blue and lavender...

 

i'm so in love with these blooms.  i cut back this hydrangea so much this year that i didn't expect it to bloom at all.  in fact, i was worried i'd killed it.

obviously, that didn't happen.  it has more blooms than i've ever seen on it and they range from this beautiful blue to a lovely lavender/violet.

we have storms rolling through this week and they are playing havoc with my head.  i may need to take a nap! ;-)

well, i'm still finding my way back here so this is about it for today.  i'm hoping to have some fun, exciting news to share soon. but things are still up in the air.  

anyhoo... 

hope you are having a great day!

thanks for reading

love & magicks

~*~ 

 

noticing...

lately i've been going back to the very beginning of a blog i love and starting to read.  i was trying to figure out how long i've been reading this particular blog (at least 13 years!) and thought i could maybe figure it out from my own blog. 

i ended up falling down the rabbit hole of reading my own blog posts from the beginning. i noticed a lot of patterns.  things i've been noticing in other areas of my life. 

the thing i noticed the most was that i really enjoyed writing and the interactions with people who commented.

so...

i'm back... :-)

how have you been?

thanks for reading...

love & magicks

~*~

ps...photo from my garden this year and it made me soooo happy!

 

sometimes i follow along...

how does the time go by so very quickly?  i can't believe it has been 18 days since my last post.  i did not intend to be away that long.

but, i'm here now, so...

the photo is from my painting i did with Effy Wild in her almost weekly free YouTube series "Prayers to the Moon".  sometimes i follow along and sometimes i go my own way while we paint.  i am so easily distracted that i have trouble painting along.  anywho... at least i've been painting a little. (ps...the link will take you to her youtube channel)

there hasn't been a lot happening around here this month.  mostly just trying to stick to basics and figure out a few things.  

tomorrow is the aquarius new moon, an excellent time for intention setting. it's time to figure out what intentions i want to set for the future.

anyhoo, i just wanted to say hi! 

hope you are all doing okay.

thanks for stopping in to read...

love & magicks

~*~

 

 

right now...

right now...

the sun is spreading that odd golden light of winter over the limbs of the trees...

i can't seem to get warm.  my fingers and toes feel chilled in the bones even though it is 60 degrees (F) outside (and 68 in my house)...

i'm spending a lot of time on zillow, dreaming of a needed change...

 

earlier today...

a neighbor asked me about my art, and i was surprised and mortified.  she asked in front of the landscaping guys and i mumbled that i pretend to be... i need to think about that reaction...

 

yesterday...

i spent time with the art witches and it felt good...

i made my usual southern new years day meal, but just for me (and a plate for my mum). and now i think i have enough food to eat for a month that i can just reheat...

 

right now...

the sun is slowly receding and the light is changing...

 

right now...

i'm sending you...

love & magicks

~*~

 

 

new year...

 

New Year Wishes...

 - less physical pain

 - more adventures

 - less time with the migraorbs

 - more communion with like minded souls

 - less confussion

 - more living in the now

 

hoping your wishes for this new year come true, too.

love & magicks

~*~ 

auras and vibrating eyeballs...

 

today's ten things...

- waiting until the last minute to start preparing my planner and journal for 2023

- my fridge is so full of food i feel sick looking at it and it has kept me from being able to cook any of it. (although i have nacho meat cooking right now)

- 36+ hours without internet, tv and home phone was 10 times harder than when the power is out?!?

- painting gives me anxiety

- painting makes me happy

- i know, i'm completely contradictory in my thoughts, it's just how my brain works

- self care looks like every other week massages and they are wonderful

- going to the grocery after a massage is NOT a good idea. i don't know if i was dehydrated or what, but by the time i left the store i was almost in full migraine (auras/vibrating eyeballs/etc) and getting stuck in traffic due to an automobile accident is NOT good.

- twinkle lights always make me happy

- disco ball ornaments make me giddy

hope you're having a good week...

love & magicks

~*~  

messengers...

i had visitors this very cold morning...

i heard a clatter on my roof and since i know santa isn't making a trip to my house, thought perhaps a raccoon or something was trying to get into my attic to escape the dropping temperatures.

when i went out i found a committee of vultures on my roof.  there were more than 20.  this is the second time in the last three days i've seen the committee.  (the photo from yesterdays post is of about 40+ scattered through the trees at the end of our street that i took the day before)

when i saw them days ago, i felt like it was a message.  so i guess they really have something to say. since vultures are distinct for cleaning up the mess of death, maybe they are telling me to clean up my mess so that i can make the changes that are needed to transform to the life i want instead of the life i have.

when i posted about them a few days ago on ig, one of my followers suggested that it was a sign that old things are going to be cut out and recycled and i like that idea.  

whatever the message, i'm listening and open to receiving it. 

have you had any messengers visit you recently? do you believe in signs and omens?

i hope you are having a lovely day and for those in the us, please stay warm during this cold front that is across the country.

love & magicks

~*~

 

ps...big hugs and thanks to Deb at SheWhoSeeks for the blogger reader tip.  i switched to bloglovin years ago because my blogger reader had stopped working. i'm happy to be able to use it again.  and it's been interesting going through to see who is still blogging that i followed from all those years ago. :-)  xo