JourneySeeds

::Birthing You::

Sheila Kitzinger is a longtime proponent for Holistic Birthing.  I added the 'you' in there!  What is it you're birthing in your life right now?  May your day be filled with the gift of Love...

::In the West::

A medicine pouch I created for Soulodge.


The sun sets in the West at our place...

::Dreambirds::

Springtime childrens books. 

::Spring Soulodge Begins::

And so it begins in the East...

:sit:

Piles of vintage linens means too many stored linens.  I pulled this piece out over the weekend and draped it over a sitting bench to admire every time we walked by it.  There was not alot of sitting though.  In Soulodge we are taking time to be in our "sit spots".  This might be one of those places...


Purple pansies peek ...


A wagon to haul from the car to the house...after all these years?  Really?  Save your back...get a wagon!

birthday

stacy de la Rosa of Bella Wish created this word of the year necklace for me.  She is one of my Soulodge Sisters.

A gift from my husband...a birthday wish for me.

A new pantry shelf made for me for my birthday.  I'll fill it up with grains, beans, herbs...all those good things that nourish our bodies!

finished off with a heart!

I already had a shelf that held 15 jars quite nicely.  Inspired by Heather over at Wholefoodkitchen...we decided a nice big shelf would be wonderful.  This will work until the someday pantry is built.  That someday pantry will also do double duty as cold storage for the winters.  This is the panty in the new kitchen that is slowly coming together.

A tray perfect for a girl born under the Pisces Sun.


Flowers were brought to me all week long!

Red Rose and House Wine...


Rabbit door knob to be installed...


Dried roses in an old blue fiesta vase that emma found at the flea market a couple of years ago.  I love old dried flowers.  I like to watch them shrivel up and fade away.  Often I tie them into a bunch and hang then up somewhere...


Mushroom salt & pepper shakers...


Red tulips fading...

There was...
*building
*reading
*vintage hunting
*cooking
*pizza
*conversation
*wind & sun
*dog visiting
*pantry shelfing
*a christmas tree lit up
*carrot cake
*green candles
*Design Sponge Book
*gift giving
*spirit doll materials
*drift wood from the beach
*candles of blue
*love

Protectress....

I created this spirit doll today...

She is made from a white birch that fell during the big snowstorm a few weeks ago.  She is dressed in vintage linens with an L embroidered on her back.  The feathers are Turkey, Pheasant and Owl given to me from my husband.  She carries rosehips and milkweed pods for nurturance and heart health.  Silk ribbons are held for humanity...and the community of women sisters that I travel with.  Aventurine gem is a her throat chakra tied with a gossamer thread for speaking the truth, finding one's voice, speaking up.  Aventurine shards are also hung from her belt and held in her hand...for heart protection, leading, self healing, pain relief, transformation, clairvoyance, intuition, self nurturing.  Mother Turtle is at her core chakra...holding all that is the world.  Octopus hangs near her feet for swimming through the deep tides of the emotinal depths of the soul's ocean.  A vintage handkerchief sit on her head...tied with glittery silver threads that call in light, winter, the north, the moon.  Her feet are wrapped in the seafoam of the ocean...watery, undulating, deep, welcoming and at times so unforgiving in her power.  The base wood is from a poplar tree. Spirit protectress...I made for Soulodge, which is a wonderful community of women sharing a journey together...Aho.

Into the fire

This week in the Lodge we are moving into the South.  It is into the fire I go.  Looking underneath, more closely, authenticity, facing fears, walking though it...with tenderness.