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Hugs, Sissy
Hugs, Sissy
Monday, June 20, 2011
June 19 Rose Bay Nova Scotia
June 19, 2011
Started my day off with looking at the clock at 6:00 am and deciding I needed to lay in bed at least 30 minutes. See sun rise here in Nova Scotia is 4:30 am and I usually rise with the sun. The house is quiet and silent. Really I could hear nothing, not even the bats in the attic Derrick and Bonnie and I watched flying out to hunt last night. I guess the insulation is really thick and no one has curtains on their windows as I mentioned yesterday, I would think to keep the cold out but Bonnie said it was all about trust and security and letting the light into the house.
Coffee and my morning run, I saw Autumn and Charlie before I him the pavement. I found myself a mile or so down the road standing in the South Rose Bay Pioneer Cemetery, go figure. Starting around the 1700 and old graves and head stones covered in moss. The cemetery sat on a grassy point that formed a triangle jutting out of rocks into the still waters of the Bay. The morning mist and the call of the sea gulls and birds just warmed my heart with beauty. I must bring my camera on my run when the sun is so bright and everything is so crisp and clear. The old spirits welcomed and comforted me, but I also felt watched and watched over. So where else would I have run too??
Back to Bonnie’s, we had a Paleo Diet Breakfast, nuts and other things that were tasty, I need to look into it later. Bonnie has been a vegetarian most her life and now has started eating meat, but it too is all about being tuned in and knowing when change is needed. Autumn and the boys entertained me with song and dance, drawings and showing their treasured items as kids will do. I loved it and just sat back and enjoyed the attention with Bonnie and Derrick’s amazing kids that have talent and imagination that is unbelievable. But it time to get my butt moving my Dem at the Waldorf school in a few hours
The platform Mediumship Demonstration went very well. There were about 15 people there and they were all totally tuned into the energy. There were some parents from the school there and several of Bonnie’s clients. I think they enjoyed the lecture and educational part as much as the platform reading. The actually reading part can be trick with a new crowd that haven’t witnessed platform mediumship before and there were only two people in the room that had. If the audience is not tuned in it is difficult to do. The first one to come through was a little girl that had died of cancer and she most have know that this first connection would set the tone for the hour. It was awesome and all those that came through found their loved ones in tears. Once Japanese woman had such sadness and grief from her father's death, she drove from Halifax to see me and was not disappointed. We will meet again but the few moments she spent hearing about her fathers love and gratitude to her for taking care of him was what she needed.
After the dem, Bonnie and I walked the school grounds and into the woods, oh what a magical place and she told me this school is why they choose where they wanted to live and I totally understand. It is such a beautiful place and the energy is awesome.
Off to the grocery store, actually the prices are not much different, but one of my things is that I want to get as much traditional and Nova Scotia food as I can while we are here. So we bought wild blueberry juice and local sausage and Mr. Maple (the crack cookies) and oh my they are to die for. I was totally into the dill pickle chips, but Bonnie bought Ketchup Layes that really tasted like ketchup potato chips. But what toped off our grilled dinner was Fiddle heads a local fern sautéed in olive oil, we chatted till 11 and then off to bed.
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Started my day off with looking at the clock at 6:00 am and deciding I needed to lay in bed at least 30 minutes. See sun rise here in Nova Scotia is 4:30 am and I usually rise with the sun. The house is quiet and silent. Really I could hear nothing, not even the bats in the attic Derrick and Bonnie and I watched flying out to hunt last night. I guess the insulation is really thick and no one has curtains on their windows as I mentioned yesterday, I would think to keep the cold out but Bonnie said it was all about trust and security and letting the light into the house.
Coffee and my morning run, I saw Autumn and Charlie before I him the pavement. I found myself a mile or so down the road standing in the South Rose Bay Pioneer Cemetery, go figure. Starting around the 1700 and old graves and head stones covered in moss. The cemetery sat on a grassy point that formed a triangle jutting out of rocks into the still waters of the Bay. The morning mist and the call of the sea gulls and birds just warmed my heart with beauty. I must bring my camera on my run when the sun is so bright and everything is so crisp and clear. The old spirits welcomed and comforted me, but I also felt watched and watched over. So where else would I have run too??
Back to Bonnie’s, we had a Paleo Diet Breakfast, nuts and other things that were tasty, I need to look into it later. Bonnie has been a vegetarian most her life and now has started eating meat, but it too is all about being tuned in and knowing when change is needed. Autumn and the boys entertained me with song and dance, drawings and showing their treasured items as kids will do. I loved it and just sat back and enjoyed the attention with Bonnie and Derrick’s amazing kids that have talent and imagination that is unbelievable. But it time to get my butt moving my Dem at the Waldorf school in a few hours
The platform Mediumship Demonstration went very well. There were about 15 people there and they were all totally tuned into the energy. There were some parents from the school there and several of Bonnie’s clients. I think they enjoyed the lecture and educational part as much as the platform reading. The actually reading part can be trick with a new crowd that haven’t witnessed platform mediumship before and there were only two people in the room that had. If the audience is not tuned in it is difficult to do. The first one to come through was a little girl that had died of cancer and she most have know that this first connection would set the tone for the hour. It was awesome and all those that came through found their loved ones in tears. Once Japanese woman had such sadness and grief from her father's death, she drove from Halifax to see me and was not disappointed. We will meet again but the few moments she spent hearing about her fathers love and gratitude to her for taking care of him was what she needed.
After the dem, Bonnie and I walked the school grounds and into the woods, oh what a magical place and she told me this school is why they choose where they wanted to live and I totally understand. It is such a beautiful place and the energy is awesome.
Off to the grocery store, actually the prices are not much different, but one of my things is that I want to get as much traditional and Nova Scotia food as I can while we are here. So we bought wild blueberry juice and local sausage and Mr. Maple (the crack cookies) and oh my they are to die for. I was totally into the dill pickle chips, but Bonnie bought Ketchup Layes that really tasted like ketchup potato chips. But what toped off our grilled dinner was Fiddle heads a local fern sautéed in olive oil, we chatted till 11 and then off to bed.
June 18 Halifax to Lunenburg to Rose Bay Nova Scotia
June 18, 2011
I got into Nova Scotia at 12:40am after a long and tiring haul from Detroit. The plane was loud, bumpy and cramped, I had both seats to myself and was grateful to stretch out some. I napped a little and listened to my MP3 player since the hum of the plane was so loud, I woke to the full moon coming into the cabin window. I gave my thanks to not just having a window on the east side of the plane, but for a clear enough night and even the delay of more than 4 hours so I could experience the full moon at 30,000 feet or what ever the plane was flying at, it was beautiful, and a blessing
Bonnie and her awesome friend Cindy met me after a quick trip through customs and baggage claims and off to Cindy’s house, which I just feel madly in love with just stepping inside the door. The houses are old New England style/ Victorian I think she saif 135 years old. Three stories and narrow, with tall ceilings and a steep stair case. Cindy is an interior decorator and her house reflected every bit of her awesome-ness. I met her son Connor hanging out in the kitchen about 2am and we chatted a little while as I told her what I felt about her house and the neighbor. I gave her some tips on what to do and was sad to hear she wanted to sell the house and move on to remodeling another adventure. The house had been in her family for many years and had lots of history, but she will do what she needs to do. As I was going to sleep sometime between 2:30-3:00 am I saw a man that was cuddling with young children, which I knew to be Cindy’s son Connor and Morgan which I met in the morning, the man was her father that had lived in the house and bonnie and I share his bedroom for the night. It was beautiful and welcoming.
I was up at 6:30 and the house was still, I found and made coffee and sat in her patio area under the Rowan tree ( also known as a mountain ash) watching her huge fat pigeons she had told me about the night before. I confirmed with her, strange birds about the size of a chickens. I then found Bonnie’s keys and my running shoes, dressed and was headed out the door when Cindy came down. We chatted a moment and I was off to do my 2 plus miles, around the park where the kids were dressed and off to play street hockey. It was cool about 50 degrees and I felt great even though I had little sleep. I enjoyed my run through the city streets of Halifax and came back to Cindy’s as the neighbors were setting up for a huge 7 block yard sale, which we shopped before heading off to the market. I met Paul, Cindy’s husband and later Morgan her daughter and off we went.
The Market was this two story flea market that was in the old port area, I will get the details from Bonnie. But there was no junk. It was handmade soaps, wine, baked goods, art work and photos, there were so may things to see, the coffee was to give your right arm for since I really needed it and the maple candy, oh my….the smells and taste of everything was just incredible and a little over whelming since I seemed to be picking up so much energy with all the people and things around me. I was having a few moments of maxium over load. Bonnie and I traded off American money for Canadian money so I could shop, but there was just too much. I only bought a really cool bee’s wax candle and a jar of Blueberry Maple syrup. Then we went to the roof of this totally green self sustainable building that had been modified, including a living wall and solar electric, water reclaiming area. The top walk was a perfect place to view the deepest port in the world and there was a cool story about Halifax being destroyed after WWI by exploding ammunition ships in the harbor, a lot of the city was distroyed and Boston came to their rescue. To this day they still send trees from Halifax to be planted in Boston to show their gratitude for their ancestors, how beautiful.
So we left Halifax with Cindy and Paul’s daughter Morgan which lives and works in Luneburg and we there in Halifax to visit for the weekend. The energy og the land just changed and shifted as we went through little villages and towns, of course the road system was much the same as the states other than the speed limit being in kilometers in stead of miles per hour. Bonnie dropped me off at the Yoga Studio where she does massage and facials and such on Wednesdays, I had an hour before my first reading and took the time to tune into blogging and reorganize my stuff. I felt very comfortable with my first client and the reading went well.
Off to dinner after a tour of Lunenburg area and town, it is beautiful and as Bonnie says it is hard to describe it to other people, the energy is powerful. It started to rain and the fog rolled in over the bay, a perfect feel of the Martine energy, so powerful and a little erree, you can almost see pirate ships in the harbor. We ate at the Fish factory which at one time was where the fish were brought into market, packaged and prepared, can or shipped. It just felt pumped with masculine energy and no smell of fish as one would expect. There were rows and rows of old photos on the walls of the important men in the community, no women…
The Food of Nova Scotia
I started my day off with breakfast at Athens Restaurant, with a bunch of Cindy and Paul’s friends and had fish cakes with my eggs, hash browns and toast. Bonnie brought my a Mr.Big candy bar after my reading. For dinner at the Fish Factory I had seafood pizza, and mussels and toped it off with a bowl of seafood chowder to die for and apple cake. I tasted some smoked salmon from Derrick’s salad. Yes, all of it was wonderful. My favorite food for the day was the chowder by far the best I have ever had.
From there were went to Bonnie and Derrick’s house, the kids, Dean, Autum and Charlie were pretty wound up with the excitement of having company and the summer filled with family coming to visit. Charlie gave up his room to me and I am greatful for the space up stairs and the privacy of his room. Bonnie and I walked the land which I will be doing a lot over the next few days so for now I will just say, wow! The cove is right there and we walked the woods even though it was raining hard and cold. The flowers and trees..wow and the air and the wild flowers blooming, the smells, wow.
Off to bed about 10pm and I slept like a rock. Thank you divine universe for this incredible adventure, I am grateful and I just got here.
*No photos from Halifax but Paul took some on his I phone he will send me, I will be back on Thursday and will get some then.
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I got into Nova Scotia at 12:40am after a long and tiring haul from Detroit. The plane was loud, bumpy and cramped, I had both seats to myself and was grateful to stretch out some. I napped a little and listened to my MP3 player since the hum of the plane was so loud, I woke to the full moon coming into the cabin window. I gave my thanks to not just having a window on the east side of the plane, but for a clear enough night and even the delay of more than 4 hours so I could experience the full moon at 30,000 feet or what ever the plane was flying at, it was beautiful, and a blessing
Bonnie and her awesome friend Cindy met me after a quick trip through customs and baggage claims and off to Cindy’s house, which I just feel madly in love with just stepping inside the door. The houses are old New England style/ Victorian I think she saif 135 years old. Three stories and narrow, with tall ceilings and a steep stair case. Cindy is an interior decorator and her house reflected every bit of her awesome-ness. I met her son Connor hanging out in the kitchen about 2am and we chatted a little while as I told her what I felt about her house and the neighbor. I gave her some tips on what to do and was sad to hear she wanted to sell the house and move on to remodeling another adventure. The house had been in her family for many years and had lots of history, but she will do what she needs to do. As I was going to sleep sometime between 2:30-3:00 am I saw a man that was cuddling with young children, which I knew to be Cindy’s son Connor and Morgan which I met in the morning, the man was her father that had lived in the house and bonnie and I share his bedroom for the night. It was beautiful and welcoming.
I was up at 6:30 and the house was still, I found and made coffee and sat in her patio area under the Rowan tree ( also known as a mountain ash) watching her huge fat pigeons she had told me about the night before. I confirmed with her, strange birds about the size of a chickens. I then found Bonnie’s keys and my running shoes, dressed and was headed out the door when Cindy came down. We chatted a moment and I was off to do my 2 plus miles, around the park where the kids were dressed and off to play street hockey. It was cool about 50 degrees and I felt great even though I had little sleep. I enjoyed my run through the city streets of Halifax and came back to Cindy’s as the neighbors were setting up for a huge 7 block yard sale, which we shopped before heading off to the market. I met Paul, Cindy’s husband and later Morgan her daughter and off we went.
The Market was this two story flea market that was in the old port area, I will get the details from Bonnie. But there was no junk. It was handmade soaps, wine, baked goods, art work and photos, there were so may things to see, the coffee was to give your right arm for since I really needed it and the maple candy, oh my….the smells and taste of everything was just incredible and a little over whelming since I seemed to be picking up so much energy with all the people and things around me. I was having a few moments of maxium over load. Bonnie and I traded off American money for Canadian money so I could shop, but there was just too much. I only bought a really cool bee’s wax candle and a jar of Blueberry Maple syrup. Then we went to the roof of this totally green self sustainable building that had been modified, including a living wall and solar electric, water reclaiming area. The top walk was a perfect place to view the deepest port in the world and there was a cool story about Halifax being destroyed after WWI by exploding ammunition ships in the harbor, a lot of the city was distroyed and Boston came to their rescue. To this day they still send trees from Halifax to be planted in Boston to show their gratitude for their ancestors, how beautiful.
So we left Halifax with Cindy and Paul’s daughter Morgan which lives and works in Luneburg and we there in Halifax to visit for the weekend. The energy og the land just changed and shifted as we went through little villages and towns, of course the road system was much the same as the states other than the speed limit being in kilometers in stead of miles per hour. Bonnie dropped me off at the Yoga Studio where she does massage and facials and such on Wednesdays, I had an hour before my first reading and took the time to tune into blogging and reorganize my stuff. I felt very comfortable with my first client and the reading went well.
Off to dinner after a tour of Lunenburg area and town, it is beautiful and as Bonnie says it is hard to describe it to other people, the energy is powerful. It started to rain and the fog rolled in over the bay, a perfect feel of the Martine energy, so powerful and a little erree, you can almost see pirate ships in the harbor. We ate at the Fish factory which at one time was where the fish were brought into market, packaged and prepared, can or shipped. It just felt pumped with masculine energy and no smell of fish as one would expect. There were rows and rows of old photos on the walls of the important men in the community, no women…
The Food of Nova Scotia
I started my day off with breakfast at Athens Restaurant, with a bunch of Cindy and Paul’s friends and had fish cakes with my eggs, hash browns and toast. Bonnie brought my a Mr.Big candy bar after my reading. For dinner at the Fish Factory I had seafood pizza, and mussels and toped it off with a bowl of seafood chowder to die for and apple cake. I tasted some smoked salmon from Derrick’s salad. Yes, all of it was wonderful. My favorite food for the day was the chowder by far the best I have ever had.
From there were went to Bonnie and Derrick’s house, the kids, Dean, Autum and Charlie were pretty wound up with the excitement of having company and the summer filled with family coming to visit. Charlie gave up his room to me and I am greatful for the space up stairs and the privacy of his room. Bonnie and I walked the land which I will be doing a lot over the next few days so for now I will just say, wow! The cove is right there and we walked the woods even though it was raining hard and cold. The flowers and trees..wow and the air and the wild flowers blooming, the smells, wow.
Off to bed about 10pm and I slept like a rock. Thank you divine universe for this incredible adventure, I am grateful and I just got here.
*No photos from Halifax but Paul took some on his I phone he will send me, I will be back on Thursday and will get some then.
Cindy and Paul our hosts in Halifax that live in this beautiful house
Jax to Halifax June 17, 2011
June 17, 2011
My day started off at 5am doing my Full Moon Beauty Ritual I should have done on Wednesday or Thursday, It takes me about an hour or so to take some years off my looks with natural color, removing a little hair here and there, I won’t bore you with the details, but this is a Full Moon ritual that also includes Glamour, I NEEDED it this morning!
Jamie was to ride with us to Jacksonville and I told her to be at the house by 6:45, she called at 7:00 am and said she just got up. It really was ok, I was really stressed and trying not to totally flip out and her being with us and being late would have made mine and Noah’s stress just twice of what it was already. We didn’t leave at 7:00 as planed and the trip was a train wreck, the smoke from the forest fires was horrible about half way to Jacksonville the somke go bad on I10. I understand that the Ocala National Forest in the I10 area is on fire as well as some south Georgia wild fires. NPR said there are over 400 forest fires in Florida and we are in the worst drought and fire risk since 1998. On the trip over there were times both Noah and I were very concerned, breathing deeply, we didn’t talk, we were running late and by the time we got to the airport I was a total wreck. I told Noah to just take me to check in curb drop off and not worry about parking. It was sometime after 10am and I was afraid my boarding check in was going to take longer. I got out of the car, everything ready to roll, looked in my bag for my e-ticket and realized I had not given Noah his Father’s Day card, I hadn’t even written what I wanted to say to him, which was important to me. I felt so very bad and I just started crying. I know this is hard for him too and that he is going through his own stress right now, he has done a good job of not making it harder on me, knowing I have to do this trip and training. I don’t cry easily but ever since I left him there on the curb, I have been in tears. Even on the plane, I was listening to my MP3 player that he had down loaded some music on. I have this horrible feeling and just can’t shake it. I wrote his card sitting in JAX but there is no place to mail it in the airport and in the Detroit, there seems to be a real snobbish attitude, or the three employees I have talked to were very short and rude.
Having a rough time, sitting and thinking in the Detroit Airport
I sit thinking of my beloved family and friends and Florida is on FIRE, the smoke finally cleared about 45 minutes into the flight. I am sad, I am really emotional. I wish now I would have filled my phone card so I could call home and just talk to Noah. It is a fear that I can’t explain, and yes when Psychics have a bad feeling it is just a bad feeling, you have to go with it and not manifest your fears, as I tell my clients. We have emotions too we just have to separate it from others. I have tried to shake it and it is really getting to me. I am sitting in Detroit International Airport. Now we find out the flight is delayed for mechanical problems, great… just please fix it. I thought that reading Cookie and Me would cheer me up or at least keep my mind from the mood I am in, Damn I hate feeling this way. Maybe I just need to cry, or I could splurge and buy a coffee or maybe same chocolate. The walk and chocolate really helped, I went to the bathroom and tried to cry but the auto flush toilet kept flushing while I sat there. Go figure. So what does it mean, "Due to high security concerns, all domestic customers must be on the plane 30 minutes before departing or your reservation is subject to cancellation." What????
I did some people watching and found that I was doing a pretty good job tuning into people walking by almost too good since I startled a security guard and he looked me up and down as I watched people, then I felt him watching me for a while and I guess he just figured out I was people watching and not a threat. I guess there is a security threat. I asked a woman in the nearest gift shop about a mail box, and she told me there was a mail box way……on the other side of the airport. When the call came in and they told us we were not leaving till 7:05pm I said screw it I’m hiking…. Did I tell you I hate escalators??? Huge ones about one story up and one story down… and then there is this really cool lighted tunnel with music and flashing lights between the escalators… and when I found the mail box and mailed Noah’s Fathers Day card… I felt much better and treated myself to Starbucks and bought a large insulated cup for my water, and the woman only charged me half price, Woo Hoo! I am feeling better! It is 6:25 and if all goes well we will be getting on the plane shortly. At times like this I really wished I still smoked because I could use one right now, but I WILL NOT go there, I traded good coffee and my flute. Can you tell I am a lot happier???
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Our Plane loaded at 9:00pm (WE WERE SHEDULED OUT AT 4:40) and stIll sat on the runway for 20 minutes, we didn’t get in tll 12:40 AM.
My day started off at 5am doing my Full Moon Beauty Ritual I should have done on Wednesday or Thursday, It takes me about an hour or so to take some years off my looks with natural color, removing a little hair here and there, I won’t bore you with the details, but this is a Full Moon ritual that also includes Glamour, I NEEDED it this morning!
Jamie was to ride with us to Jacksonville and I told her to be at the house by 6:45, she called at 7:00 am and said she just got up. It really was ok, I was really stressed and trying not to totally flip out and her being with us and being late would have made mine and Noah’s stress just twice of what it was already. We didn’t leave at 7:00 as planed and the trip was a train wreck, the smoke from the forest fires was horrible about half way to Jacksonville the somke go bad on I10. I understand that the Ocala National Forest in the I10 area is on fire as well as some south Georgia wild fires. NPR said there are over 400 forest fires in Florida and we are in the worst drought and fire risk since 1998. On the trip over there were times both Noah and I were very concerned, breathing deeply, we didn’t talk, we were running late and by the time we got to the airport I was a total wreck. I told Noah to just take me to check in curb drop off and not worry about parking. It was sometime after 10am and I was afraid my boarding check in was going to take longer. I got out of the car, everything ready to roll, looked in my bag for my e-ticket and realized I had not given Noah his Father’s Day card, I hadn’t even written what I wanted to say to him, which was important to me. I felt so very bad and I just started crying. I know this is hard for him too and that he is going through his own stress right now, he has done a good job of not making it harder on me, knowing I have to do this trip and training. I don’t cry easily but ever since I left him there on the curb, I have been in tears. Even on the plane, I was listening to my MP3 player that he had down loaded some music on. I have this horrible feeling and just can’t shake it. I wrote his card sitting in JAX but there is no place to mail it in the airport and in the Detroit, there seems to be a real snobbish attitude, or the three employees I have talked to were very short and rude.
Having a rough time, sitting and thinking in the Detroit Airport
I sit thinking of my beloved family and friends and Florida is on FIRE, the smoke finally cleared about 45 minutes into the flight. I am sad, I am really emotional. I wish now I would have filled my phone card so I could call home and just talk to Noah. It is a fear that I can’t explain, and yes when Psychics have a bad feeling it is just a bad feeling, you have to go with it and not manifest your fears, as I tell my clients. We have emotions too we just have to separate it from others. I have tried to shake it and it is really getting to me. I am sitting in Detroit International Airport. Now we find out the flight is delayed for mechanical problems, great… just please fix it. I thought that reading Cookie and Me would cheer me up or at least keep my mind from the mood I am in, Damn I hate feeling this way. Maybe I just need to cry, or I could splurge and buy a coffee or maybe same chocolate. The walk and chocolate really helped, I went to the bathroom and tried to cry but the auto flush toilet kept flushing while I sat there. Go figure. So what does it mean, "Due to high security concerns, all domestic customers must be on the plane 30 minutes before departing or your reservation is subject to cancellation." What????
I did some people watching and found that I was doing a pretty good job tuning into people walking by almost too good since I startled a security guard and he looked me up and down as I watched people, then I felt him watching me for a while and I guess he just figured out I was people watching and not a threat. I guess there is a security threat. I asked a woman in the nearest gift shop about a mail box, and she told me there was a mail box way……on the other side of the airport. When the call came in and they told us we were not leaving till 7:05pm I said screw it I’m hiking…. Did I tell you I hate escalators??? Huge ones about one story up and one story down… and then there is this really cool lighted tunnel with music and flashing lights between the escalators… and when I found the mail box and mailed Noah’s Fathers Day card… I felt much better and treated myself to Starbucks and bought a large insulated cup for my water, and the woman only charged me half price, Woo Hoo! I am feeling better! It is 6:25 and if all goes well we will be getting on the plane shortly. At times like this I really wished I still smoked because I could use one right now, but I WILL NOT go there, I traded good coffee and my flute. Can you tell I am a lot happier???
DETROIT AIRPORT
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Ready Set to Go!!!! Canada Here I come!!!
Sunday morning I woke with the word "TIME!" yelling me out of bed, well I guess it was time to get up (6:00 am) but it is also TIME… I have really been spinning and reeling with not just leaving town, and trying to take care of all I can before I go, but with the shifts of the Ninth Wave for those of you that have been following the Mayan Calendar. Which is also another reason for me going to do this work with Earth Activist Training now, instead of last year when I had planned. And a lot of reasons why I have been interested in what Permaculture gives us as we move into the future. I have been studying this for years and 2012 is right before us, actually happening now and we have chosen to live in this time to do or be a part of the change. I will refer you to one website and encourage you to google from there. We are in the Ninth and Final Wave of the Mayan, in Night 3. I will be at Heartroot Farm in Quebec during Day 4 which is the leaf formation as well as reveals.
If you don’t understand all this, it is OK, it is time to at least be right with yourself in your life because things are changing not just in our physical world but on all levels and it is happening fast. Here are some websites:
Friday night we just had our beautiful Summer Solstice Ritual on the beach at Mashes Sands, I love that place, reminds me of growing up on Alligator Point. We walked on the sand bar and built a fire on the beach and told stories in the form of our personal Faery Tales. We ate cold chicken and laughed as the sun set and the crescent moon lite the beach. What a way for four women to enjoy the shift of mid-summer than to spend an evening sitting in the sand with best friends and circle sisters. Tis the life!
I will be touching down in Halifax tomorrow night. The first week I am going to be really busy with my old friend Bonnie Foster and her family. Saturday we are off to the farmers market then she has my first reading scheduled on the way back in her little town. On Sunday I am doing a public Platform Demonstration as a fundraiser for the school, she says the flyer she sent out is getting a lot if interest, I hope it is of the positive kind. I do draw all kinds on energy….. and Summer Solstice and time with the kids and Bonnie showing me the sights of Nova Scotia. I am really excited about checking out her land and the Faery energy there, last summer she sent me a photo of her stream and I found a wee fae hiding under a log near the water. Nova Scotia means New Scotland ya know..A
Send Energy Please
And I am not nervous about the trip, it is leaving Noah and the farm. I will just say everything else is working out, even the travel money and such. I am not taking a lot of stuff but I will have what I need.
I am going to ask all my friends and family to send some positive energy to Noah while I am gone and a little extra for prosperity and health.
Also send some healing energy to my beloved Barbara Reis, long time Client and friend and her awesome family. She has been very sick and in the hospital, on my way to visit today. And for little Kam kam my monkey boy Faery Goddess child which has been sick this week.
On the Farm
Spent Sunday morning putting up Dill pickles with Leslie and I used lime for the first time instead of salt. . Wednesday I pickled more bread and butter pickles using lime again, it really makes the pickles crunchy but makes the clear. I burned myself with boiling water, Noah got to doctor me with silvadine. We actually got Leslie out in the garden and Noah dug the rest of his potatoes this weekend The squash is gone, the really sad tomatoes were not worth all the trouble after I tied and trimmed them all up last week. But I have a feeling there are going to be lots of egg plants… and Ken’s corn is just the prettiest Thing in my garden, it is as tall as I am and if we get moor rain it will be another foot or so. Thick dark green stalks and healthy support system, the pole beans are coming in and they will soon wrap the stalk.
Last night there were fire trucks on 59 and this morning I woke to smoke choking me. I do not know where it is coming from but the air is think even though we had a nice breeze and the air was cool and damp with last nights rain. It is the Full Moon and I put out my Faery Oil, this morning one of the three bottles was gone. I looked and found myself in poison ivy under the picnic table but never found it. If it were the puppies u will or Noah will have some wild little dogs on his hands. As I have posted about Faery oil before it is really strong stuff and only comes out on the full moon to charge. And if the Fae got it….let’s just say//oh shit…..as I was typing my whole document disappeared……say no more….
So I off on my adventure tomorrow. Ken came down to work in the garden and inspect the corn project,, I have to pick up my pay check, visit Barbara in the hospital and pack. Last minute stuff. Jamie and Noah are taking me to Jacksonville early in the morning. My plane leaves at noon and I will be in Halifax by 9pm.
So my next post will be from the road… and I really hope my whole computer blogging works the way I want it to. I really want to share this journey and stay in touch, there is aplace to comment on the blog so please feel free to use it. If qaanyone wants to personally e-mail me my e-mail address is
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SO……here we go!!!!!
www.thetreeoflifecelebration.com and www.mayanninthwave.com which is a blogspot like minedragonwing56@aol.com and I will have no cell phone service through out my trip..
If you don’t understand all this, it is OK, it is time to at least be right with yourself in your life because things are changing not just in our physical world but on all levels and it is happening fast. Here are some websites:
Friday night we just had our beautiful Summer Solstice Ritual on the beach at Mashes Sands, I love that place, reminds me of growing up on Alligator Point. We walked on the sand bar and built a fire on the beach and told stories in the form of our personal Faery Tales. We ate cold chicken and laughed as the sun set and the crescent moon lite the beach. What a way for four women to enjoy the shift of mid-summer than to spend an evening sitting in the sand with best friends and circle sisters. Tis the life!
I will be touching down in Halifax tomorrow night. The first week I am going to be really busy with my old friend Bonnie Foster and her family. Saturday we are off to the farmers market then she has my first reading scheduled on the way back in her little town. On Sunday I am doing a public Platform Demonstration as a fundraiser for the school, she says the flyer she sent out is getting a lot if interest, I hope it is of the positive kind. I do draw all kinds on energy….. and Summer Solstice and time with the kids and Bonnie showing me the sights of Nova Scotia. I am really excited about checking out her land and the Faery energy there, last summer she sent me a photo of her stream and I found a wee fae hiding under a log near the water. Nova Scotia means New Scotland ya know..A
Send Energy Please
And I am not nervous about the trip, it is leaving Noah and the farm. I will just say everything else is working out, even the travel money and such. I am not taking a lot of stuff but I will have what I need.
I am going to ask all my friends and family to send some positive energy to Noah while I am gone and a little extra for prosperity and health.
Also send some healing energy to my beloved Barbara Reis, long time Client and friend and her awesome family. She has been very sick and in the hospital, on my way to visit today. And for little Kam kam my monkey boy Faery Goddess child which has been sick this week.
On the Farm
Spent Sunday morning putting up Dill pickles with Leslie and I used lime for the first time instead of salt. . Wednesday I pickled more bread and butter pickles using lime again, it really makes the pickles crunchy but makes the clear. I burned myself with boiling water, Noah got to doctor me with silvadine. We actually got Leslie out in the garden and Noah dug the rest of his potatoes this weekend The squash is gone, the really sad tomatoes were not worth all the trouble after I tied and trimmed them all up last week. But I have a feeling there are going to be lots of egg plants… and Ken’s corn is just the prettiest Thing in my garden, it is as tall as I am and if we get moor rain it will be another foot or so. Thick dark green stalks and healthy support system, the pole beans are coming in and they will soon wrap the stalk.
Last night there were fire trucks on 59 and this morning I woke to smoke choking me. I do not know where it is coming from but the air is think even though we had a nice breeze and the air was cool and damp with last nights rain. It is the Full Moon and I put out my Faery Oil, this morning one of the three bottles was gone. I looked and found myself in poison ivy under the picnic table but never found it. If it were the puppies u will or Noah will have some wild little dogs on his hands. As I have posted about Faery oil before it is really strong stuff and only comes out on the full moon to charge. And if the Fae got it….let’s just say//oh shit…..as I was typing my whole document disappeared……say no more….
So I off on my adventure tomorrow. Ken came down to work in the garden and inspect the corn project,, I have to pick up my pay check, visit Barbara in the hospital and pack. Last minute stuff. Jamie and Noah are taking me to Jacksonville early in the morning. My plane leaves at noon and I will be in Halifax by 9pm.
So my next post will be from the road… and I really hope my whole computer blogging works the way I want it to. I really want to share this journey and stay in touch, there is aplace to comment on the blog so please feel free to use it. If qaanyone wants to personally e-mail me my e-mail address is
\
SO……here we go!!!!!
www.thetreeoflifecelebration.com and www.mayanninthwave.com which is a blogspot like minedragonwing56@aol.com and I will have no cell phone service through out my trip..
Monday, June 6, 2011
It is JUNE!!!
June 6, 2011
Yes, I know I have really been behind and I have a bunch of photos I want to post. I am just hanging out in the AC at Crystal Connection on my computer today. Trying to catch up with my blogging and life! Putting my foot down on the ground because my head is spinning........
I am so excited that we have had some rain these past few days, the garden might actually make it, and I have my kitchen counter set up to start pickling tomorrow. The okra is coming in strong and I have silly pumpkins popping up where I used the compost, remember in your compost, do not toss your pumpkin seeds unless you want them everywhere….
Noah and I spent several hours working on his Oak Garden yesterday, clearing most of the land by hand and using the natural plants and filling in with some shade loving plants and shrubs as well as trees. The work is hot and tiring but it will be beautiful. He has grand plans of making it a really nice sitting area. My herb garden is right next to it and yesterday we opened up a place to walk between.
So, the raffle (one hour reading with me) at Crystal Connection was won by Deborah Cone and I raised $130, not much but every bit helps, thank you to those that bought a raffle ticket. I am still a little nervous about traveling light on money but I have friends helping me and I will be making a little money along the way. In 11 days I will be in Nova Scotia and then off to Quebec. I will NOT have cell phone at all and limited internet but hopeful enough to keep up with my blog and my family at home. I will be working in the kitchen and other assorted chores while there. It seems they keep us working and in class from 9am-10pm everyday and one day off during the two weeks to do other things.
More Down on the farm….
I know for sure that both goats are pregnant, and we got a new little 4 month old billy goat and mean old Johnson has gone to another farm for breeding. The chickens are laying better and the blueberries are coming in. Just a few weeks and they will be full, if we continue to get rain. The deer are eating most of the ripe ones that are near the trails but there are plenty for all us critters. They are also eating our pear trees, the leaves, they wait till the pares are ripe which will not be till August or so. I guess since the weather has been so hot and lots of stuff dying the deer are seeking out what is green. They ate my only two little nectarines, and that is right in front of the dogs. They are very brave but I don’t feel too bad, everything is so dry and food scares. I will probably miss the blueberry harvest since they will be ready to pick while I am gone, and I’ll have to leave the harvest up to the family.
Getting fit for the trip
The ticks, yellow flies and horse flies are really bad. It takes a tough hide or DEET to stay out there long and with the heat, making short trips into the woods and garden at anytime other than early morning can be rough. I am really glad I have been doing a little extra exersise in the early mornings. Speaking of which, every morning I play my flute for about 30 minutes as the sun is coming up and then I go on a two and a half mile run. This has been conditioning for me to get ready for this trip and helping relieve some of the stress over the past few weeks. I have really been trying to focus on the energy of our shifting world and feeling some things fall into place. I really feel our world preparing for changes in nature. As I have said before the animals are acting different. I have noticed lots of Crows and was gifted with a feather a few days ago. Last week Noah, Trent and I went for a long boat trip on the Wacissa, I saw birds I have never seen before and only one turtle, which was strange. There were lots of fish but we did not catch any, but we tried. Trent had his very first snorkeling experience at Big Blue and this kid is afraid of water. If you have never swam in Big Blue in the Wacissa River it is breath taking and crystal clear. Well worth the trip. But there was something different about the river.
I am sure there is plenty more I could blog today but I want to post some photos since I am on the CC WiFi and it only takes seconds to do so here are some to share.
Yes, I know I have really been behind and I have a bunch of photos I want to post. I am just hanging out in the AC at Crystal Connection on my computer today. Trying to catch up with my blogging and life! Putting my foot down on the ground because my head is spinning........
I am so excited that we have had some rain these past few days, the garden might actually make it, and I have my kitchen counter set up to start pickling tomorrow. The okra is coming in strong and I have silly pumpkins popping up where I used the compost, remember in your compost, do not toss your pumpkin seeds unless you want them everywhere….
Noah and I spent several hours working on his Oak Garden yesterday, clearing most of the land by hand and using the natural plants and filling in with some shade loving plants and shrubs as well as trees. The work is hot and tiring but it will be beautiful. He has grand plans of making it a really nice sitting area. My herb garden is right next to it and yesterday we opened up a place to walk between.
So, the raffle (one hour reading with me) at Crystal Connection was won by Deborah Cone and I raised $130, not much but every bit helps, thank you to those that bought a raffle ticket. I am still a little nervous about traveling light on money but I have friends helping me and I will be making a little money along the way. In 11 days I will be in Nova Scotia and then off to Quebec. I will NOT have cell phone at all and limited internet but hopeful enough to keep up with my blog and my family at home. I will be working in the kitchen and other assorted chores while there. It seems they keep us working and in class from 9am-10pm everyday and one day off during the two weeks to do other things.
More Down on the farm….
I know for sure that both goats are pregnant, and we got a new little 4 month old billy goat and mean old Johnson has gone to another farm for breeding. The chickens are laying better and the blueberries are coming in. Just a few weeks and they will be full, if we continue to get rain. The deer are eating most of the ripe ones that are near the trails but there are plenty for all us critters. They are also eating our pear trees, the leaves, they wait till the pares are ripe which will not be till August or so. I guess since the weather has been so hot and lots of stuff dying the deer are seeking out what is green. They ate my only two little nectarines, and that is right in front of the dogs. They are very brave but I don’t feel too bad, everything is so dry and food scares. I will probably miss the blueberry harvest since they will be ready to pick while I am gone, and I’ll have to leave the harvest up to the family.
Getting fit for the trip
The ticks, yellow flies and horse flies are really bad. It takes a tough hide or DEET to stay out there long and with the heat, making short trips into the woods and garden at anytime other than early morning can be rough. I am really glad I have been doing a little extra exersise in the early mornings. Speaking of which, every morning I play my flute for about 30 minutes as the sun is coming up and then I go on a two and a half mile run. This has been conditioning for me to get ready for this trip and helping relieve some of the stress over the past few weeks. I have really been trying to focus on the energy of our shifting world and feeling some things fall into place. I really feel our world preparing for changes in nature. As I have said before the animals are acting different. I have noticed lots of Crows and was gifted with a feather a few days ago. Last week Noah, Trent and I went for a long boat trip on the Wacissa, I saw birds I have never seen before and only one turtle, which was strange. There were lots of fish but we did not catch any, but we tried. Trent had his very first snorkeling experience at Big Blue and this kid is afraid of water. If you have never swam in Big Blue in the Wacissa River it is breath taking and crystal clear. Well worth the trip. But there was something different about the river.
I am sure there is plenty more I could blog today but I want to post some photos since I am on the CC WiFi and it only takes seconds to do so here are some to share.
LOOK CLOSE! I have never seen this before Locus leaving shell
Gardenia Tree!
Corn before the rain
SEE There was fruit on this tree, Mr.Scruffy & Blue did not do it!
Wacissa River
Swallow Tail Kite
Yes, it has been a while....sorry
May 26, 2011 (OK I know this is a little late but I am posting it any way)
I know it has been several weeks since I have posted to my blog, and I feel somewhat guilty to not be keeping up with it. When I started it I made a commitment that I would keep it up but…… sometimes I just slip into a place where computers and technology is the farthest thing from my mind and that is where I have been.
Water, water everywhere,
water, water none to spare,
And the chant goes on……………..but I will not share the rest.
The farm is suffering from the heat and the lack of rain, yes I feel we are in a drought. We have already burned up one pump and used our reserves that are due to be rebuilt. Noah had to buy a new one and it is just not putting out the volume we need. Water is a concern with us between watering all the horses and other farm animals. We have plans in the future for a solar powered pump and tank set high enough on a platform to get enough pressure to water the vegetable garden, the green house and the herb garden. Right now it is several hours a day of switching sprinklers off and on, timers off and on and watering all the plants and fruit trees. We are more that 10 inches below normal for rainfall. And with the cool nights up till a few weeks ago when we got down to the 40’s in May, which is unheard of in north Florida, it has been a hard growing season already.
But look at the changes in the world, just this year, floods, earth quakes, tsunami and killer tornadoes. And once again I will say, the animals are acting strange. Our chickens are laying half what they were a few months ago, horses and goats are dropping off weight and we are feeding more. I saw another bear last week and a huge coyote yesterday morning on the edge of our land, he was as big as my beloved Zeus. It makes me uneasy and I guess since I am very attuned to the Earth and the Spirits of the land, I feel the changes, I feel helpless and want to help if I can. I know the transitions are happening and we are all changing but I still find it hard understand. Next weeks starts hurricane season, and it has been several years since we have had one in the Florida panhandle. Each year it seems that the winds take them out to sea but with the heat and changing currents…well, it is coming. But at least you know when a hurricane is coming. It doesn’t just sneak up on you while your at the Home Depot in Joplin Missouri at 5:00 in the afternoon. At least we have time to prepare and or get the hell out of the way. I guess you can tell I am a true Floridian and I take storms and hurricanes pretty seriously.
When I was a kid my family owned a beach house at Alligator Point, in the years maybe 7 or 8, they put in three seawalls and in 1972 sold the house. The following summer it was on the front page of the Tallahassee Democrat with one wall standing in the sand and the gulf lapping where the house once stood.
Back to the Garden…
You would think with all the work I did in the garden to put in permanent beds and drip irrigation, sheet mulching and tending these 12 rows tenderly, they would be thriving, but they are not. But all is not lost, I am still observing and recording my results. And even though my heart sinks when I see curled up leaves and small fruit, most all the plants are green. And Ken’s Corn is just about as happy as corn can be growing in horse manure, and the control that has nothing but sand and water is a real test. I will post photos so you can see for yourself. I will plant the heirloom pole beans on the new moon next week. I also think I need to start some more tomatoes in the green house and set up the misters, these are just not going to make it.
We are getting squash, okra and cucumbers, the few tomatoes we have gotten out of the garden taste like chemicals which we do not use in the garden at all. But the container tomatoes were very good. Also we had little white egg plants from the containers, I just still can’t wrap my head around these cute little egg plants but they were good peeled and fried in strips. Noah’s peppers seem to love the drought, and they are getting watered everyday, but he likes them hot, I just like the big ones I can stuff and cook.
But you know it is summer when you can stand in your yard and eat breakfast under the plum tree. This year we had a bumper crop of plums. This past weekend we had the grandkids and Leslie spread sheets under the tree and shook it till we filled two buckets full. I started jelly but decided to freeze the juice till I could boil down more to juice in the next few days. I have never had enough to make plum jelly. But our Blue berries bushes are loaded with green berries, if we do not get rain in the next few weeks we will lose them all, since our bushes are out in the woods we have no way to water them. Our pear trees are full and the fig trees look like they are also going to be plentiful. The grapes are just now starting to show and I have two nectarines on my tree I just planted this year. So we will have fruit if nothing else. I give thanks to the Bees for that. We have already collected 8 gallons of honey this year and our bees are happy and busy.
So this weekend is Memorial Day weekend, the yellow flies are really bad and the horse flies are coming. Oh, to be a horse in the chicken yard. I just had a good laugh watching the chickens run around catching horse flies buzzing our miniature horse, Stoney and the Zebus. Every Memorial Day since I have lived here on the farm, 25 years now, our Gardenia Bush blooms. I call it a tree, since it is at least 15-20 feet high and maybe 30 feet around or more, it is huge. When we were first starting our horse farm we had the horses in the yard for a while and they ate the bush/tree down to the nub. Even though gardenias are said to be poisonous to horses, it did not kill a single horse, but came back strong. The scent is so heavenly and it fills the air, I just love them. I remember taking them to a weekend getaway with Noah at Wakulla Springs in 2000, the scent filled our room and collecting them and drying gallons for Jamie’s wedding. Taking them to everyone I know when they are in bloom. And to have your own bush you just take the cuttings and stick them in sandy soil near a dripping facet and next year you have your own gardenia bush. But a warning when you bring them inside, those pesky little fruit k
gnats that are in full force right now just love them too. I just had to toss mine out of the kitchen.
And my trip to Canada is coming up fast!!! Jump up and down excited!!! I am almost ready, last week I wrote my friend Bonnie in Nova Scotia and asked, "So what the hell does a Florida Girls wear to Canada?" Then we spent 1 ½ hours on the phone Sunday night. I am so excited to see her and her family it has been two years since they moved there and I miss her so. But I got busy and as I do, and hit Goodwill and the Thrift shops, found everything I needed for a minimal cost, a Samsonite Carry On in mint condition for $9.99 and a brand new pair of tennis shoes for $9.99. And some clothes from the thrift store. Then did a little GOOGLE travel research, it has been since 2004 when I last traveled out of the country and 2006 since I have flown, so I needed to catch up on all the TSA stuff. Check, done, everything paid for, just waiting for final instructions from Earth Activist Training and off I go. My first week I will be in Lunenburg Nova Scotia with Bonnie. I will be working there too. She has booked readings and a public demonstration at the kids school as a fundraiser. Platform Mediumship can be a lot of fun and I enjoy it if the people attending have some idea what you are doing up there, if not it can be difficult to give messages from people that don’t understand you are communicating with their loved ones that have passed over. But it will be great and I am looking forward to it. The On Friday June 24th I will be taking a 21 hour train ride to Montreal Quebec the last link will be worked out to Audet, Quebec where I start class on June 25. I am nervous but not about my travel or my trip, I am nervous about the farm and leaving for a month. I have a full time job here and it takes me working hard everyday to take care of critters and tend the garden, I am going to be gone for almost a month. I hate leaving all that with Noah and I worry about him too, that is too much work alone. But he is supportive of me making this trip, seeing Bonnie and going to EAT, he is excited for me too. But I am still worried, also I am wondering about communication too, cell phones and computers work everywhere but will they work at HEARTROOT FARMS?
So even though it is memorial Day weekend, I miss Starfest at Star Bridge in North g
Georgia. We haven’t been in two years now and they didn’t have the festival this year. For those of you that don’t know about Starfest, it is a private festival and four day weekend with the Beloved Emerald Rose a pagan rock band and just the coolest guys you could every meet and the place where they have it is equally awesome. But for now, I will just have to send the LOVE! aNd maybe see them in the near future.
I know it has been several weeks since I have posted to my blog, and I feel somewhat guilty to not be keeping up with it. When I started it I made a commitment that I would keep it up but…… sometimes I just slip into a place where computers and technology is the farthest thing from my mind and that is where I have been.
Water, water everywhere,
water, water none to spare,
And the chant goes on……………..but I will not share the rest.
The farm is suffering from the heat and the lack of rain, yes I feel we are in a drought. We have already burned up one pump and used our reserves that are due to be rebuilt. Noah had to buy a new one and it is just not putting out the volume we need. Water is a concern with us between watering all the horses and other farm animals. We have plans in the future for a solar powered pump and tank set high enough on a platform to get enough pressure to water the vegetable garden, the green house and the herb garden. Right now it is several hours a day of switching sprinklers off and on, timers off and on and watering all the plants and fruit trees. We are more that 10 inches below normal for rainfall. And with the cool nights up till a few weeks ago when we got down to the 40’s in May, which is unheard of in north Florida, it has been a hard growing season already.
But look at the changes in the world, just this year, floods, earth quakes, tsunami and killer tornadoes. And once again I will say, the animals are acting strange. Our chickens are laying half what they were a few months ago, horses and goats are dropping off weight and we are feeding more. I saw another bear last week and a huge coyote yesterday morning on the edge of our land, he was as big as my beloved Zeus. It makes me uneasy and I guess since I am very attuned to the Earth and the Spirits of the land, I feel the changes, I feel helpless and want to help if I can. I know the transitions are happening and we are all changing but I still find it hard understand. Next weeks starts hurricane season, and it has been several years since we have had one in the Florida panhandle. Each year it seems that the winds take them out to sea but with the heat and changing currents…well, it is coming. But at least you know when a hurricane is coming. It doesn’t just sneak up on you while your at the Home Depot in Joplin Missouri at 5:00 in the afternoon. At least we have time to prepare and or get the hell out of the way. I guess you can tell I am a true Floridian and I take storms and hurricanes pretty seriously.
When I was a kid my family owned a beach house at Alligator Point, in the years maybe 7 or 8, they put in three seawalls and in 1972 sold the house. The following summer it was on the front page of the Tallahassee Democrat with one wall standing in the sand and the gulf lapping where the house once stood.
Back to the Garden…
You would think with all the work I did in the garden to put in permanent beds and drip irrigation, sheet mulching and tending these 12 rows tenderly, they would be thriving, but they are not. But all is not lost, I am still observing and recording my results. And even though my heart sinks when I see curled up leaves and small fruit, most all the plants are green. And Ken’s Corn is just about as happy as corn can be growing in horse manure, and the control that has nothing but sand and water is a real test. I will post photos so you can see for yourself. I will plant the heirloom pole beans on the new moon next week. I also think I need to start some more tomatoes in the green house and set up the misters, these are just not going to make it.
We are getting squash, okra and cucumbers, the few tomatoes we have gotten out of the garden taste like chemicals which we do not use in the garden at all. But the container tomatoes were very good. Also we had little white egg plants from the containers, I just still can’t wrap my head around these cute little egg plants but they were good peeled and fried in strips. Noah’s peppers seem to love the drought, and they are getting watered everyday, but he likes them hot, I just like the big ones I can stuff and cook.
But you know it is summer when you can stand in your yard and eat breakfast under the plum tree. This year we had a bumper crop of plums. This past weekend we had the grandkids and Leslie spread sheets under the tree and shook it till we filled two buckets full. I started jelly but decided to freeze the juice till I could boil down more to juice in the next few days. I have never had enough to make plum jelly. But our Blue berries bushes are loaded with green berries, if we do not get rain in the next few weeks we will lose them all, since our bushes are out in the woods we have no way to water them. Our pear trees are full and the fig trees look like they are also going to be plentiful. The grapes are just now starting to show and I have two nectarines on my tree I just planted this year. So we will have fruit if nothing else. I give thanks to the Bees for that. We have already collected 8 gallons of honey this year and our bees are happy and busy.
So this weekend is Memorial Day weekend, the yellow flies are really bad and the horse flies are coming. Oh, to be a horse in the chicken yard. I just had a good laugh watching the chickens run around catching horse flies buzzing our miniature horse, Stoney and the Zebus. Every Memorial Day since I have lived here on the farm, 25 years now, our Gardenia Bush blooms. I call it a tree, since it is at least 15-20 feet high and maybe 30 feet around or more, it is huge. When we were first starting our horse farm we had the horses in the yard for a while and they ate the bush/tree down to the nub. Even though gardenias are said to be poisonous to horses, it did not kill a single horse, but came back strong. The scent is so heavenly and it fills the air, I just love them. I remember taking them to a weekend getaway with Noah at Wakulla Springs in 2000, the scent filled our room and collecting them and drying gallons for Jamie’s wedding. Taking them to everyone I know when they are in bloom. And to have your own bush you just take the cuttings and stick them in sandy soil near a dripping facet and next year you have your own gardenia bush. But a warning when you bring them inside, those pesky little fruit k
gnats that are in full force right now just love them too. I just had to toss mine out of the kitchen.
And my trip to Canada is coming up fast!!! Jump up and down excited!!! I am almost ready, last week I wrote my friend Bonnie in Nova Scotia and asked, "So what the hell does a Florida Girls wear to Canada?" Then we spent 1 ½ hours on the phone Sunday night. I am so excited to see her and her family it has been two years since they moved there and I miss her so. But I got busy and as I do, and hit Goodwill and the Thrift shops, found everything I needed for a minimal cost, a Samsonite Carry On in mint condition for $9.99 and a brand new pair of tennis shoes for $9.99. And some clothes from the thrift store. Then did a little GOOGLE travel research, it has been since 2004 when I last traveled out of the country and 2006 since I have flown, so I needed to catch up on all the TSA stuff. Check, done, everything paid for, just waiting for final instructions from Earth Activist Training and off I go. My first week I will be in Lunenburg Nova Scotia with Bonnie. I will be working there too. She has booked readings and a public demonstration at the kids school as a fundraiser. Platform Mediumship can be a lot of fun and I enjoy it if the people attending have some idea what you are doing up there, if not it can be difficult to give messages from people that don’t understand you are communicating with their loved ones that have passed over. But it will be great and I am looking forward to it. The On Friday June 24th I will be taking a 21 hour train ride to Montreal Quebec the last link will be worked out to Audet, Quebec where I start class on June 25. I am nervous but not about my travel or my trip, I am nervous about the farm and leaving for a month. I have a full time job here and it takes me working hard everyday to take care of critters and tend the garden, I am going to be gone for almost a month. I hate leaving all that with Noah and I worry about him too, that is too much work alone. But he is supportive of me making this trip, seeing Bonnie and going to EAT, he is excited for me too. But I am still worried, also I am wondering about communication too, cell phones and computers work everywhere but will they work at HEARTROOT FARMS?
So even though it is memorial Day weekend, I miss Starfest at Star Bridge in North g
Georgia. We haven’t been in two years now and they didn’t have the festival this year. For those of you that don’t know about Starfest, it is a private festival and four day weekend with the Beloved Emerald Rose a pagan rock band and just the coolest guys you could every meet and the place where they have it is equally awesome. But for now, I will just have to send the LOVE! aNd maybe see them in the near future.
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