung Hyun Kyung.<br />
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<b>Salimist Manifesto</b><br />
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A Korean eco-feminist or anyone who wants to share the vision of a
Korean eco-feminist. Saliminists make things alive, especially dying
things like the Earth. Salim refers to a Korean woman’s everyday
household chores, e.g., gathering wood, water and food, cooking,
cleaning, washing, weaving, raising children, healing the sick, caring
for the old, as well as for flowers, trees, wells, cows, chickens, dogs,
and household spirits. Salim also means to mend broken things, e.g.,
pots and pans, shoes and hearts. When Korean people say, “Oh! She is a
‘Salim-kun’ (salim expert).” it means that she has perfected the skill
or art of making things alive, e.g., feeding everybody so that they are
all full and happy, creating peace, health, and abundant living for the
family (the very extended family of all forms of life) and a beautiful
living environment.<br />
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2. Also, a Salimist touches everything like a
magician, a revolutionary, or a Goddess. At her touch, everything starts
to smile, grow and become vivid, colorful, and alive. She loves to cook
vegetarian dishes (but occasionally, she may cook some bad guys in her
big boiling soup pot when she is really, really mad). She also cooks a
vision for fundamental social change, gets involved in movements and
develops strategies. She conspires like Latin American eco-feminists,
“Conspiradas.” She survives, no matter what! She loves to clean, laughing
children, polluted rivers, and the politics, and economics of dirty old
men. Some Salimists call the smelly garbage of dirty old men
“patriarchal capitalism.” She is an “inclusivist,” or “embracist.” She
thinks that differences are “wonder-full,” good for boosting our immune
system. Different plants and trees make a forest strong; people from
different races make the most gorgeous babies, different colored threads
make rainbow shawls. She includes everybody: men, women, young, old,
poor, rich, outcast, incast, educated, uneducated, able-bodied,
differently-abled, homo, hetero, bi, omni, and transsexuals in her
party, in her worship services, and in her demonstrations against
injustice, if they have good intentions and hearts. But she is a tough
inclusivist like mother Kali. If she sees wicked intentions and evils
hearts, she cuts off every evil head with her sword of Justice when she
has to. Then she includes those beheaded evil heads in her necklace. She
sings like a strong South African mother, “Now you have touched woman,
You have struck a rock,” roaring at injustice. In the end, she embraces
everything: good and bad, light and shadow, clean and dirty, joy and
sorrow, suffering and liberation, anger and compassion, because they are
good “compost” material for her soul, her meditation, and her poetry.
She especially loves to embrace trees like the Chipko women in India,
who hug the trees and say to the loggers with axes, “Over my dead body,
please!”<br />
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3. Salimist recycles everything: paper, milk cartons,
glass bottles, politicians and leadership positions, ex-lovers,
ex-husbands, ex-Gods, and life itself. When people are despairing
because revolution seems too slow to come, perhaps least not in their
lifetimes, she laughingly encourages people in the movement, by saying,
“Hey, hang loose. We can come back again and again, a million times. We
just do the best we can do here and now. Then, let’s dance!”<br />
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Salimist is a peace activist who “thinks like a mountain.” In Korea,
some Salimists are married. Their husbands call them “An-Hae,” which
means “the sun of the household.” With her warm, compassionate and wise
“Sunshine policy,”* she promotes conflict resolution, non-violent
resistance, peace, reconciliation, and harmony wherever she goes.
(According to some imaginative linguists, the Korean Salim, Hebrew
Shalom and Arabic Salaam all derive from the same linguistic root,
because originally, all human beings came from Africa. But this theory
has not been proven.)<br />
* “Sunshine policy” is the policy of the
South Korean government toward North Korea. This policy made the ice of
50 years of hatred, suspicion, and violence melt a little bit. The heads
of the North and South Korean governments met for the first time in
June, 2000 after 50 years of separation. Both South and North Korean
women thought that we could have had a unified Korea a long time ago if
we had had a woman president in both North and South Korea.<br />
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Salimist loves women, nature, earth, and Goddess (or some God or
god-like men such as Jesus, Buddha or Rumi, for a change). She loves
rice, lotus, everything “feminine,” and “feminist,” according to her own
definition. She also loves emerging “Salim-kun” men and everything
flowing like tears, rivers, clouds, life energy: ki, shakti, prana,
ruah, and menstrual blood. She loves drumming, dancing, singing, and
loves making love. She whispers, “Life is an organism (or orgasm)!
Multiply!!” Then she comes, she comes again, and she comes again and
again like a Spring. Salimist celebrates her womb and the womb of the
universe, and the creative powers of each. And, of course, she loves
herself. Because of, in spite of, well, no matter what!<br />
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6. If
Womanist is to Feminist as purple is to lavender, Salimist is dark
green, the color of “En-Darken-Ment,” which makes purple and lavender
flowers more beautiful.<br />
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* I give my sincere appreciation to many
Korean women in “the movement of Life” and Alice Walker who gave me
inspiration with her birth of “Womanist.” I also give thanks to Korean
poet, Kim Chi Ha who provide poetic imagination to Korean word “Salim.”<br />
Excerpt from Goddess - spell According to Hyun Kyung, 2001, 열림원<br />
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I just have to share this little beauty, Strawberry Rose Cream Tea.</div>
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I don't know where the idea came from but it literally popped into my head one day and has been taunting me since, until today I said OK! I will make this one, and I'm sooooo glad I did, the flavors are sublime.</div>
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I googled this particular blend and could not find a single post anywhere about this tea using real strawberries, real roses and real cream. I did find flavored dried tea combinations, but that is not nearly the same as the real thing. We always prefer real don't we?</div>
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It is the simplest thing to make. All you need are fresh strawberries, fragrant rose buds or pure rose water, real cream and sugar/honey to taste. A clear teapot is wonderful to see the loveliness inside but is not necessary.</div>
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Put some water to boil. Cut up your strawberries, and some extra to munch on, get your cream handy, and the rose buds and/or rose water. I used both.....I like strong flavors.</div>
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I also used a single roselle bud because I've been drinking roselle tea with lemon verbena I have growing and it makes the most beautiful rose colored tea ever. It is a certain hibiscus plant.</div>
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This is what it looks like on the stem. I have several stems I bought from the farmers market and have them in a vase with the lemon verbena, and my bedroom is ready for tea anytime. I used one of these buds to color this tea a slight pink.</div>
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I have also added to my tea table, a pedestal bowl for fruits. Right now persimmons are in season, I love them, and some red grapes. Its a lovely thing to walk in to my room and have tea and fruit. I added a (candle) burner and a small glass teapot to heat up Japanese Sake, because I just love that stuff especially with the Asian dishes I'm getting into. I'm all prepared in here lolol <br />
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Last night I lit the candles because I love the ambience of night and candles and I love to see the tapesty lit up leading to a light portal in a magical forest somewhere.<br />
And my white lilies are about to open up, they smell wonderful. I keep white lilies in the house all the time.<br />
To the left I brought in some branches from the woods behind my house and put them in a vase with some faux cherry branches. These will not die and I love the bare branches. The candles create lots of shadows of the branches on the wall so it looks woodsy at night, it is enchanting. <br />
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Back to the tea......this is everything you need.....<br />
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Put the strawberries into the pot. I used 6-8 strawberries cut up, and about a tablespoon of rose buds. Once the water has reached a light boil, add it to the pot and wait 5 minutes. You can add the sugar/honey at this time to let it dissolve. I didn't want honey because it has its own flavor and could overpower the delicate strawberries and roses. You can also omit the cream but my inspiration was to have some kind of tea with these flavors and I wanted to use up the raw cream I got from the farmers market. I put about a tablespoon of cream in my glass and added the steeped tea. Mix and go to nirvana. I made a second pot, then a third. I'm out of cream now. sigh....but what a wonderful thing! I now have another inspiration of culinary delight and beauty!<br />
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Its not been so long this time, and I am happy to make another post to share. This is a simple project that I have fallen in love with. It came upon me when I was sitting on my rug and just staring out, zoning out at the grass and trees. There is something about the shed which causes me to relax all the time, I don't know what it is......until yesterday, I figured it out, more on that later.<br />
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One day I was in the shed trying to do my stretching/yoga, and it just wasn't happening. So I sat up and looked out at the view of the Beautiful Green......when I realized that I was in pain in that cross legged position, which I never used to be, but now for some reason sitting cross legged hurts. I knew that I needed to elevate my rear and that I need a low seat. And thus this vision came to me on the spot because I had seen the round wood in home depot while getting supplies for another bench I want to make, and I knew I'd need this round one day, and so that day came complete with the vision in tact, and a project was born.<br />
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Does that happen to you? You see something in the store and you say, "OH! I need that!", but you don't know for what, and so you pass it up, and INEVITABLY within short time, you have to do something that requires that exact thing you left in the store and have to go back for? It happens to me ALL the time. I will see something and say ''I need that!!'', and I don't buy it because I don't know what for, and then comes the time when I need it and have to go back for it. Even the housemate sees this. So what do I do now? I don't leave it in the store anymore, because I hate having to go out for little things. Now I have the mysterious objects that scream at me from the shelves on hand, and it is a pleasure to have that project come along and have what I need already here! That's been fun lately. I love saying to john, "see?! told you! ha"...isn't that odd.......lol.<br />
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As the title says, its a do it yourself Meditation Bench or Tea Stool, so easy so pretty. It can be used for simply sitting cross legged facing your favorite view, or it can be a plant stand or fish bowl stand, use your imagination. A second one can be made with the slightly taller legs and placed beside it as a Tea Table, which is something I'm hoping to make soon. It will be perfect with the shorter bench!<br />
Because I simply LOVE sitting in the shed with the view of the fountain bird bath and Quan Yin and imagine having a lovely tea there! (if my camera batteries recharge before I finish this post, I can upload a picture of that.) <br />
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This project cost $35.00 roughly.<br />
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Now I have googled
Meditation Benches and all of them were over $100.00, and not even pretty. Sigh. So I think this Meditation Bench/Stool was a
genius vision and is well worth it. It takes only 2 days to complete,
mostly because of drying times, (and because I move slowly these
days)...... but it is effortless and beautiful. <br />
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All the supplies were from Home Depot except the stencil. <br />
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18" round around $7.00<br />
Four 6" legs, around $3.35 each<br />
Red Oak stain around $5.00<br />
polyurethane gloss around $10.00<br />
2 paint brushes, one nylon for varnish and one natural for the stain. I had these also. <br />
Mandala stencil around $6.00 (amazon) or you can look in Michaels, JoAnnes or Hobby Lobby.<br />
I had the wood glue and liquid gold leaf. But but you can let your imagine go wild with what you want to see on your bench. Would be nice if you can do your own artwork. But stencils are beautiful. You can make the making of this bench a meditation in itself, and go all out with creativity. My own mind is going all over the place with more visions of these, but truly I only need one, and a slightly taller one for a tea table. :D:D:D<br />
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First I stained the wood as it is, no sanding at all in this project......let it dry on one side, did the other side and the edges and then I stained the legs. The round and legs both got only one coat of stain as it was pretty dark. You can choose what color stain you prefer.<br />
I then gave the legs and round 2 coats of polyurethane. I wanted it glossy but this varnish did not give the effect I wanted. Turns out what I really wanted to see was a glass like finish which can only come from resin which I am contemplating.<br />
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Then I stenciled both sides with a mandala using liquid gold leaf, and a stencil from amazon. They have many to choose from, all beautiful. Mine is 12" in diameter which leaves a nice border on the 18" round. You have to be careful with stenciling because a sloppy stencil is just not satisfying and the liquid gold leaf is very watery and cannot be fixed, so caution is needed with that medium. I also gold leafed the round edge. After the gold leaf dried, I varnished it with 3 more coats. I am still wanting to see the glass like finish, and I think I will apply resin later.<br />
Once the poly varnish was dry, I had my housemate drill 4
shallow holes for the screw-on-legs in the positions I wanted, and I
wanted the legs close to the edge of the round to be stable once I sat
on it....added wood glue, screw on legs, let dry. Done and beautiful.<br />
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It is so satisfying to come out of my sauna which always feels amazing and I adore for deep cleansing and purifying, and then to sit on the bench and see the view and just relax.<br />
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So, back to why I feel so relaxed in here? Its not just the sauna, nor the stretching nor the view of the green expanse.......cause it even happens when I'm exhausted or in too much pain as well....something calming happens. And yesterday as I was falling into the zone on the rug after another failed attempt at a stretch/yoga session, I was so curious as to why it was happening again.......I looked around and realized this shed is all metal so it is a virtual Faraday Cage! and that is why I feel so calm in here and almost always want to fall asleep in that most rare and delicious way that happens naturally from an almost opiate relaxed state, *as opposed* to the falling out or passing out from exhaustion or overly mental states. In the shed, I simply *fall into* a tranquil state, I feel my body melting, and my mind just goes quiet, *shuts off* if you will,......I'm suddenly in The Zone.<br />
I fall into a spontaneous meditation zone when I go in there, and that is because of the Faraday Cage effect. I dont' even have to work for a meditative state, I just fall into it. Lovely!<br />
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Find a metal shed people, and zone out.<br />
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So, this project is done and satisfying.<br />
I can't wait to do the matching Tea Table, maybe with the same mandala, maybe with another which sounds more interesting to me. I can't get it out of my head, so it needs to be done. More on that later.<br />
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Beauty Blessings<br />
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“What is the most wonderful thing for people like myself who follow the
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Sighhhhhh......its Tea Time............<br />
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“Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company.” – <i>Author Unknown</i></div>
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Today I want to share an inspiration that I am loving very much, it is giving me happy moments during the day. I don't see or hear too much about this but as the title says, its a Tea Service in the Bedroom. <br />
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if you are too heated, it will cool you;<br />
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if you are exhausted, it will calm you.”– <i>William Gladstone</i></div>
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I spend alot of time in my room, and so the room has to be lovely and accommodating, and very hospitable for me personally, and lately I wanted even more from my bedroom....... it does have to be set up and structured to allow me to flow with ease in all my tasks and needs. For me a bedroom is not just a place to crash, but a place to replenish.....the bedroom has to have alot of ambience.<br />
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“As the centerpiece of a cherished ritual, it’s a talisman against the
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So I brought in from the living room a console and placed it over the bench, added linen and my tea things and I was happy.<br />
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I've been loving having tea. Alot of tea. I used to just have a cup at a time, maybe two made in a French Press but not much more. Below is a pot of tea using just the dandelions that grew in the summer. I'd pick the blossoms once they opened with the morning sun, added hot water and honey and had lovely tea.<br />
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Lately I've been watching some Chinese drama series' and I have been blown away by so much about that culture's living! I could go on for an hour raving about their decor, their costumes, their beauty, but this is about Tea.<br />
One of their dominating customs is "the taking of tea". It seems to be a panacea for everything, from feeling cold/hot, or lovesick, to grieving, to healing, anything it seems, the teas are brought out to calm, as a balm for the soul and body and mind. They drink primarily camellia sinensis and varieties of herbs, roots, flowers and berries. And they are usually grown in certain ways to have qualities and properties from being medicinal, healing, or for simply enjoying an un common taste.<br />
And so with all of this tea culture, there are the tea accessories, from teapots, to tea warmers, cups and serving trays, and these also seem to be tailored to the type of tea, who is drinking, what class they are from, to simply a basic set that is for everyday use with both royals and commoners.<br />
There are tea sets for occasions, and sets for collections. In almost every scene of a home, or room, or dwelling, even hospitals, you will see pots of tea on warmers steaming away with cups on a serving tray available for anyone who drops by. It is a greeting, A welcome, a medicine, a comfort, a handshake, a hug, deal maker, and a joy.<br />
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I think this is fantastic, and a lovely way of treating anyone. So why not myself? Why do I have to have only one cup, and only when I think of it? How nice is it to have the pot steaming for hours, with simple tealights for heat, (oh, "tea" lights ? hummm, I just saw that connection), and living water spiraling up in gentle streams of steam offering me two of natures elements, of fire and water making my room come to life....... and having hot tea of any flavor ready for me to pour throughout the day? Who knew I could treat myself as a guest and have good hospitality for myself.<br />
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I find that I adore having a pot, or two, of tea steaming away. When I walk into the kitchen I can pour a glass.<br />
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And if I'm in my bedroom and want a glass of tea I don't have to walk to the kitchen because I have a pot steaming in there too. Its just lovely.<br />
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All you need really is a small table, a tray, a teapot and warmer, and your drinking glass or cup.<br />
I have taken it a bit further as sometimes I like to eat something in my room and so I have little silverwares and chocolates, flowers of course, and fairy lights.<br />
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Its such a simple thing and yet gives so much. It is better than the plain 2 or 3 liters of water I was drinking, as now I have herbal waters in the form of teas. My favorite in this moment is local grown galangal with lemongrass that I grow with a bit of honey. I love cutting the grass every morning and making a large pot, adding honey and decanting into the two tea pots I keep warm. One is in the kitchen I keep on a low setting to keep it hot and the other in my bedroom with the candles. By the time the candles go out, I have finished the pot. Its just perfect.<br />
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I'd like to encourage you also to set up something very lovely for
yourself too. If you do, I'd love to see :D I do not encourage this
with coffee though, this is not about "waking up" or having the shakes, its all about the grace and beauty and calm of a multitude of panaceas from the Herbal Kingdom.<br />
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Well Hello Bloglandia......its been a long while and I am back for a short time.<br />
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I really miss blogging here and my sentiments as always are that I wish I could do more....but...alas.<br />
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Gosh, its been a long time.......and blogging just isn't as easy as it was.<br />
First, in April, due to nothing, no bad weather, winds or anything, my computer crashed and with it all my photos I'd been taking for years, of my home, flowers, and things I find to be beautiful. I never knew how much I'd miss my photos until they were gone. I wanted to cry. Often.<br />
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This pc was taken to a tech who said the motherboard was fried in the power surges, (yes we had a power surge protector!), and he replaced it and installed the windows 10 which I find horrid. I like systems that are easy to use, self explanatory, and reliable.<br />
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However now, when making posts on my blog, the photos I upload do not go where blogger can get to them and I can't figure it out. And these pictures below, after 2 hours of clicking away, were on a folder which I was able to get available to blogger, I cannot repeat for all the other photos I want to share on another post coming. So, I haven't been able to blog, and the techs want me to bring my pc in, so they can show how to upload photos from my camera onto a file that blogger has access to. Frustrating!<br />
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Second, my life has become a bit "complicated" and my levels of pain usually make me want to lie down more often than not.....not exactly inspiring. And sitting at the pc makes it worse.<br />
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Anyway, (deep breath! ) this is one post I've been wanting to make for a long time.<br />
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I've always wanted a French Market Basket on wheels, but shopping for one in the U.S. is coming up with little to nothing, and those that are available are over $150.00. So I don't think so. I just knew I had to find a way to make it myself. And finally I have and I want to share.<br />
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First I had to search for a basket that was tallish.....and usually they are laundry baskets. I found this one made of wicker which I am not too fond of because it is such a rough texture, but I had to settle. This one I found in Hobby Lobby and bought only when they had their 50% off days, and this one was I think $60.00, so 50% off is $30.00, and it has a liner and lid. I spray painted it ivory inside and out.<br />
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Then for wheels. I initially planned on attaching wood to the inside and outside of the bottom, attaching them together, then buying individual wheels to screw on the bottom, and then figure out how to get a handle made.....but that wasn't a graceful process either.<br />
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Then I searched and searched for a simple elegant trolley/handcart/handtruck with wheels I could simply attach the basket to, but simple ones are not easy to find either. I found most heavy duty ones even if I searched for lightweight etc, and then they were in primary colors or were so tough looking....oh no, no no people!.....<br />
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Then one day.....(dont' we love that intro?) my housemate John comes home and tells me that Whole Foods is now selling these basket "totes" he says they're called, on wheels.....and he looked at it and saw the liner is easily removed and it could work for my basket and I said, yes, yes, yes Please and thank you! They're only $20.00, and sure enough, he brought one home and it was just about perfect.<br />
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I removed the liner held by just a narrow strip of velcro on the back, whose pictures are hiding somewhere on my pc......then I attached my basket with cable ties I got from the dollar tree.<br />
Cost of all (basket at 50% off and wheel "tote") is around $50.00. Done!<br />
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Now I have a basket on wheels to take to the farmers market where often I buy plants I can put in there and walk around easily. sigh. After years......it finally came to fruition. I hope you like :D.<br />
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This is the Whole Foods shopping "tote" as it is being sold now.....(August 2019)<br />
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I put the liner back in that came with this basket and voila......a beauty in the making. I am having all kinds of ideas of adding prettyness to this, but that inspiration will have to wait until my frustration about not being able to get picture on my blog fixed. I'm thinking maybe tassels, which I am very into these days and making some just for fun.....some French touches?? I don't know. Any ideas?<br />
It seem it needs some frills, but this is all the fun part.<br />
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I just really wanted to share with you in case anyone else out there has always wanted one, how to make a French Market Basket Trolley, simply and affordably, totally stress free. That shopping tote from Whole Foods, really helped alot!<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-37507970733787423002019-02-24T10:02:00.002-05:002019-03-02T09:04:22.683-05:00Not Receiving Comments On My Blogs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sorry people, and sorry to myself for not being able to hear from those precious ones who took the time to write to me here.....but there was a glitch I could not understand with the commenting on google/blooger I'm calling them now.....but I do hope it is fixed. I had to subscribe to my own blogs to receive comments even though I had comments enabled for anyone. Oddly the only ones getting through are proliferous spammers. What a crock.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-84821411172945797302019-02-18T13:30:00.001-05:002019-03-02T09:03:32.475-05:00Updates, Shed, And Other Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Everyone, friends, strangers, readers, curious ones.....<br />
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I have to post something today as its been a while.<br />
Reasons for not blogging regularly......my life is not a rhythmic thing, predictable, mundane, nor on a schedule. In fact, my life is a rare "oddity", where time has little meaning as do dates (ever since I revoked being run by a clock or calendar, it in fact has revolted against me and played many a trick where I literally lose hours in a minute....vindictive thing time is!), and strange things happen on a regular basis, where magic is real and mediocrity is a virus to be avoided at all costs, and where healing from intense, long term high strangeness and chronic physical agony (more on that later) is an every moment to moment thing, including its long term effects upon the spirit and psyche, hence dropping out of mainstream. So I do not blog regularly. K? :-)<br />
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But today I need to clear out the photos, file them and organize everything, and because I have been asked, I am posting about the shed etc.<br />
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We have an 11' x 20' shed, nice right? Except when it is used as a dumping place, like "lets put this here <u>for now</u>".....that "for now" thing is a multifaceted evil. It never works unless you are slightly OCD, which I am to my great joy. But my housemate John, is the master of procrastinator and king of glib. There is no compromising, there is only me getting things done, as only an organized person would.<br />
So......finding myself still feeling sick, as in flulike etc, from heavy metal poisoning still in my system despite having mercury fillings removed because I did not embark on following up by removing what metals were sitting in my system which have to be removed specifically with certain chelations that will carry them out of the body otherwise they sit in the body unmoving making you sick the entire time. So.....my beloved far infrared sauna which was laying in parts in the shed, and looked so forlorn I never thought I'd see it alive again......was greatly needed, as it does remove metals from the body through the sauna actions. I told john I really need it at this time, and he went and began to put it together at some point, and actually got the electrical parts to work again and so my beloved sauna was back together and working, gifting me that special sanctuary I've always loved being in, with whale and dolphin music being played through the speakers, giving me slight respite from chronic anxiety. I have loved my times in that sauna over the years.<br />
He got it to work, and I can begin detoxing again! Joy!....so I went to look and inside the shed was the wonderful pure wooden structure which cleanses and purifies, surrounded by filth and chaos and ugliness.....welllll.......that wasn't going to work. I hadn't had ideas for the shed anyway, but this prompted creativity and ideas which I embarked upon right away. The lovely thing is my ideas developed as I took in all those things lying around in the shed, extra wood parts from redoing the living room floors, including one whole 4x8 panel, and other pieces, and thinking now....with some other things, I could use all of this and the shed is done. And that is what I did.<br />
I will just put up the pictures and speak of it there....<br />
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At this point I had already removed half of the stuff that was in here to begin clearing it all out.......but you can see the sauna is up and ready.....but I needed to make the shed clean, efficient and pretty. I didn't go all out as I don't have the finances for that so it took the minimum in organizing to make it much nicer..... <br />
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Everything was removed and I began cleaning the walls....years of built up dirt, I removed with orange oil cleaner, very powerful and wonderful smelling and the floors used as a paint tester for maybe 40 years, was swept, vacuumed, mopped, painted and sealed with paint that was left in the shed, a beige.<br />
John bought for my birthday a 5x7' rug for under the sauna, and a box of 50 stems fresh eucalyptus I wanted so the shed will smell good and it will tolerate being dried in there and when it reaches 120 degrees as it does all summer long, the heat will release the scent from it too. Nothing else alive would survive in here. We got a $40 metal shelving unit from Home Depot. I'm using a small refrigerator I had to keep my favorite drink for the sauna which is a large mason filled with cold coconut water, aloe vera juice and rose water on ice.....oh how wonderful is that!<br />
The large 4x8 that was on floor, was cut and made into a table on the right which is my space and johns is the left with all his tools. Shelves were made from leftover woods. Then I got from Home Depot drop cloth canvas and made curtains for my side, then john liked them so he wanted them too. Underneath both sides we have stored extra paint, and Christmas things etc organized in bins.<br />
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I bought a $17.00 walmart stool to sit when I work at my table, doing what I don't know yet.<br />
The chandelier, he got for our kitchen, but the ceiling wouldn't hold this fixture, only a long fluorescent ugly thing, and he didn't want to take it back after putting on all the crystals, so I said, well, we could use it in the shed, and he hooked it up. I wouldn't normally put a chandy in this shed unless it had walls and was all She-Shed-like, but it was better than returning it when I needed a light in there anyway.<br />
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While in Home Depot, one thing john kept putting off was getting (for one day!) more peg board and accessories, but I made him get the stuff on the spot, so he could also have a nice organized space too, whats he waiting for, we're doing the shed for crying out loud! So he got a peg board sheet for $10.00 and 2 kits of accessories, and it fit perfectly to fill in the blank space (see 2nd above pic) and to put up more tools.<br />
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We like these treats he found called Piroulines in chocolate hazelnut, OMG, I love them.....and the tins are too nice to discard, so I painted them white and added chalk labels and now he has those for odds and ends. I saw a galvanized rolling cart in Hobby Lobby I said was perfect for all his power tools, which would free up his table to actually have a space to work, that could be rolled around as they were awkward laying around everywhere before and no neat way to lay them but having their own rolling cart works. He refused the rolling cart. Then when he put up the peg board and organized his tools, he didn't know where to put his power tools, and I had to explain again.....he finally got it and it works neatly.<br />
I like galvanized steel in the shed. I had many pieces I bought for my move to TN but it was wasted there as was everything else I bought for there, but here we use them all. I even got a little chalkboard to write notes.<br />
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I really like the lighter floor and painted table with the canvas curtains and galvanized touches. On the table I have a wood box that needs to be put back together, it is the cover for the cd player for my sauna.<br />
I found a delightful store in Micanopy called Dakota Mercantile, which has all the things I love. One store finally in Florida that I can get to that has good taste. She loves French style, true linens, quality bedding like Bella Notte !, classic french decor, everything for a gracious lovely home. I bought two botanical prints and just tacked them up on the bland wall. I have no idea what to do with this space but if we need to do some work, it is here.<br />
When I get more eucalyptus, I will hang them from the rafters. It will smell so nice!<br />
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I had some lace and made curtains for the little windows, cause why not? <br />
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A thrift store find years ago of a huge crochet canopy I never used got thrown over the sauna, again, why not?<br />
I have place mats made of vetiver on the door to cover the glass for privacy, and when I washed them and put them in the sun to dry! OMG the smell of the vetiver came through and they scent the sauna which is also why I chose them for the inside. Anything that will smell good in the heat is a yes.<br />
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A sweet space on the top shelf of the metal rack holding the eucalyptus and Quan Yin, some smudging sage and amethyst crystals.<br />
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On the other shelves, I have a first aid kit, and some other necessities in baskets, like extra towels for the sauna, that I may need in there at some point. One must make oneself comfortable...this is how spaces serve us. Fridge is elevated up on leftover wood and cement blocks so I don't have to bend whenever I use the fridge, so nice!.....cement blocks covered with fabric of course. One basket holds extra towels for the sauna, and the other various things, paper towels, a balsam fir and eucalyptus room spray I made from pure essential oils, and extra glasses, both for reading and distance. oy.<br />
There is a first aid kit because john is very accident prone, and a galvanized vase holding sand for incense sticks.<br />
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This urn is a water fountain with light, which I need to get working and find a place in the house for it, but until then it makes an ugly corner pretty. And a beautiful crystal tea light holder cause one must have at least one gorgeous thing in any space.<br />
I also added sheer curtains along the back wall but they are too sheer to make a difference, but at least the fabric softens the space. Fabrics are amazing.<br />
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and now. I still am working on making some other crafty things like pinecone wreaths and such to make this shed pretty. I am working on several things at once but at least I'm in the crafty stage, where being creative and acting on ideas and inspirations are all I want to do now....and now I have the space and the time. </div>
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well, she's not really mine, and this is a first for me, that some creature is not mine in the love sense. She is quite a difficult one for me.....shes' independent, rebellious, strong, willful, wants to be outside all the time and doesn't like to be held. I wanted a cat for all its opposites, someone who likes and wants to be held, who likes being indoor and a little outdoors, who is cooperative, and likes to share time and love and affection. This one, Sarah, has gotten into everything and broken some things, and I never had this before. Now because she wants to be out all the time, she thumps loudly around the house in a frantic caged tiger way, and harasses me with outcries, and basically yelling at me until I get up and follow her lead to the door and open it for her. I didn't like her being out without some control because there is way too much space for her to get lost in and if she doesn't want to come back, then she is not my cat is she? She's just a cat who comes and goes as she pleases, not for me. Plus there are two male cats who come around our doors and leave their stench marks, and I certainly don't want more cats and babies around at all.<br />
I want the cat I had before who was more than cat, was a lover of people and wanted relationship with us.<br />
So, one night, she bolts out after 5pm curfew and didn't come back in. John tried to lure her in but she wouldn't budge. Eventually past midnight I heard the doors sliding open and closed. I got up and john already had her in his room, he said he found her freaked out on the top rail with one of the male cats at the base of the stairs.<br />
Lots of drama going on here with her, since day 2...... how much difficulty she's given how much stress no one knows. My nervous system has jumped into some kind of survival mechanism where anything that threatens me or my peace feels like its threatening my life again, and I want to instinctively and automatically destroy. You won't know what that is until you've been so threatened so often with your very life that you are now in pure survival mode. That is what I'm still working through. So when I hear something break and fall, or this cat running at blinding speed over furniture with crazed looks in her eyes for half an hour to an hour, this is very uncomfortable and when I try to hold her to calm her she fights to get down, never wants to be held at all, ever.<br />
I want a loving housecat. This one is not it. She has to go.<br />
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I have told john over and over again we need to spay her but he does what he does best, procrastinate or simply no response.....and so, when he found her at the door freaked out with that male cat there, I only wonder if it already got to Sarah and so we have to have to spay her asap. John is having to deal with this now, as its too late for my nerves, I am in love with her and giving her away will set me back. I've already shed tears over this and I am not a cryer. So once spayed, I am hoping it will calm her as it tends to do to some cats, and we'll see, but she still will have to go.<br />
I want a cat that likes to be held....and wants to love a human. So this is terribly sad for me, as I do not meter out emotions, I am full on, uncensored and I like it that way. Again, its one sided.<br />
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Other news? I cannot get to a third part without encountering high strangeness, not in my world anyway. And this one is it. I'd like others thoughts if they are based on some experience with this. Opinions from non experiencers I've had aplenty, but I'd like to hear from experiencers.<br />
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Speaking of the agony/pain I live with.....<br />
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I've had fybromyalgia since the so called professionals did not believe in it. Now they do. But I had used a machine called a molecular enhancer which alleviated 80% of the pains, so that was wonderful after suffering for 20 years. However, I get pains with emfs and solar activity, and earth activity etc, and with all the wifi going on it has gotten worse again.<br />
Now I have been a jogger and body builder since I was 17 and I ate all organic and got very healthy and a well functioning toned body for a long time. But life and its tolls will exact its price, and with certain circumstances in life I could not deal with emotionally snowballed, I found I could not heal normally again. The outer toxins including heavy metal poisonings were making things worse, I could not get on top of things and I suffered with all kinds of pains, so my healthy regimens increased but it became full time work and I had no more energy for this. I found comfort in foods for numbing as opposed to eating for health.<br />
Then one day I went for a jog and found a strange hip joint thing going on which felt so weird I could not place what it could be. I've had my share of accidents, etc, but this was not in my sphere of experience at all! It quickly turned into pain and then loss of movement. The only way I could describe this is it felt like my legs were removed and put back wrong. The pains increased on top of everything else and I couldn't work out anymore, could hardly move at all. The body always responds to proper treatment with alleviation, but
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I treated this for arthritis but it didn't help. I treated it for injury it didn't help. I treated it for bursitis but it didn't help. I looked into what I was eating, drinking, thinking,
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Oddly there were times, maybe once a week where I'd wake up at odd times of the middle of the night and be totally and completely pain free and free of weakness, and felt like my old strong self, I could move normally, bend and walk, like a switch went suddenly "OFF", but slowly the pains would return. <br />
I couldn't figure this out as it was maddeningly odd and made no sense. I could only pray and hope. Then some high strangeness happened and I moved out of Pembroke Pines to TN, and things got worse. I nearly died.<br />
I got out of there 11 months later in May of 2018 I moved here with all of that ailment, which was horridly painful and difficult in every way, being isolated with no friends, only john to help when he got out of work. I did it anyway. I often want to be in the dark, with candlelight only. I started close the blinds and curtains in this beautifully bright sunny house, to crash around 3pm, then 2pm, then 1pm, and sometimes by 11am I was back in bed for the day and night. I gave up. I needed a miracle.<br />
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Feb. 1st I woke up pain free and thought it was one of those days where it just disappears and returns. So had hours of respite and could move and do things around the house and cook without being in agony. Nice. This lasted the whole day! Then the next day, and the next. WT? And today it is 17 days in a consistent row I am totally free of those hip joint pains. How does this happen?? I knew it wasn't something I had as I had treated myself for everything possible with no results at all. Now it is completely gone for 17 days now, and I am flummoxed but so grateful!!! I knew it wasn't me, but I don't have a clue what caused this and what caused it to go away. It is like a switch went off and has stayed off. WTF?<br />
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And that is my story for now people. Any clues would be appreciated. Thanks for reading.<br />
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It is once again a belated post, a conglomeration of several, but here I am.<br />
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I can't speak of all that has transpired or all that is, and at the same time, nothing is transpiring.....but I can show some pictures that some of you have asked for.<br />
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Life is about adjustments and mostly healing these days which is slow, from the past year of hell, and the years before of untold difficulties of the not so normal kind.<br />
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We put lights around the house...(don't you just love when people state the obvious?) But the thing is with this house we used some clips designed for shingles, and they were easy to use and keep the strings in a straight line which delighted me. The Italian Cypress are lit and I'll keep them lit all year.<br />
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When we had the floors redone, we took advantage of the empty space and painted the walls a French Pink.....I couldn't live with the dead beige. Now things look sweeter, brighter, and warmer.<br />
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The fireplace is one of my special places to look at, as with most I imagine......but its the deer, the real live ones in my life who are helping with making some magical moments. So they get the place of honor on the mantle. <br />
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I didn't buy much at all this year for Christmas because I wanted to use
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Some random beauty.....my favorite color amaryllis, Apple Blossom, white with palest pink. <br />
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I finally was able to add Christmas greens to my chandelier, with some ornaments.....so festive.<br />
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On the kitchen table which we rarely use....a small white village Christmas display,<br />
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Every room has a little touch of Christmas. I am celebrating still being alive and wanted this house, the first Christmas in this house to be beautiful at least a little bit everywhere.<br />
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This years Xmas tree has no baubles, because we have a very curious cat who cannot resist investigating every single thing in this house....and testing it for breakability.....so no glass baubles. Instead, I used the pinecones I collected in the summer and painted silver and copper, added hooks and hung them with snowflakes and icicles.....its an all nature themed tree. I like it. <br />
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While in my new and only hangout these days, walmart!.....I passed this little tree and it stopped me, I have no idea why, I hate tinsel, but I loved this tree in the rose gold, john got it for me in silver and I have a lovely shabby chic tree in my bedroom......it fit perfectly in the narrow space between cabinets. I love the light it gives my room....I love unconventional lighting, especially when it is closer to the floor...this light is lovely!<br />
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and when he tested the lights on the tree in the kitchen, I loved seeing it there and he liked it too. He got another one for that spot :D, and I used only what I had sitting conveniently on top of the Xmas decor bin.....just more pearl garland and gold icicles. I've been so slow in decorating this year. I'm still doing things at this late date. I'm working today on more pine cones....I am wanting white ones.....but those won't be ready for another two weeks when I receive the velvet ribbon I need for them. They will be all year decor. I just love pine cones.<br />
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Here is John fixing the top half of lights....I had to catch this moment as I never saw him touch a Christmas ornament or tree in 17 years, unless he was holding it for me.....so this was a rare thing.<br />
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My view from the most important spot, in the kitchen, where I do most of the work and food prep. I am keeping a fireplace DVD on all day, I listen to the crackling, and play music on the PC.<br />
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Nothing more classic than pine in a galvanized bucket....with an ever so curious cat.......<br />
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There was this very blank space high up on one kitchen entry and it bugged me. It needed something. Well I had an extra garland of faux jasmine that look gorgeous, and I wanted to hang it on something natural, so I went and cut a branch that still has berries on it, sprayed those gold and silver, and hung the branch with the garland. <br />
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This garland now has the ornaments I would not hang on the tree. It has iridescent glass and mercury ornaments, and its lovely.<br />
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Behind it is a shabby chic lantern I made with a white Chinese lantern, added an electric cord and bulb, and the light is lovely. At night it looks like the moon is covered with flowers and is hanging behind vine and branches. :-) <br />
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Just some pics of the rest of the house....this is the guest room.....waiting for my friends.....<br />
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This is my room.....I adore the afternoon light in here....its magical.....<br />
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To keep pine scent, some douglas fir in a bucket next to my bathroom door......<br />
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Its a romantic looking room I think, now that I see the pictures.....<br />
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My bathroom....I love this room, its huge, and it also has a huge closet inside it too....my cozy spot.<br />
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I made some floor to ceiling gauze curtains with lace, to block the draft when showering, it works like a charm and is more beautiful than the plain white shower curtains behind them.<br />
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Today, (can't believe I am still working on decorating, lol ).....I hung some giant snowflakes in the kitchen window where the sun comes in the mornings.....it created lots of moving prisms in my kitchen! Need prisms, living moving prisms....necessary. The deer were out there this morning. I will take pictures of them when I am not frozen watching them.<br />
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Is anyone still here? lol......winding down......lets see, what else......<br />
oh yes! Johns' bathroom.....I HAD to redo that the best I could.......and compared to what it was, even though he says it didn't bother him cause he only showered in it, it looked, he said, like a gas station bathroom......and we cannot have that. So I got to planning, and marbleized his counter by hand painting it like mine, put up some beadboard wallpaper, added chair rails, and baseboards, I caulked them. I made a topiary, made some real plant botanicals for his walls, got a sconce to hold a beeswax candle, and added fresh eucalyptus to keep it smelling wonderful which it does, and got him a nice mandala shower curtain which he picked out, since the look of that tiny bathroom is taken up mostly with the shower curtain, it should say something nice. And I talked him into a nice lamp, a turkish lamp which is pink mosaic, and you can't see how gorgeous it is, but it is gorgeous. "His bathroom is now complete".....says, "nanny Mcphee .<br />
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oh one last thing....I finally finally was able to take pictures of my cat Sarah without her being curious about the camera this time, she was in a meditative state....and I got some good pics of her......but first this below, is her Christmas present. We got her a cat tree, and understandably, if one knows the superlative nature of cats, as I do......she sniffed it out then ignored it lol.... however, she does get playful and forgets she's the Queen of the Universe and gets ebullient in there.....especially when I pick her up and <strike>shove </strike> place her in it, cause dang it, she's gonna play in that thing, ahem......but she does.....has even napped a few times in the papasan basket.... I keep her food on the third floor, so she has to go up and use it.....:D<br />
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So I'll leave you with the beauty queen, and I thank you all for your time and attention and for listening to my postings and pictures. I wish you all a very lovely and magical Christmas, lots of warm hugs and loving feelings, great presents and amazing foods!<br />
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thanks to all who responded and commented on my last post about my new life, and thank you for being concerned. My heart was touched. I did not respond, but I read all comments. I usually always respond, but I'm in a delayed funk due to the traumas of last year, so forgive my unresponsiveness in public, but know I read every one with love.<br />
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First a pic of my front yard .....I just love this view! This morning was picturesque....very misty, the moon hanging golden yellow and fully round between the trees and all else was barely lit by this light.....moonlight reflecting in the new lake we have from flooding, but its a lake for now, looking really pretty in moonlight with pure white egrets playing in them. It was breathtaking.<br />
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In light of day.....the solar bird fountain and Urn.....I just love these views.<br />
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Today I have just a short post in keeping with bloglandia and projects of beautification, and because I could not find such easy inspiration for botanicals framed, I thought I'd share mine.<br />
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In moving to this house I wanted special things for hanging on my walls. Unlike the last house there was little wall space and I had few pictures, but here there is lots of space for hanging things. I want things which I absolutely love and preferably can make myself. One of them is macrame. Yes, that old craft, but have you seen what those genius women are doing with macrame these days? A quick search in google images or pinterest will show you the absolutely stunning pieces being made with macrame and the wonderful uses for them. I thought it would be a good thing for me to do when I cannot go out which is most days due to over 100 degree temps and humidity, and so I bought some rope and got ready to do some projects on youtube, and those lovely women show you from start to finish how to make them. I love the sharing of women! But this post is about botanicals.<br />
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I have always love those botanicals of leaves and fern, actual plants framed in zinc frames with double floating glass and chain hangers. They used them alot in older days and to decorate greenhouses and such, but now I want to see them on my own walls. In searching out where to get those frames, they are not common to find the zinc frame with double glass and chain, and when you do the price is prohibitive. I spent lots of time searching but usually nothing comes up, or is sold out. So I go to the usual do-it-yourself mode and I went searching for frames I could use. I wanted narrow frames, preferably wood that I could attach eyelet hook and chain to, but those got to be pricey too. I looked at many pictures and found I loved even those not framed in wood. I decided to just find what simple frames in white I could and frame the leaves and just see. I did and loved it.<br />
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So I am going to just tell you simply what I did. I went to Hobby Lobby and Walmart and bought a dozen or so frames, most of them cheap, less than 2 dollars and went to work. I love and adore my Maidenhair Ferns.....which do very well inside with moderate light and lots of water, and I notice also many if not most botanicals also use this fern because it is so light and flat, easy to lie between glass and backing. I also have other types of ferns, and I love these leaves and were what I wanted to frame. We also have largo Sago Palms by the front of the house and I used those, but we needed really long frames, at least 36 inches long by 12" wide, which we also found in walmart in poster frame section of frames. Basically Walmart had all the frames I needed. So you will need the wall space, the frames, the plant material and cotton gloves to keep from smudging the glass (or plexiglass) of the frames. Trust me this can become an issue. Wear gloves.<br />
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So basically, I will just tell you, since I didn't do a step by step thing, is to buy the frames in sizes that will both fit the leaves you are using and the wall you are hanging it on. You can use a single leaf or make a design with several leaves, mix up the species or whatever. You can even use flower petals and such but this can go into more talent than I have right now. However, some women are doing absolutely amazing things with Flower Petal Art as well. But you will need to know what kind of wall space you have, know where you are going to put your frame/s, or a collection of them. An entire wall of botanicals is beautiful, timeless and classy.<br />
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I simply removed the packaging, use the advert paper that comes behind the glass by turning it over so I have a white background instead of the cardboard backing, chose good perfect leaves from my plants, arranged them on the white paper, replaced the glass, and was done.<br />
I do not know how long these will last in the frame, but because no oxygen gets in there, the leaves will stay green for a while, and even if they turn brown will still be lovely specimens. I just love how easy to make they are and how beautiful they are whether fresh green or aged.<br />
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Now I know there is nothing grand about this, but the key here is COMPARED to his last room or feral dwelling, this is an extreme improvement and worthy of note and post. <br />
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Mostly this idea was something I wanted to do for my room and around the house, but John's room needed to be done whilst he was on vacation last week, and I thought I'd surprise him with some of my own art botanicals for his walls. But I had to explain it to him because he didn't know what they were or what he wanted to see in his "new" room, and had no ideas, so I had to show him some pics of those botanicals. He liked them and then said yes, he'd like some for his room.<br />
We went for neutrals, beiges, (sounds boring but wait), whites, and touches of gold.<br />
We first had to find some curtains for his room because we still had hung up there some fluffy, ruffled turquoise girls curtains, and I was getting antsy about those in his room so we had to look up curtains for men to give him some ideas as to what he wanted and we found some really cool ones with scenery that take up the entire wall. I had never seen them. We both liked one pair of a scene of trees, an old pier, and water in light tones. He decided to get those because he didn't want to think about it anymore (because the past 3 minutes were already stressful).<br />
And because those curtains would take up an entire wall, those colors became the theme for his room. He also wanted to paint his brown furniture white, which we did. (I am so tired of painting, OMG). We also bought a bed quilt and shams, wood crates to store things like shoes and what he likes to throw around, but mostly I had his laptop in mind, to hide miles of cords he has, and organized every item he owns, so everything now is really clean, light and the energy is unlike anything I've ever felt in his room. He even said it feels light and that he loves it.<br />
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Today I finished his room adding finishing touches to a room he already loved. I gold leafed the top of a small chest, because he needed some reflective things in there to reflect the sun and candles I planned to put in and to relfect the touches of gold in the birch tree print over his bed. I spray painted his old candleholders gold for the beeswax tapers, did the botanical wall, and I am waiting for moon light to come in the mail. :D John loves astronomy and the celestial bodies, and there is a light that is an exact copy of the moon, it looks just like the moon and I thought he needed that in there, but it has been delayed till next week. He doesn't know what I ordered so it will surprise him. I saved a spot for it by his bedside table.<br />
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So here are some pics of his room and the botanicals. Sorry I didn't explain more about the making of them, but it really is so simple, there is nothing else but what I said. lol.<br />
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He has a chair in his room now. He didn't want to move his bed, he said because "I like it where it is"....but I know it was because he didn't want to move it, you know, exertion and all. sigh. But I explained some things etc, we moved it and found he had lots more space and even had room for a chair which I explained he could use to just chill or work on his laptop. I took mine from the guest room, put it in and now he loves it. I have learned this lesson a thousand times......do not listen to what john says....it is all based on laziness and a visceral petulance that cries "I don't want to". So.....now he loves it, the extra room and his new chair and he feels so proud. Yes, he thanked me. But he hasn't seen these finishing touches, the botanicals, the candlesticks and beeswax tapers, or the real fern plant, etc. :D:D:D....he will love his room even more. Oh, there is an empty shadow box between the candles on the wall....we have to work on that together. He thinks its so cool the shadow box for the wall, (never had seen them before) and wants some branches, pinecones, moss etc in there but we'll go through my stash of lichen branches, mosses etc, and do it together.<br />
His laptop, mouse and cords are all in the crate, which he simply pulls out and uses on his new chair. He feels all grown up now.<br />
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So he goes from something I would never post online,.....to this...a clean but dismal space......<br />
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These are the floor to ceiling scenery curtains sorry I'm not an expert photographer but you can look on amazon. (I don't like to post links anymore because some funky thing happens with those and pictures etc disappear from my posts and leave them looking like an abandoned site, sorry) These curtains can border on cheesy but these are ok. There are all kinds of these scenery curtains but we chose something of nature with natural colors and tones. He loves them and I think they're so cool. When the sun goes down it comes straight in through this western window and lights up the pier. I often find myself sitting in the chair and gazing "out there".<br />
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You can't see here but he has a raw silk bedskirt I gave him because it matches these tones.<br />
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John bought a model of the truck he likes to manifest it into his life. I made sure it has lots of flowers in the bed part as that is what I want more of in my life.<br />
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I have been finding that those things I have brought into my home, are now in my life for real.....like the birds nests I collect when they are left.....now I keep finding birds wanting to build nests in my plants, not any of the hundreds of trees around here, but my plants. Also the pine cones I bought, glittered and hung on a grapevine, and one on my bed netting. Now I live in a place surrounded by pine trees and pine cones. Also I collect special specimens of deer and now I live with real deer in my back yard woods, rabbits, and on and on and on....what I bring into my home, manifests in my real world. That is the magical lesson for those of you who read this far on my little blog. Take heed! Magic is afoot! lolol<br />
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I put a few botanicals in my room. The top one is ivy, and the bottom fern. One on the side has 3 different ferns from plants I have in the house.<br />
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So there you have it, simple easy botanicals for walls, with incredible beauty and so easy and cheap to make. I hope you have fun with this.<br />
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And last but not least, here is my new kitten......her name is Sarah. We had to name her something other than what her personality inspired which is what I thought I'd do, but nothing good came up except Tiny Terror, Houdini, Motor Mouth, Freakazoid, Little Beast and such....so we decided to give her a lady name to grow into. Sigh! Fingers crossed :D:D:D She is A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E. !! A terror, but this phase passes, right?!<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-23704210120228533082018-07-30T07:31:00.002-04:002018-07-30T07:31:21.449-04:00My New Life July 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Note: This is not a pretty post, its not filled with pretty pictures, its about my life. I love my Little Fairy Cafe blog especially since I began it with an intention to journal my life just a bit even though online, (I'm not computer savvy and didn't know blogs could be public) so I am wanting to keep my blog a bit updated however brief, so here is a bit, from a forthecoming book I will write one day.<br />
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Helllllloooooooo People !<br />
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Its
been a while, a lot of "life" happening too often, too fast and all has
been too much in general, but I am here posting because some of my
friends want to know what is happening, where I am living, how, pics of
the new place and what I'm doing. Here now, I will tell as much as I
can.....so get ready, get a large coffee or tea because I think this
will be a long one and with lots of pics. I always like to be succinct
but once I get to talking and no one is stopping me, I tend to get into
more details, but some have asked for details......so here goes.<br />
In fact I think I will make my self a cup of tea too....be right back....<br />
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Tea
is on.....and while I wait a bit, I will say a very Happy Helllooooo to
all of my friends who have asked about me and what is happening and blog, I welcome and thank you for being here and even remotely
interested.<br />
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I will start with a caveat that I can't
tell all of my experiences as I don't want to start a war with something
that would make a war out of total megalomaniac afflictions, so I use
prudence. The point being to keep as much peace in my world. But I will
say that nothing can be exaggerated enough to describe this.......
ummm......ahem....."learning curve" shall we say? You cannot possibly
know of what I speak unless you lived it. Nothing else compares.<br />
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Back with tea and a huge sigh.....how to begin......<br />
well
I am here in a new home, again......my new home I can say as I co-own this place
with John.....John ! people! how can I even begin to express how a
lethargic sloth of 15 years, stepped up and out once I left his house?
Made miracles happen a year later? He didn't even know he had it in him.<br />
For those who don't know I moved out of Florida to TN in June of 2017 with 2 lady friends into their house so we could team up and do house flippings. But I went from the frying pan to fire. So many things went wrong, and the energetics of everything made me sicken and get worse in every way. I got so sick, my hip joint mystery got worse, my hair started falling out, I became lethargic and was not interested in the most beautiful things. I was not myself. I developed eye problems as well which were an indication of the sickness of my soul. The eye doc said nothing was wrong. The problems with my eyes were my soul, whose life was being sucked out by energetic vampires and that is the crux of all the moving around and my silence of the past year. Yes, they are real. It was horrendous. I was literally dying. I got out just in time.<br />
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When
I left Johns house, I thought I'd never see him again and he thought the same. It
was an amicable parting since I had to leave due to the planes noise
driving me insane all day every day living by the airport and the flyovers all day long every day.<br />
He thought he'd just go into
his usual ways, being alone and be fine. I thought I'd go into a new
venture with others to do house buying/flipping and have a creative life
and career. Both of us were more than totally, even dimensionally off
the mark. Goes to show what you focus on does not materialize, but that
other things your mind and brain could NEVER conjure can come to slap
you upside the head so hard, your entire sense of what is real and what
is not is fully on the table with equal measure.<br />
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Turns out John
was human after all and the other I thought was, wasn't. We both had our
worlds flipped upside down for different reasons and then both
realizing we work better together.....at least as domestic mates we do.
There is so much to tell about this story that it has become a book, a
literal book. My friends throughout the years have always told me I need
to write a book, albeit about different things, so what to write? when I
hate writing??.....well, this last experience has made me want to
write. I actually want to write the book about all this and I even have a
title already.<br />
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I have taken long before writing this
post because I didn't want to speak too soon.....you know, murphy and
all his gang......so I kept quiet. But at this point, should I die now, I
could now say I finally know what it feels like when things go
right....when things work out, when they go smoothly, as they should
without hitches, glitches, interference, etc etc.<br />
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I know what it
feels like now to take a safe deep breath, never had before, ever. I
know what it feels like to own something and have a blank canvas to play
with, to get creative with and to have at least one person who enjoys
my creativity as his own quality of life. I know what it feels like now,
to have quiet, and peace, and I mean quiet that is all the time like I
like it, not sporadic or broken up with sounds of people or their
machines, but all day every day quiet, the predictable kind....
like......wow......its still quiet. I check about a dozen times every
day, looking out the windows front and back to see if it is real, if I
am still here in the middle of 5 acres of green grass surrounded by
dozens and dozens of fully mature trees, and woods and the deer who live
in them, and yes, I am still in the middle of this healing green and it
is still quiet, after 2 months. I've never experienced such a thing.
Quiet and silence and peace were literally moments in my previous 59
years, and they were too precious and too few. Now, the quiet is here
all the time, the main presence and foundation of this place, along with
the green beautiful.<br />
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The House:<br />
Once John said
there was a store opening in Gainesville, I told him to take it instead of waiting for one to open in TN where I was living, he
began the process and he pounded on that like a bull. This fragile,
negligent, lethargic, workhorse, turned into the Taurus bull of his
nature and got things done. What!?<br />
I was not able to do anything.
He had alot to do on his own and I did not for one second believe he
would do it all, I mean this is the guy who breaks down in frustration
with red lights in traffic, who will put off mowing a small lawn until
he gets a city notification. In the 15 years of living with him, it took
countless directives to get him to mow his tiny lawn.<br />
What he had
to do now was titan-ish for even the most efficient person. He had to
secure his job first, get his truck in driving condition which was
delayed by 2 weeks due to parts availability!, put his own house on the market for sale, pack and
store his things somehow, search and find a house in Gainesville, come
to Tennessee to help me finish packing my things and store them, both of
us drive to Gainesville in time to close on some house neither of us
had time to search for, move us in, then start his new job.....ALL IN 3
WEEKS TIME. Hellooooo?? can anyone conceive of that amount of work?
especially for someone like John!!!!!!!!! To top this all off, he had to
accomplish all of this while still working full time. I went into
despondency because I knew he would never get it done and my chances of
getting out of TN and into my own safe and clean space was nil.<br />
But
the Taurus Bull and something else came to life. (I get chills). John
himself said something took over him and he did everything he could
methodically and did not stop. He encountered delay after delay, no help
from anyone, his car in the shop for 2 weeks, and endless sabotage
every step and yet he did what even would shame heroes to accomplish.
Something very intense and strong took him through this, knew the
importance of this for saving my life and his own......and it was all
done. I am still IN AWE.<br />
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What happened was, once he
said he would apply for the Gainesville position, and once he said he
got it, then the next thing is finding a place to live right? Do we stay
in a hotel first so we have time to search for a house? Does he do this alone and
then find one and then come get me in TN? If so then it gets expensive
for hotel and he knows no one else he could bunk with for that time. How
to do this?? I got online to get an idea of houses. I didn't know what
to do, how one goes about such things as finding a house. I've always
rented or lived with someone else....how do people find houses? I've
heard nightmare stories about how long it takes and how many houses one
sees to find the right one, location wise, size wise, price wise, etc
etc......one does not simply choose a house from a picture and land
there.<br />
I got online feeling lame, looking at locations near his
job knowing it had to be close because he hates the commute and I wanted
him to be free of that one thing that torments him, was the drive to
work and back.....so I looked and saw pictures. I found something that
was cheaper than what he had his house on the market for and sent him
the link to see. He said it was a nice size but was not interested. I
looked further and found nothing that had requirements that I needed
which were more than his. I needed to be away from traffic and noise,
from men and machines. I wanted space to plant gardens and trees. He
couldn't care less he's never home. The house had to have at least 3
bedrooms, one for each of us and a quest room, and had to be move in
condition. No fixer uppers like his last. He wanted a 2nd bathroom and a
window over the kitchen sink. The location, price, etc. We each had a
wish list we didn't even tell each other about, I'll get to that later. (
I realize I didn't get into this, but if any are interested I will post
another one about this fun bit). But the basics were proximity to job,
away from street and traffic and people, space inside and 3 bedrooms.<br />
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I
got online again, searching neighborhoods driving time to his job etc,
and found a house that wasn't there before, similar to the first but
this one was cheaper and had blue shudders on the windows and I sent it
to John. He wasn't impressed. I gave him the name and number of the
broker and asked him to at least speak with her and possibly line up
other homes to see, make a connection there and start the process,
please! They do that don't they? I listed the pros of the house to try
to find out why he was resistant, to no avail. He wasn't impressed at
all with that house. Upon deeper questioning which always pushes his
annoyed button he had a "thing" against modular homes. I said what's the
problem when most homes out here are modular? We both need to make an
immediate departure, we don't have time. This prolonged things. Whenever
we spoke which was about once a week, ( I know, but he's not one to
have conversation, though he tolerates mine more now).....I tried to
find out what he wanted from a home and what he was doing to find one?
Nothing. He looked online once, on his terrible laptop which basically
was 10 years old and froze every 30 seconds, and found one house with 2
pictures total, both of the outside and the house was not only right
next to houses on all sides, but the street was 10 feet away. NOT. So he
didn't know how to go about this either.<br />
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What he
finally decided, without telling me was to do a quick sale on his house,
and finally called that broker in Gainesville to at least get ideas,
and possibly see that one house with the blue shudders and take it from
there. I was so helpless! I couldn't do what I usually do to help him,
he was overwhelmed with so much to do and had never organized himself
before. I went into despair.<br />
We had 2 weeks now.<br />
What I
didn't know was that he had called that broker and put a deposit on that
house. Without seeing it, he just wanted a location to land and he went
and did it. I was floored? flabbergasted? shocked? appalled? impressed?
On one hand I didn't care where we landed as long as I was out of that
house I was in and in another of my own, and on the other I didn't want
to experience any more things going wrong, or not working or anything
that needed fixing etc. I was far too sick and weak and traumatized from
my past year and years before that, and my body systems were failing. I
needed a safe haven. He, needed to just make sure he got to work on s
specific day otherwise they'd fire him if he failed to show up. Well how
does he do all of this while still working full time ??!?!?!?!? I found
out the name of his supervisor at work and explained that he cannot be
working right now, he has a transfer to work on, a house to sell, and
things to pack, a house to buy and he has to fly to TN to pack and move
another household, then get to Gainesville, close on a house we havn't
got yet......and HE CANNOT BE WORKING RIGHT NOW, WHY ISN'T HIS
APPLICATION FOR VACATION NOT APPROVED !!!! I also had this conversation
with John as calmly as I could to speak with his bosses to explain all
this as he is never one to speak up and out, and the next day he called
me to tell me his last work day was Sunday, 3 days away and now he has
an extension of another week or so to make all this happen.<br />
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So......we
moved into a house in a city we'd never been to, and which was only the
2nd picture I saw online that was worth considering. He put a deposit
on it, without seeing it and before it was inspected.........what could
go wrong? !!<br />
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Actually in this case NOTHING. All went
smoothly, and 2 months later as it turns out, what seemed folly based on
lack of experience, lack of time, lack of organization, desperation and
jumping without looking, worked out, because this house is revealing
its charms slowly, and how unbelievably perfect some things are. <br />
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I'm
getting too much into this one aspect, but I wanted to give you an idea
of the stress on top of trauma for me this has been, and for him
stress.<br />
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However now I will show pictures of the house. These are from the pics online.<br />
We
called it the house with the blue shudders. I'm not crazy about this
blue, but others are, but I will paint the shudders a nice turquoise
blue when things cool down. <br />
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the utility room which I've never had is inside the house as our last
were outside on back porch. But there is so much space here. Our last
house had only one narrow 7" drawer in kitchen. I was very clever in
keeping things organized and neat. Here we have lots of space. I even
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structure though useful to keep my car under, is turning out to be my
favorite hangout. You'll see why. I don't understand though why they
didn't put shudders on the back and have such ugly stairs.....we'll have
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All is not done, but is livable and very cozy now.<br />
The
rains and thunderstorms.....well they're taking getting used to because
I've never seen so many storms like this, daily, not even in South
Florida all these past years.....its a bit scary, but then everything
makes me jumpy. The storms batter the windows directly, never
experienced that kind of noise and only panes of glass separating me
from that violent storm? scary indeed! John needs to put up awnings on
the windows and especially the sliding doors, the sun is brutal, not
very good to sit out there for long. And I have developed sensitivity
(cause I don't have enough) and experience real heat exhaustion, learned
the hard way.<br />
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So now with my things in, I have some
pictures. This is before we planted Italian Cypress, topiary and urns
with flowers....... <br />
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salts and minerals make me feel
renewed like nothing else does. It also removes 90% - 100% of my pains
and helps me to sleep,
so I love taking them. I will have to get this working soon. Needs lots
of water, but idiot genius' installed a kitchen faucet and so it
trickles and one cannot fill a tub this way. We have to fill a 5 gallon
bucket from the other bathroom on the other side of the house and trek
it to this tub when I need to take a bath. We're working on it....when
john "gets around" to changing the faucet to a high volume one, it may
work as it should. Plumber was here said its a job he wouldn't like.
sigh.<br />
But the light is so bright in all the rooms, and I can have plants inside the house now, not just outside.<br />
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Well, thats the house and how we live now.....all in the middle of 5 acres of grass and trees which is especially beautiful.<br />
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do however have to mow those lawns and these people out here in country
have some serious equipment. John had to buy a rider mower, but it
turns out he likes it :D:D:......a new toy, he rides around. Even I have
to do some because no way he can do it all himself. Takes two days if
we really put our minds to it, but so far we haven't been able to. We
either run out of gas, its too hot, or it rains, or we're too
tired......its alot of grass. If we stay here, I will have to see about
planting more trees.....which we started......I planted two Weeping
Willows which need around 50 feet of space which we have, and I adore
how they blow in the wind. We also planted a Leyland Cypress. They have
yet to fill out....will take years, but are supposed to be among the
fast growing trees.<br />
I also planted Arborvitae by each post by the
carport which is my new hangout.....they should fill out and look
beautiful.....My new favorite in the plant kingdoms are the
evergreens.....love them!!<br />
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this is where I play the most, under the carport. We got two potting
benches since we had to leave the one we built together at the other
house, sadly, I loved it. But moving on....I have these two, where I can
keep my things and they are covered mostly. See the third Italian
Cypress here? the perfect spot for it on the backside of the house right
next to the stairs and I can see it and talk to it every time I come
out.....they do give good company you know,,,,they are just a bit stoic.<br />
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planted our beloved herbs close to the house, but soon realized they
were frying and burning in the relentless all day sun with no
shade....so we had to add ugly shadecloth, now they are staying green.
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I know there were more details than some cared for, but some of my
friends asked for those so there they are. Saves me repeating the story
also......which hasn't really been told, is a book forthcoming, but how I
am, where I'm living, and how its going is here. Things are finally
going right....and thats an entirely new sensation for me. I keep
expecting something to glitch, but not yet....quite the opposite....when
we work on something it gets fixed. When we're looking for something in
the stores like the Cypress, we find them, when we speak of something,
it shows up.....its "wow" all the time now.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-1935783442912941042018-02-18T13:02:00.001-05:002018-02-19T11:02:55.972-05:00Of The Fae Meld with Human<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
*Note: when I speak of the Fae People, I mean people, beings, with great
wisdom, beauty, knowledge, written of in every culture throughout all
time. At times they have been 'confused' with 'aliens' such as
pleideians, or such, but such obfuscations are always writ by the hand
of obfuscators.<br />
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**I would ask that those of you who know your deeper heart, to dis-engage denial, stop trying to conform to male ideologies, (religion, rationale, regulation, etc), see ridicule for what it is and put it in its place....... and be true to your self, your purpose, and your creator. It is time.<br />
Thank you to those who have written to me. <br />
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Every where I turn now, someone is mentioning the Fae or Fairy People. Something huge is going on.<br />
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I have kept it secret my whole life, my knowledge of who I am in truth, in essence. I gave a little clue with the title of my blog Fairy Cottage and Gardens, but most if not all missed it. These things I know of my Self I keep sacred and do not share, but am doing so now, because I am totally compelled to not keep this to my self any more. I am not liking it, knowing people, but I must do as I am compelled.....it having something to do with an eons long service to others.<br />
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As I write this I am listening to bird song and soft music, and delicate gentle humming of a lullaby nature. I will just share it here.....feel free to play as you read.<br />
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I am not sure where to start, I am so full with so much to share and say. And I am full of the expected responses from humans who have doubt, or ignorance, or simply are pessimistic and lacking totally in the knowledge that Life is, if anything, malleable in its imaginative scope, most of which no human mind can grasp but at best merely accede with any degree of intelligence, that it is not something we can ever understand, but spend a life time or more, finding out, hopefully with a magical and innocent curiosity, what Life actually is and how it encompasses everything from human, to stone, to animal, to bacteria, to skies and stars.....all to reveal an ineffable Beauty it would take eternity to describe with any accuracy.<br />
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But I will try to stick with my one opening line and why so many are speaking and writing about the Fae at this time, claiming to have seen them, know them, or are them......as I have. I have always known, no one told me, but as a child I knew, and I also knew that these others who surrounded me and called themselves family and friends, strangers etc, were something ''else''.<br />
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I have spent my life doing as others, doing as I was told, doing the norms and learning what is passed off as "learning", which I struggled with the entire time recognizing its insane stupidity, but I did it....and I spent my life trusting that in doing all these things, I'd feel normal one day.<br />
I never did.<br />
And I never want to feel "normal" as normal is considered amongst these people.<br />
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I have learned in all these years, from all the family, the education systems, the controlling systems, the institutionalized systems, and from all ''systems'' in general only one thing......WHAT NOT TO DO. And I have learned, that these so called people, are so ignorant, and so closed minded and so much in suffrage all because they are ''learning'' from first of all, the male mind, who is the tyrannical authoritarian who runs all things from education, to industry, to how things are built, designing, to food growth and distribution, to the invention of money and the extortion of natural freely given Earthly resources which they steal, and then eek out for monetary greed, keeping the majority on the fringes of poverty from receiving the free gifts given by Nature for all. But secondly I have also learned from this 'plane of existence' that I have knowledge in me that has always been there, knowledge about many many things that would better the quality of life for everyone who is willing to engage in caring of sharing. I know, and have been planning how to build a city for magical, efficient, sustainable green beauteous living for all, including the overlooked needs of women and children, a city alive with nature, pure running clean drinking waters, and mature loving trees since I am 14 years old. No one taught me this. I was born with this knowledge. All of the knowledge I possess is for the greater betterment of living for those here. It is all for you.<br />
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I have kept all this to myself in all these almost 60 years. Thats a long human time to be silent.<br />
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But there is some resurgence, some Renaissance, some phoenix resurrection that is taking place now because so so many are acknowledging what cannot be contained or hidden any longer. So many are bursting at their seams, wanting to continue in sacred secrecy, but can not because their fire has outgrown the container, and is starting to singe the container. We are on fire to reveal what must be known despite the onslaught of the inquisition that lives in everyday humans. <br />
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There is something from the Gospel of Thomas that says,: <br />
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“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”<br />
And so, it is true, I humbly admit, in a last attempt to save my own life and soul, that I am being forced to bring forthe what is within me. Trust me, it is not that I want any responses from naysayers, but I am truly trying to save my own soul and this brings an ancient trepidation to my mind but my heart is what is on fire to live and share the love that is alive there......and to bring forthe the Great Wisdom of my People, for the sake of your people.<br />
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I personally have lived in isolation for so long, in such an alien hostile territory, that I am far beyond being affected by the weapon of "ridicule". I have things to say and I will say them to those who will not merely listen, but learn and apply. <br />
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We, of the Fae, are here for you, always have been. It is time we lay down the pernicious provincial mind, the monster of mediocrity, of beliefs, deliberately given by the dark lords of tyranny, through their many religions who claim to know all of what GOD has created and how, to keep humanity in the dark, and suffering, when all that is needed for a beautiful and harmonious life has already been given. All those men were/are sick in heart and mind, have/had controlled small, provincial minds, either dimly lit with a touch of "good intentions", or rabid with frenzied religious insanity. You must know now churchs and the vatican is filled with sickness and riches. They were/are not stable of mind, nor balanced in heart, and at worst, hateful of any virtue of the feminine. No knowledge nor wisdom can come of that sort, and yet all religions are born of that psychopathy. Hence the deep sickness we see in society now, committed by rabid men, from pedophilia, to organized human trafficking which is to service more of those men, to the amounts of foods grown and discarded because they were not paid for with their enslaving systems of money. Orcs have overrun this planet, they are disguised as men. This is all vile. None of this is of virtue, and none of this is born of a sane mind, a loving heart, nor comes from a service to others, and least of all from GOD.<br />
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The times now are bordering on an impending crash, a doom, that would result in many years of good planning to be undone. A crash that is bordering not on the material world, but on the annihilation of the soul, of the Divine Spark. Material things can be recreated. Nature can be regrown, but what is at stake is the Divine Human. That crash must not happen. The forces wanting to protect humanity are now being forced out of hiding to make themselves known to offer what knowledge they possess, and to be an example of what can come of life when cared for as it was meant to be.<br />
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I am hearing and seeing many of these gentle souls claiming this Sacred Secret, speaking out and revealing what they know and trying to listen for any hint of interest from those they are trying to assist. We are speaking softly, dropping hints, and waiting......waiting and .......more waiting......for the interest and the curiosity must come from you. We are bound by Sacred Laws that do not infringe, do not pontificate, and do not violate the nature of "desire to learn".<br />
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There are those who are so viscerally drawn to the Lord of the Rings, mostly to the Elven People of that series. Many wept tears of resonance and felt a painful nostalgia when seeing them, listening to their music and not understanding the depths of that sadness. I felt it too. I felt it my whole life. What the release of The Lord of the Rings was, was a wakeup call, in the guise of Hollywood Blockbusters. Peter Jackson was compelled in the Faery Way, to create the call.<br />
I have my own interpretation of the Passing of the Elves scene. It was said they were leaving their lands, to go to Aman, The Undying Lands. Arwen chose to be mortal because of her love for one human man. Many of us have love for many humans, we are so close in Nature. But some of those Fae races were not just going to Aman, a land of great beauty and harmony. Their sadness did not come from such a promise of beauty. The sadness was some of them were also going to the lands where mortals dwelt, to be born, to be human, to relinquish immortality and dwell in amnesia......to help with the lives of Human and Fae.<br />
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These people are now everywhere. They are children, they are elders, they are geeks, they are nature lovers, they are autistic, they are suffering from immune disorders, they are musicians, artists and dancers. They are wives and boyfriends, girlfriends and hermits. They need you to ask.<br />
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Some like me are not waiting anymore, I am an Elder, so am speaking.<br />
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But most still have the ingrained Time Capsule, hesitant to come out to what they know will be hostile, and even a witch hunt, when they speak. We have already gone through this. And yet we risk much, once again......for this service.<br />
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I am letting you know, those who read, who have eyes to see and ears to hear, that help, assistance, knowledge, care and sacred magic are ready to be deployed to those who are open to receiving.<br />
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Nothing will be forced.<br />
No one will dictate.<br />
No one will offer what is not received with kindness.<br />
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I am asking you, to engage the Fae who are here. Ask, learn, and practice what is the beginnings for an entirely elevated paradigm of living for us all.<br />
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-68136658623874090062018-01-22T16:22:00.000-05:002018-01-24T07:34:04.740-05:00An Historical Overview of the Whereabouts of Gnomes and Elves....by Buck Young 2004<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have always related to this writing at the deepest level of someone who saw right through me. I came across this again, and thought it appropriate to post it here on my Fairy Cafe blog. Enjoy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A</span><span style="font-size: small;">N </span><span style="font-size: large;">H</span><span style="font-size: small;">ISTORICAL </span><span style="font-size: large;">O</span><span style="font-size: small;">VERVIEW OF THE <span style="font-size: large;">W</span><span style="font-size: small;">HEREABOUTS OF </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">G</span><span style="font-size: small;">NOMES AND </span><span style="font-size: large;">E</span><span style="font-size: small;">LVES, </span><span style="font-size: large;">F</span><span style="font-size: small;">AUNS AND </span><span style="font-size: large;">F</span><span style="font-size: small;">AERIES, </span><span style="font-size: large;">G</span><span style="font-size: small;">OBLINS, </span><span style="font-size: large;">O</span><span style="font-size: small;">GRES, </span><span style="font-size: large;">T</span><span style="font-size: small;">ROLLS AND </span><span style="font-size: large;">B</span><span style="font-size: small;">OGIES, <span style="font-size: large;">N</span><span style="font-size: small;">YMPHS, </span><span style="font-size: large;">S</span><span style="font-size: small;">PRITES AND </span><span style="font-size: large;">D</span><span style="font-size: small;">RYADS, </span><span style="font-size: large;">P</span><span style="font-size: small;">AST AND </span><span style="font-size: large;">P</span><span style="font-size: small;">RESENT</span></span><br /><br />
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A long, long time ago, the Earth belonged to the creatures of the wood. By
creatures of the wood I mean gnomes, elves, faeries, etc. They tended it and
took care of it, played in it, danced and sang in it, cared for wounded
animals, worked out disputes between species, sat on mushrooms discussing
matters of importance and drinking Labrador tea, rode down streams on leaves
and bark, parachuted from trees on dandelion seeds. This was the world into
which mankind was born. These early days, when man was but a newly arrived
dinner guest who hadn't yet taken over the house, are fairly well documented in
the literature and folklore of the world, so there's no need to go into it
here. What I am interested in, and what I am asking you to be interested in, is
the question, "Where did all the gnomes, elves, faeries, etc. go?"</div>
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The friction between man and the wood creatures began with the discovery of
agriculture. With this discovery civilization arose and spread. The forests
were cleared to provide wood for shelters and fields for pastures and crops.
Mankind had set up camp. No longer just a visitor in someone else's world, he
pushed the wild back from his newly built doorstep. At first, this wasn't a
problem. There weren't that many people and everyone else felt that it was only
fair to allot them their own half-acre to do with as they wished. Some of them
even decided to help out. Gnomes moved into the barn houses and helped with the
gardening chores. The devic spirits of the vegetables helped humans better
organize their crops and plan rotation; taught them the correlation between
planetary and lunar cycles and the agricultural year. They taught them to plant
radishes when the moon is in Cancer, harvest when the moon is in Taurus. Many
trolls felt that the heaping piles of manure were a change for the better, and
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The rest of the wood creatures just backed off into the wood, occasionally
playing tricks on the new settlers, like turning the milk sour, rearranging
furniture, tipping cows, tickling people's faces in their sleep and once in a
while stealing babies and leaving bundles of wood in their place.</div>
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But man's dominion spread (and spread and spread and spread) and the forests
got smaller and smaller and smaller. Things got real crowded in the woods, and
things were getting worse in civilization. Most farmers weren't listening to
the devic spirits anymore. People found they could increase their output by
disregarding the needs of the earth. They were raising productivity and killing
the soil. Petrochemicals were just a step away. Most of the devic spirits and
gnomes fled. The trolls stayed. Today, they live mostly under bridges and in
the shallow mucky ditches beneath the metal grating on farm roads that cows are
afraid to cross. Be sure to honk your horn before driving over one of these. A
troll may be hanging from the grate, swinging over its living room, as they are
apt to do after rolling in muck and manure. If you don't give a warning honk,
you may run over its fingers, and it's not a great idea to get either your name
or your license plate number on a troll's shite list.</div>
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Now, there is little wild land left at all, and even that is shrinking at an
unprecedented rate. There is simply not enough wild space for all the gnomes
and elves, fauns and faeries, goblins, ogres, trolls and bogies, nymphs,
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So where are they? </div>
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Are they dead?</div>
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No. </div>
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So, where did they go?</div>
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The answer is a bit surprising. They didn't go anywhere. We did. Early
humans had an intuitive knowledge of their role in nature, just as bears and
raccoons and mice and every other critter does. They understood, from the ways
of the wild around them, that nothing ever comes from nowhere and nothing ever
just disappears. Things change form. Death is necessary for life to continue.
They offered up their kills as sacrifices to the gods of nature. They offered
praise, prayer, sacrifice and song to the spirits of the wild, to brother
buffalo, brother deer, and brother tree. </div>
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Now we know that everything that ever existed continues to exist, in one form
or another, and as far as we can tell, they were more aware of that back then
than we are now. So, the sacrifice, song and prayer did not ensure the
immortality of the slaughtered, either in body or spirit. That was already
taken care of. What it did ensure was the continuance of the connection
between the spirit of the slaughterer and the spirit of the slaughtered.
Killing is risky business. The membrane separating the internal from the
external is not necessarily as thick or as clearly defined as we have come to
believe. Every time we kill, we risk killing the reality of that thing inside
ourselves as well as outside. We risk breaking the connections that lead in
and out of the membrane. Taking a life to feed life requires a keen
understanding of the natural law of give and take. When we lost that
understanding, gave up the songs, the sacrifice, the prayers, we lost the
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When we lose those connections, everything becomes dead - fish, rivers, frogs,
mice, even each other. There is no way they can reach inside us any more. The
five senses we are left with are not enough. We have given up those
connections in exchange for the freedom to clear-cut forests with skidders,
turn cows into milk machines and chickens into egg factories. We can experiment
with animals, club seals, wear fur, and exterminate entire species. Not a
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And we are all under the impression that it is the forests, the creatures, the
spirits and the wild lands that are disappearing from the universe and not us.
This is not so. Thinking like that is like thinking that if you stand on the
end of a limb and saw that limb from the tree, that the tree will fall and you
will remain standing. Bugs Bunny might be able to get away with that, but we
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It is we who have fallen away from the real world into a world where we may
carry out our twisted sterile dreams without threatening the earth and its
inhabitants. Ever wonder why the trees, stones, rivers and streams, birds,
bears, frogs and snakes no longer talk to us as they did in the early tales of
Native America, the Hindu, the Africans, the bible? It's because we're not
around to talk to anymore. Every clear-cut, every vivisection, every mechanized
slaughter of cow, pig or chicken moves our dream world further and further from
the tree, making a reunification, which is still possible, more and more
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Somewhere not so far from here, in the real world, the ancient forests are
still standing, the buffalo roams the prairies, the sky is full of condors, the
deer and the antelope play, and dodo birds still wander the sandy beaches,
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Where there are still wild lands in our dream world, strong connections still
exist. Bridges, tunnels, portals. Occasionally a traveler will get lost in
the wilderness and find himself in the real world, returning the next day to
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There are more ephemeral connections as well - brooks and waterfalls where you
can still here voices from the other side, if you listen carefully enough...
When they sit by these waters, they hear loud clanking and screams. When they
eat magic mushrooms, everything STOPS glowing and condos rise where forests
stand. Our children can see their world in their dreams. Their children see our
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And there is another connection. Sometimes agents from the other side
infiltrate our world in an attempt to expedite reunification. Believe it or
not, they miss us over there. Sometimes - more often than you might think -
they send souls over to our world to be born as human babies. There are
quite a lot of them actually - gnomes, elves, faeries, sprites, etc. running
around in human bodies, doing crazy things like writing on walls, working in
co-ops, running inns in the mountains, talking to themselves in the streets,
making pottery, practicing witchcraft. They are planting biodynamic gardens,
sitting in the back yard naked, arguing with satan. They are in asylums pumped
full of Thorazine, in a classroom on Ritalin and lithium. They live with
Indians. They run recycling centers. They are starting revolutions,
corrupting the young, inventing paranoid conspiracy theories, making up
religions. They're directing movies, gobbling acid, drinking heavily and
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The transition from their world to ours is not an easy one. It's not easy on
the soul and much is lost. They may have no idea who or what they are at first.
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They WILL know they are not like other people.
They will know that this world is not theirs. They will faintly remember
something better, where things made sense and worked like they ought to, where
love and magic had the power to heal.<br />
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They will know what makes other people happy does not make them happy, and that
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They will see things others cannot see, hear things others cannot hear, feel
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They will laugh a great deal or cry a great deal or both. </div>
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They will love humans individually, but have a hard time with humanity as
whole, and that will occasionally approach loathing. </div>
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They will have a handful of very close friends, and often be very lonely.</div>
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They will be unhappiest when forced to act like a human and do things that
humans do, want what humans want, or when they are convinced that they actually
are one.</div>
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Things will not be easy for them. Because of their memories of the other side,
the world will seem to them a wondrous calliope with just a few teeth missing
on one of the cogs. Because of this tiny deficiency, the music is off key, the
horses are crashing into each other and the children are frightened, bruised
and crying.</div>
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The solutions will seem obvious, but no one will listen. </div>
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They will repeatedly be punished for shouting FIRE! in a crowded theatre, when
the buildings really are in flames but no one else can see....They will get
slapped on the wrist for pointing to the EXIT signs when everyone else is
running around screaming and trampling one another. </div>
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They will be zealous, fanatical and didactic in their beliefs. They will feel
utterly confused.</div>
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They will have ecstatic visions and babble incoherently. They will be extremely articulate. </div>
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They are prone to long periods of silence. They have no idea how to say what they really mean. </div>
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They spend a lot of time with children and animals. </div>
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They will become drunkards and dope fiends, organic gardeners, soap makers,
carpenters, madmen, magicians, jugglers and clowns, lunatic physicists, painter
and scribblers, travelers and wanderers...</div>
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They will dress in bright colors, frumpy sweaters or all black.</div>
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They will smoke too much and drink too much. They
will eat only macrobiotic foods. They will develop addictions to
Mountain Dew.</div>
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They will often be accused of living in their own fantasy world.</div>
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They will make great lovers. Yeah, even the trolls.</div>
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They will spend too much time either making love or thinking about it.</div>
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They will speak to inanimate objects. They will have much brighter eyes than
everyone else. They will expect their magic to work in this world and their
love to heal, and will be crushed by this world, and often won't expect it. </div>
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It will come close to killing them.</div>
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They will visit the places where the connections still exist: the waterfalls,
the mountains, the oceans, and the forests. They will draw on all the power
they have, and sometimes, sometimes, the magic will work. And everything will
be wondrously easy. The teeth will grow back on the cog on the calliope, the
tune will right itself, the horses will bob gracefully up and down, around and
around, and the children will giggle and sing with cotton candy stuck to their
cheeks and noses.</div>
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They will spend their days trying to reconnect a branch that millions are busy
sawing away at. Often it will be more than they can bear. </div>
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While the rest of humanity is busy working on new and more efficient ways to
lay waste to the Earth with the push of a button, they are saving it. A handful
at a time.</div>
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They will share a common conviction that they are the only sane individuals in
a world gone mad.</div>
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They are right.</div>
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Lady of the Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06394158858295264012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819053185794399303.post-51393771076933716602017-12-29T10:07:00.002-05:002018-02-18T11:31:06.583-05:00And What Peace and Quiet Do, Is Awaken Ones to Ones True Self<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
is Returns ones innocence. <br />
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There is nothing so wonderful as innocence.<br />
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Innocence and Authenticity......those are the hallmarks of Being.<br />
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What I can say, for now, is that it is late, it has been long, I have been distracted, even diverted, waylaid and even pushed.....off the Path of Authenticity. It is a zoo ''out there''. A zoo of maddened rabid creatures too far gone into choreographed, charted out programmed social structures, a guaranteed demise.<br />
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But I have come too close to my own demise to entertain for even one more moment, the continuance of more breaths taken on the paths I have been waylaid to. I have risen, broken, torn, bleeding, and saddened beyond measure, to rise and continue every future breath on the only possibility for life left, my own path, to fulfill my own Nature.......a Nature created by God, by the only Divine One.<br />
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And what Nature would that be, one may ask? It is one I have even in my own (influenced) mind entertained as "whimsical", to my own detriment, or very seriously "the reality of my Self", and on that point of reality I was true to Self. Because the truth of my reality was considered, known and documented very well by every culture in this world, however, ill considered as beings of Legend, or Mythological, I was taught to deny my truth. But what replaced it I asked? And was told to ''just be normal".....watch others and be normal. I did, and was sickened. I was sickened by what I saw, and over time, I became sick in body. I have done everything that was told to me, that was forced upon me, done everything that was normal. I did. I tried. It made me sick, sick of mind and tortured my regal soul. <br />
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And the words that lessen ones strength of standing in their truth always comes in language that somehow diminishes that truth...."cute" being one such word, "fanciful" is another. Be wary of those who use such words when you have proclaimed your Truth or who have suspected you of being fanciful in their eyes, and either set them straight with blunt paralyzing corrections, and by this I mean this example of Gandalf the Grey in this moment when confronted by a naysayer defending their own sicknesses.....<br />
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or walk away and totally ignore it. Those people are either completely blinded by deep ignorance and/or ingrained fears, or are the waylayers themselves designed to take you away from Authenticity.<br />
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There are many kinds of people on this planet, all disguised under the umbrella term of "human".<br />
That term itself being grossly misunderstood, I have learned too often and too often the hardest way, that being "human" means one of two things.....either it is merely the bodies and form we find ourselves in, or it means a quality of being, a being that is elevated in its virtues likened unto a divine quality. And of the latter we see far too little, but it exists....and of the former we see that most are in this ''form'' category. So what is it that occupies this (human) form and what gives us the virtue of being that quality that is divinely human? It depends upon the soul, in my opinion, having or not.<br />
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It has been chronicled and spoken about, shown and revealed that there are many beings, many varieties of beings cloaked in this human form. Only some of which are truly human, or of the divine.<br />
I'm sure all reading this have also seen and experienced this "lack of human" behavior over not just generations but eons of time, but have many excuses for this. However, I am sure now that most are not human in the divine sense, that what occupies the body is a spirit of some thing from some place but not necessarily of the divine.......animals for instance are some such spirits, but even some of those animals are purely of the divine, pure love and we have all seen those too. <br />
I can not belabor this point any further, it is for your own investigations. So I will move on.<br />
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What I have known as a living being since I found myself thinking since a child of 4, is that the people around me have all the qualities of being something ''other than myself''. I could never get close to these people. They could call themselves ''family'' and I'd not find the evidence of it....evidence of course which comes in the form of an uncompromising love and care, gentleness and kindness, interest and nurturing, protecting, safety and teachings. So, these were not family, especially not mine. "Siblings" describes those of the same blood, an empty ridiculous analogy of "family".<br />
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So who were these people, and what am I doing here? I knew my own soul, not that I had descriptives for it, I just knew I was this, have always been this and will always be this. I am home in my Self. But these others? I knew nothing about, but what I did see scared me. I thought to give these chaotic circumstances some time, but nothing changed for the better. Buy the time I was 6, I was tired of praying to God to ''take me back home, NOW, to my own family and home!" to no avail. And by this tender age of 6 I have already vowed not to reproduce on this planet, marry, nor own anything involving bureaucracy, or become too attached to anyone here because ''death'' also was not normal.<br />
I have kept my own vows to this day with sobriety and loyalty to my own wisdom.<br />
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I have come not only full circle, but have traveled the spirals of time, the linear lines of time, and the circlets of realities, to know that only being true to my Nature is any way to live this life here, for the rest of the time here. A song was sung by the Divine, a harmonious Music of the Spheres and some incredible Beauty was born into existence. And for me, that song, that note, is Nature is itself of Nature......of the Fae.....of the elementals given consciousness and language to human form. And though it is the human parts that are so limiting to the point of madness, it is still my own Nature that must be expressed in what fullness I can, otherwise I suffer a "self imposed" madness. The effects of denial of truth results in becoming warped and pained. Twisting ones self to conform, to blend, to appease, diminishes our great Spirit and we become "other than", and this causes nothing but suffering, frustration and decrepitness. It is far better to let others learn to deal with what is real and to grow in consciousness, than to cause ourselves such pain and crippleness by trying to keep ourselves small and familiar.<br />
My Nature is and always has been of the Fae.<br />
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I created this blog as a journal to myself, not knowing, not having a clue what ''blogging'' meant in the cyber world, but it was a little thing I found that was free and easy since typing is faster than writing, and I began writing. And just in case someone could see it, I wrote as if speaking to dear friends. That is all I have in my world.<br />
It became something else however, and I began to conform to the cyber worlds model of what blogging ''meant''. It was fun for a while, but it wasn't fulfilling. "Fulfilling" being a double transaction that involves both the giver and receiver in equal measure. I learned alot from other ladies! Oh what joy to find so many beautiful examples of living, life and home from others who we simply cannot get up and visit, ....with such beautiful pictures of their homes, and projects, their gardens!!!, and their foods, their remodelings, their ideas, their inspirations, etc...all of it has been and is wonderful and I'm so glad I ventured into that world. And I have to be thankful for it also guiding me to be ever truer to my Self again. I loved the remodeling etc but was not all about the remodeling, it had to have meaning, like to express more of what is within me. "Changing things up" had to have purpose, not just because of ,what, 'boredom'? It had to have more energetic meaning, as in Feng Shui principles which is proper placement of objects and things for a harmonious life. It was an internal/external recalibration, not merely a visual stimulant of diversity.<br />
As for homes, I do not understand homes without attached greenhouses for how do you grow plants, vegetable and flowers in the cold? Nor do I understand at all, those who can live without the plants. <br />
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Cooking foods means to me that I am eating the most nutritious foods there are in the most flavorful way, not just cooking to eat tasty food and satiating hunger. I eat to keep myself healthy and beautiful, not just to quell a pang. My dishes are beautiful because they contribute, of course, the the dining experience, not to impress visitors.<br />
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I could go on an on, but I hope you get the point. There is meaning to what I do, that involves creating harmony and beauty for the spirit and soul. It runs deep, throughout everything in my life.<br />
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I have plants not because they are pretty, but because I love them, they are family. I choose the ones that will do well with whatever space and light I have. I keep them alive for years. I plant veggies and herbs because as I said, I want the best this planet has to offer, and plants and herbs are themselves the most healing and nutritive of foods for humanity that exists. I want the best, and the best combinations, to give me the best life and the most beauty, to nurture this divinity that lives in me. And so everything in my life must also nurture this divinity. Everything.<br />
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The People of Fae do this. They don't understand others, and they dont' understand themselves with others. I don't understand how people can just fill their stomachs with anything from the stores. I read ingredients to know what I put into my body, and I don't buy things from the insides of stores, only from the parameters which are where the veggies and living foods are stored in refrigerated displays. Eating all that other stuff has gotten me sick and I learned this very well by the time I was 17. I simply could not eat what others including my own family ate. I get sick with chemicals, and so I don't use anything with them. I make all my own products to wear on body and to use in home to clean, and I only use pure essential oils for all of this too. I don't understand those who can use chemicals. Who are they? What are they? Why do these chemicals not also make them sick? Ironic that I am suffering anyway from severe heavy metal poisoning, also from environment, and the dental work of madmen.<br />
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All the questions I have had all my life, are all, and I mean ALL answered by one answer, and it is that I am of the Fae, and most others are not. Questions from ''why do I have such deep love of plants are so hurt when others kill them by neglect or sheer stupidity'', or those who hurt animals. Having an uncompromising need for beauty and tidiness. Questions like ''why do people lie so much, what sickness is this and do they not know I see that?'' to questions like ''why are cities such hideous places of death and decay, crowded with ugly forms/structures lacking any creativity, and filled with stink and stench, insanely destroying life and replacing with death?'' ''Why am I so visual and have visions of places that are verdant and alive in the very air of the place? How do I know of such places of such love that lives in every leaf and sparkle of water?''......and "why are others not asking these questions?"<br />
"Why am I such a visionary whose visions of life, knowledge and wisdom could change the condition of humanity and the surface of this planet for the better and yet only sick men get to to manifest their plans for hideousness, death and decay?" I still ask.....Who and what the f*ck are these people?!!<br />
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Some precious ones are of the Fae and do not know. They are not allowed to know and they don't stand against the 99% of indoctrination, it is too much work. This is tragic. Some think they are but are not. Just look at what they eat and what they use on their bodies, or if self proclaimed plant people cannot keep plants alive. People of the Fae have abilities, even in this diminished human form.<br />
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We are only one type of being on this planet, but within the Fae are many varieties or ''species- within" having this human experience.<br />
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I am fine with my revelation, and fine with all the insane responses people have to this. :-) I have already lived with ridicule from high ignorance and warnings from the religious, all of which comes from those who stink as they are ridden with chemicals, who are sick and wrinkled from a lifetime of eating dead sugar laden foods, who are sophomoric and ornery from many forms of ''lack''......and I should listen to these people? I think not.<br />
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So, what is this post about? It is about me returning to my original purpose of chronicling online my journey in this form, sometimes sharing and sometimes not. But I am returning to my Nature, wiser, scarred, and healing slowly, but left with only one choice in life, and that is to be true to my Nature of being Elemental and of the Ancient Wise People of the Fae, of those who love life, the animals, the plants, who love and nurture the living and care for the contents of the mind, regardless of naysayers and their God who sees fit to torment children with pedophiles and call it ''the will of god''.<br />
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We harm no living things, and no one, and can, will and do elevate the living from base standards to those of higher living standards fostering great self respect, and great respect for all other living things. We do this with great intensity and skill, whose outcome is always both harmonious to the living and beautiful for the soul, our skills revealing the majesty of True Divine life and love.<br />
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I welcome others who are of the Fae to be true to your Self, to the Divine, to the God who created us.<br />
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