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...

~*~

 

hello september...

august has passed and it did so rather quietly. that is always a blessing to me. i think we might even be making friends, august and i.

we spent the month with long walks, lots of moon gazing, garden tending, painting and even a finished knitting project.

i woke this morning to very chilly winds and it was a wonderful way to start the morning off with a walk.  i even had to wear my hoodie. :-)

september is here and i am excited.  i love that we are closer to sweater wearing and cozy candle light evenings. color changing and falling leaves, apple everything and, of course, pumpkins. 

what do you love about september?

thanks for being here...

love & magicks

~*~

ps...i won't be around much in september as i have some things happening and will be offline. (everything is fine)  i'll be back soon as i can. xo

 

just a little bit of...

the days have gone by in a blur. i've been keeping busy with painting, knitting, garden time, and riding the doombus. (doombus is what i call doomstash busting)

i've been figuring out how to save seeds from the lone sunflower that bloomed this year. and thanks to Heather at northridgefarm (site is down so can't link) i've been harvesting my first ever grown celery and dehydrating it for use in soups and stews over the winter.  it never would have occurred to me to do that.

anywho...i finished my shawl!  i still need to give it a soak and block then weave in the ends.  but it feels SOOOOO good to have finished a knit that i've had on the needles for two(+?) years? i'm sure i'll share a photo once it is blocked.

that's pretty much what is going on around here. i'm uncovering all kinds of things during my doombus rides and it is giving me all kinds of ideas.

well...i hope to be back again in a day or so.  

thanks for being here...

love & magicks

~*~

 

it feels like a sign...

 

today i went for another walk and it felt good. that's been happening a lot lately...

the sky in the early mornings lately are so beautiful...

insomnia provides a wonderful opportunity for moon and star gazing, despite the light pollution...

today i put on a cute new dress and lace kimono, i did my hair and put on my jewelry and went out to run my errands before therapy (despite the beginnings of a migraine)...

a gift from the morrigan found outside a big box store, it feels like a sign...

there's a storm brewing outside and it makes me happy...

this is all i have to offer today.  i have a visit with the art witches in a couple of hours and my head is pounding and screaming at the same time, so i need a bit of a rest...

how are things in your corner of the world?

thanks for being here...

love & magicks

~*~