Location: Eating Donuts
Mood: Relaxing in the calm before the storm
Listening To: Look at the title
Word of the Day: Pumpkin Spice (I love Tim Horton's!)
Well, September has come and gone, I'm another year older, if not wiser. I have another week and a half before the real world comes crashing in. I'm just going to draw my strength from my surroundings and hit the bull between the horns.
Samhain, have I mentioned it's my favourite holiday/Sabbat yet?
The veils between the worlds are definitely thinning...ok, for me they're practically gone. Paranormal activity around me is at an all time high, and I'm recieving visions. The sight's been alot stronger and lost things aren't staying lost for long. Mercury has come out of hiding, so communication should be improving until just after Yule, when he goes back to hiding.
Was anyone else twitchy over the full moon this weekend? It was strong, a good time to work magic, and to recharge your tools.
Look for a very powerful Samhain this year, as the next full moon falls very shortly afterwards. I may just be forgetful, but I can't remember a time in the last few years that True Samhain, and the one we celebrate with everyone else have fallen within a few days of each other.
This year we're celebrating with mythical creatures. Every year we select a theme for the following Samhain, it's a tradition in our house, that has become a big hit with the neighbourhood. Our next door neighbours anxiously await October 31st to see what this year's will look like. No seriously.
We played with leather this year. I've always been a big fan of the Greenman. And while Hades convinced me to go as him this year, my friends convinced me to go as the Greenman instead, we usually partner up for Samhain...get your minds out of the gutter, not that kind of partnering up...and my partner is going as the Greenlady. It would have been weird not matching, and really, if I'd let Hades win, we'd have eternal winter because Apollo would turn his back on me. LOL
I'm pretty happy with it. This was the first time I'd done any sort of leather working at all. I had help with the stenciling on this one, but the cutting shaping, painting and sealing was all me. I'll do a little how-to once I see if I've got enough pictures to make it make sense.
Sadly, I don't sew. Yes ladies, a man just said sadly he doesn't sew. I wish I could, so I could help with the rest of the costuming. I have gradutated to putting elastic into stitches, so maybe someday, I'll be able to sew things together without ripping the sewing machine apart to lad the bobbin.
I'm really hoping the weather holds. It's been hovering between 10 and 15 degrees Celsius for the past week or so. It would be nice if we got a late warm up. The girls that are going as fairies are going to be in some fairly light garb this year. The dragons won't have to worry, they're fleece.
So, I should ask here. What's your favourite tool to work with? Mine's Rupert, my staff. I've had him for about 10 years now. He stands guards over my circles, grounds me, and lends me strength. When we moved out east, I didn't trust him to the movers, he came in the vehicle with me.
And really, I'm just writing on a coffee buzz now, so I should end this here. Happy Tuesday everyone!
