a collector of collections...

good evening of day 3,781 of 2025. 

 i know...but it sure does feel like that here in the US.  during my re-organizing and deep clean of my house, i have been looking at a lot of my collections.  i was going to say i realized i was a collector...but i've always known that about myself.  i collect so much that i need a larger home. :-)

i thought i'd share a few of my collections with you.

sorry for the dusty pics, i guess i collect spider webs too. :-)

above is a mixture of treasures found in new mexico, maryland and in the woods where i walk near home. the dish is one i was gifted from Cancun.

rocks and stones from Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico. the dish is a piece of pottery by Stephen Kilborn. we stumbled across his shop on our drive from Abiquiu to Taos. i'd read about him in one of my favorite book series so of course i had to stop and see what it was like. he is a really kind man.

more gifts from nature, including a crow feather i was gifted by the Morrigan awhile back. and a strawflower included with a package from Sirena. she always adds such lovely little things to her packages.

more of my collections, this time books and knickknacks. and the cremains of my fur babies.

and last for today's collection browse...one of my bookshelves, that has since been moved and cleaned up. and yes, there are two layers in those shelves. books on books on books... :-)

i hope to be back in the next day or two with more tales from my not so wild life. 

there are a couple of projects i've going this month that i hope to share.

before i go, 2 things.

1st - in answer to Debra's comment on my last post and a bit more explanation. yes, we insulate our pipes here. unfortunately, when they built this unit 30? years ago, the insulation was placed in the wrong spot at my kitchen wall. i've looked into it and it is ridiculously expensive to have corrected. the sad part is that it took too many years of living here and having to deal with it, before i realized how much water i was wasting and losing. i've had a nice break for the last week or so, as it was warm enough i didn't have to drip and that let me work my way through 10 gallons or so. that changes tonight though as the cold returns.

2nd - for the vast majority of my life, i have kept my mouth closed about politics. it comes from being told from birth that my opinions have no meaning or merit. well, i can't keep quiet any longer. the state of the country i live in is a nightmare of epic proportions. i am disgusted by the betrayal of the democracy we've held so dear. now, i'm not saying this was a great country.  in fact, i disagree with most of our history in the country and how things were done and people were treated. hence...

yep, i took a usa garden flag my neighbor gave me and am hanging it on my front door.  it is my understanding that a flag upside down is a sign of distress. well, this country and it's future are in distress. i intend to leave this here until the evil one and his puppet are gone. (which one is which? haha) so, you may be seeing some political writing here from time to time, but i'm going to try not to turn into a rage monster about it. :-)

well...that's it for today. here's to hoping the storm on it's way doesn't leave too much ice out there and the power stays on.

thanks for sticking around...

love & kisses & magical wishes

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winter mornings...

there is one thing that happens in my home every winter.  when the temps drop to freezing or below, the kitchen faucet has to drip.  yep...any and every time.  a week or so ago, it had to drip for 4 days straight.  after the first year or two, it made me wonder how much water i was wasting.

last year, i collected as much as i could and would use it to water plants, cook and clean stuff.  since i have to sleep with a cpap, i use a lot of distilled water and had collected a lot of the gallon jugs.  so, when the freezing began, i started my collection.

i use this funnel and container to collect and then pour into the gallon jugs.  so far, i've collected about 30-40 gallons total (maybe a little more).  the photo below is just part of the collection.  when i realized how much i was accumulating, i started numbering them so that i use them in the order collected.  i even went so far as to pull out my old britta pitcher and filters so i can drink it, too. it's absolutely crazy how expensive our water is and i just couldn't stand to see all this just go down the drain.  

just a little way i try to do my part for our environment...

 how i start my mornings... my journal, an oracle deck and on this particular day a lovely cup of peppermint hot chocolate (it's usually a glass of water, but it was reallyyyyyyy cold that morning).

anywho...how are you all fairing during the apocalypse?  i'm keeping my head in my heart as much as i can and doing whatever i can to keep myself from going insane.  

well, that's all for today.  i'm hoping to share some photos of my living area soon (i found a place for the tree! it's going to stay up year-round and be a seasonal tree).  i've rearranged and managed to get my art area set up more to my liking and also in a more useful manner.

thanks for sticking around...

love & kisses & magical wishes...

~*~