Wintry Cold Day

The days have begun to get colder and colder and I find myself embracing this time of wintry quietude. I love the changing of the seasons especially winter with it’s pearl grey skies and bare tree branches. Most of all I love curling up under a mound of blankets with a mug of hot chocolate to watch the stars come out and dream of faraway places.

As I sit here and write this post the rain has begun to gently fall on the naked earth below my window. The day grows dark and dusky outside and it is time for me to light the candles, brew some tea and listen to the rain.

Embracing this time of quiet & reflection.

A secret place where I can wish and dream

Have a lovely weekend. x0

Before I go here is something to cheer you on this dark, cold Friday night.

Sting ~ If  On A Winter’s Night

“It snowed and snowed, the whole world over,
Snow swept the world from end to end.
A candle burned on the table;
A candle burned.”
~  Boris Pasternak, Dr. Zhivago

“Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us.” – Rose Arizmendi

Enchanted Puzzlewood

Follow me and walk the path of Puzzlewood ~ a path that will lead you straight into the pages of Middle Earth ~ a place of magic and mystery.

A truly enchanted forest where ancient trees, secret caves and mysterious rock formations seem to whisper their memories and secrets on the wind.

To learn more about Puzzlewood located  in the Forest Dean click here

As Mr Dahl once said…
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”

When was the last time you walked in an enchanted forest?

Robert Louis Stevenson ~ “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit”

“Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us.” – Rose Arizmendi

Gaia ~ Planet Earth

Something beautiful and uplifting for a chilly, cloudy Friday.

The Secret ~ Planet Earth

As each day passes my  art work area gets messier.  So today, I decided to clean and rearrange everything and now all of  my acrylic paint tubes and brushes are in their proper places and everything is ready to go.

I have two paintings I need to finish so they can be hung in a local shop and I know I should be working on them, but there are other things that need to be done.

Meanwhile, outside my window clouds are gathering and the promise of rain is in the air.

Before I go I will leave you with this poem by David Whyte;

Sweet Darkness

When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.

When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.

Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.

There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.

The dark will be your womb
tonight.
The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.

You must learn one thing:
the world was made to be free in.

Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn

anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.

“Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us.” – Rose Arizmendi

I And The Mother Are One

I spent the afternoon at the Gem Faire picking up supplies that I needed. I always feel a little overwhelmed by all the bright lights and glittering beads ~ so much to see! When we exited the building there was a fine mist of rain falling ~ it felt refreshing and helped revive my energy.

Dusk, ever so softly draping itself over the landscape ~ remnants of a day evaporating ~ Stillness ~ Listening with  my heart.

And before I leave, here’s an inspirational video I found on YouTube.  ~ Blessings to all!

“Each woman has potential access to Rio Abajo Rio, this river beneath the river. She arrives there through deep meditation, dance, writing, painting, prayer making, singing, drumming, active imagination, or any activity which requires an intense altered consciousness. A woman arrives in this world-between worlds through yearning and by seeking something she can see just out of the corner of her eye. She arrives there by deeply creative acts, through intentional solitude, and by practice of any of the arts. And even with these well-crafted practices, much of what occurs in this ineffable world remains forever mysterious to us, for it breaks physical laws and rational laws as we know them. ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. ~ From her wonderful book, Women Who Run With the Wolves.

“Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us.” – Rose Arizmendi

Gifts From Nature

I found these small gifts tucked safely away in my coat pocket ~ Gift’s from earth, sky and sea. A feather caught in my hair on one of my walks ~An Oak leaf with a tiny acorn from a favorite tree and a small treasure from my last visit to the ocean.

Later, as I was cleaning out an antique chest of drawers , I decided to try and find some information on the unusual drawer pulls. The only info I found was very limited. ~  Sigh . .

Aunt Margie purchased it at a garage sale in New York  in the early 40’s. Apparently, it had been painted over with several layers of bright green paint. Imagine her surprise to find cherry wood underneath all that paint.

Over the years, this old chest has become like an old friend with it’s worn edges and Victorian Green Man faces staring out from each drawer like little guardians protecting hidden treasures tucked away inside.  Such beauty & craftsmanship!

Autumn ~ So Peaceful ~ Mother Nature ~ Winding Down ~ A touch of frost in the air.

Before I go,  here is a sweet little video I found on You tube.

Autumn, and the lure of the season. A dance film working around poetry.

October Days

“Come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
Come o’re the meadows
and we will play.
Put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
For summer is gone
and the days grow cold.” ~

A Children’s Song of the 1880’s

“Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us.” – Rose Arizmendi