Hi and Merry Meet,
Today I tried something new! I made mango raspberry jam.
The other day I bought a book on canning. I've canned pickles a while back. However jam is new for me. I thought I should start with something easy. Jam seemed easy and it was!
I now have confidence in canning and want to try some other recipes in my book!
Blessed be,
Autumn
Hi and Merry Meet,
My rune set came this week! They are just beautiful and now I have the task of learning what they mean.
I've been trying to pull one stone a day (day two of that so far) and then focusing on what it means, looks like, and how it feels. When I started learning tarot a few years ago this was how I did it. I think that for me focusing on one a day helps me connect with that image.
Today I pulled the rune for separation. It looks like a fish to me, so to help me remember I am using the visual of a fish separated form it's school. The feeling is lonely and sad.
Yesterday I pulled the rune for movement. It looks like a m so that was easy to remember for me. My visual for that was a fluid dancer on a stage. The feeling was sure and steady.
I have a few more to go but I am enjoying the journey. Some day soon I will try reading with them even if I have to look up the meanings.
Blessed be,
Autumn
Hi and Merry Meet,
Yesterday I had a brainstorm. Within the past two months I have started to drink more water. I don't like the taste, but I know it is good for me. Normally, I drink juice or milk. I'm not a big soda drinker. My husband on the other hand drinks water and soda.
I bought a re-useble water bottle and have been forcing myself to use it. I'm starting to like it but still not my favorite. Anyway, I've been filling it by using the bottled water that we have in the house. My brainstorm occured when I realize that was crazy!
I would drink our tap water but it has a funky taste (more than normal water). So while I was at Wal-mart yesterday I got a Brita pitcher and extra filters. This now will stop me from wasting all the bottles and it is a small step to keeping them out of our recycle bin. On the plus side, I like the taste! I think my trying to drink more water for my health will get there, sooner rather than later!
Blessed be,
Autumn
Hi and Merry Meet,
The other day I found a beautiful tiger eye runes set on ebay.
Runes are something I want to start learning. A year or two ago I made my own set out of lake rocks that I found at the beach. I had fun making them and wanted to learn then, but I didn't really presue it. I had no books, no knowledge and so I didn't get very far.
I bid on this set anyway and ened up winning them. They come with a small booklet/pamphlet to help me. I think now is the time. I've been doing more tarot work and I want to expand my divining skills. Yeah, my pendulums and I are still working on building a connection. I've been working with one of them exclusively and I am starting to get the hang of it. I wouldn't use it yet to read for other people but we are making head way. As for my tarot, I have been doing more readings for friends/family and I am thinking about trying to expand my clientele. I would like to read more for others. I've done a few nights of impromptu readings for friends and people I don't know have asked for one too. That was fun and helped build my confidence as a reader. I would be willing to take that chance and am starting to see what kind of opportunities are around me.
Anyway my runes should come this week! I am really excited about learning to work with them. I've started reading up on them and think this will be a fun new venture.
Blessed be,
Autumn
Hi and Merry Meet,
Today my friend and I went thrifting. She has never done this and so we headed off for her to learn.
She has been watching some home decorating show where the designers go to thrift stores to decorate houses. This idea really looked good on tv she told me. I told her she might not find excatly what she had seen but we might find cool stuff anyways.
Needless to say she was disappointed that they didn't have the same things as she saw on tv. I on the other hand found some great stuff! My favorite find of the day was this picture frame. I took a note card that the goddess on it and trimmed it down a little to fit, but I think it looks great!
Now my picture of the goddess Epona can be displayed in a cool funky way that makes her look like part of my decore.
Blessed be,
Autumn
Hi and Merry Meet,
Happy Lammas! Today is the first harvest festival. I love it!
Today is a celebration of the grains and sacrifice. I planned all my meals today to go with the grains theme. I baked two loaves of bread. One is for my circle tonight and the other is for Husband and his coworkers. I also plan to bake some corn bread for Husband after dinner comes out.
For dinner I'm baking some chicken and rosting some corn. Husband is not a fan of corn on the cob so the corn bread is for him. I'm never going to be a famous chef, so one sacrifice I've made today is cooking. It would be easy to make Husband's corn bread from a box mix however I will make it from scratch. I really hope it comes out good!!
I wish you all a vedy happy Lammas!
Blessed be,
Autumn
