happy halloween and a blessed samhain...

helloooooooo! it is that most wonderfully, fantastically, magical day!

yes, yes...it is Happy Halloween! 

so grab your striped stockings and your most lovely frocks...
 

let's gather with the witches 

and head to the party!

look at that table! what lovely treats!

 

 grab a mug and a plate and dig right in...

have a bite...

i hope you enjoy our time together. i love this time of year and parties like this are so much fun.

have a treat and stay for a while...

happy halloween and a blessed samhain.

thanks for stopping in...

love & magicks

~*~

ps...sorry for the grainy pics, i really need to work on my photography skills.

today looked like...

  a cold early morning walk...

   signs of autumn...

 

   beginnings of an altar for Cerridwen...

 

   art table cleanup...

 

homemade chili with cornbread (and a steelers win over the ravens!)

 

overall, a pretty good day...

 

how was your day?

 

love & magicks

~*~

 

part of my september...

a few of the many sights i experienced during september...

~ a heart rock at my beloved ghost ranch, abiqui, new mexico

~ sunrise on my last morning at ghost ranch

~ the view of pedernal from my room at ghost ranch

~ the rio grande gorge north of taos, new mexico

i have more photos and i'm sure you'll see a lot of them here.  it was an amazing trip. i met up with a friend in tennessee and we drove backroads through kentucky, illinois (just the southern tip), missouri, kansas and colorado.

from pueblo, colorado we drove the rio grande national forest (amazing!) south into new mexico.  i was able to secure a few extra days at ghost ranch for hiking, exploring and just being there.  it was so wonderful.

we were there for another Red Thread Retreat. it was a lovely time and i found another new thing i'd like to add to my creative adhd cabinet. :-)

after the retreat, my friend and i drove to taos and then to santa fe the next day. there was a good amount of thrift/antiquing and just general shopping.

when we left santa fe, we took I-40 the whole way home.  :-)

it was such an adventure and i enjoyed it a lot.  that's some of my september.  how was yours?  did you do anything interesting?

thanks for reading...

love & magicks

~*~
 

 

october greetings...

 october greetings to you...

september was a whirlwind and i'm still getting my feet under me.  i have a lot to share and will be back to do that soon.

but on this first day of october, i wanted to come in with a pretty photo (book is The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden).

the mornings here are cool even when the heat comes back late in the day. i am enjoying every cool breeze and cloudy sky, even the sunny days and the afternoon heat. 

i'm just starting to read the backlog of posts that i've missed and hope to get caught up reading your adventures this week.

i hope that october brings you everything you hope for in the season.

thanks for being here...

love and magical wishes...

~*~