The blog is published. Our little world has been battered by storms of various kinds this week, but the tea is freshly brewed and we have blankets to spare. Step inside and take shelter with some mythology and poetry.
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I wonder if
They remember
Their #Travels,
These skeletal boats,
Resting in
The autumn chill,
With only time
And eventual decay
To navigate...
Is this the
Abandonment
That awaits,
When age
Has stolen
Anything useful away?
#VSS365#Writing#Poetry
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I'll be listing these Liberty Christmas tree strings some time in the next few days. Just need to get the photography done. They'll be £22 each (inc UK postage). Only 2 available. If you're interested DM me.
Tuesday is brought to you by Helgi after he needed rescuing from the kingdom of front living room 😏. The human was alerted by Ragnar yelling his lil ginger head off, and the door being battered, and so the wee beastie was liberated. Take care and have a good day. 🧡
#Cats#CatsOfBluesky
Come the season of the dead, come the commodification of the most tepid and tawdry stereotypes of the witch. We are not your plastic masks. Not your nylon conical hats. Not your acrylic green nails. We are the power to nudge the world. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
The Hunter's Moon closely aligns with the liminal festival of Samhain (the precursor to Halloween). In Celtic lore, the veil between the physical world and the spiritual realm is at its thinnest, making it a sacred time for honouring our ancestors.
Art my own.
#FullMoon#OctoberMoon#Folklore
Monday is brought to you by Helgi expressing his opinion on the weather, the possibility that the UK's reservoirs are almost empty 😏, and the fact that breakfast is late. In other news, he wishes you a peaceful start to the week. Take care. 🧡
#Cats#CatsOfBluesky
What a #Scene of carnage,
When the frenzy
Of the storm
Had passed -
The wall was breached,
The vista made anew
And alien
To the eyes...
People spoke of it
For years,
And when
The gales return,
Memory rebuilds
The promenade
From where
The ghostly wreckage lies...
#WildWalkPrompt#Writing#Poetry
Cats, belongings and ourselves all landed in Scotland now. Here just in time for the Halloween parade, which was a joy.
I don't think my whole mind has caught up with the rest of me yet, but I'm sure it will, eventually.
Hello Wild Walk #writers
Framed by a window
Upon my wall, a canvas
Of countryside scene
Your word today is
#Scene
Use the image/word to inspire your writing.
#WildWalkPrompt#prompt#writesky#blueskypoets#writingprompt#nature#5amwritersclub
Started listening to "The Vardø Witch Trials" podcast yesterday. Really fascinating to me and sparked so many questions and thoughts. Really good historical podcast. This website has a good overview of this history:
thehiddennorth.com/the-witchcra...
#WeekPforPaper#AlphabetChallenge
Last 1 for the week is my little obsession with making tartan #Origami fir trees for our #Christmas 🌲
The dinky ones are a bit fiddly with the thick paper I use but I like the result & they're sturdy
#ForestFriday#Trees#Craft#Handmade#Maker#Eck#Photography
💀🎃👻 #ISmellToast 👻🎃💀
!!ONE WEEK TO GO TILL LAUNCH!!
I thought I would give you a little sneak preview of one of my (unfinished) pictures.
You will need to see the #ISmellToast collection to see how it turned out 😉
#ClocktoberMusic#MusicChallenge
Day 25. Midnight Train To Georgia by #GladysKnightAndThePips
Released in 1973 it featured on album Imagination and made No.1 in the US & No.10 in the UK. I love Gladys & her Pips as a sound of my #70s childhood
m.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJM...#70sMusic#MusicSky
Out now in #audiobook!
Swan Castle, Cleves, 1521
Nestled deep in a land of myth and legend, the story of Anne of Cleves begins...
This Whiteness of Swans
#Tudor#Histfic#AnneofCleves#Henryviii#BooksWorthReading#booksky#audiobookswww.audible.co.uk/pd/B0DZPNRJG...
Sunday is brought to you from the storm on the Mersey Estuary, and by two ginger cats resting on their big yellow emotional support cushion. Helgi and Ragnar wish you all a peaceful day. Take care and stay safe. (The blog will be posted later.)
#Cats#CatsOfBluesky#Writing#Storm
Did u know?Watering our veg is a major problem in the drought,taking hours every day,lugging water down that end of the garden.The solution
- a water butt by the veg,collecting rain off our summer house roof.We repurposed an old dustbin by attaching guttering & it worked! Relish yr rubbish. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱💦🌍♻️
#AlphabetChallenge#WeekPforPaper#ukgifthour#ukgiftam
Most of my art is done on paper.
Here is my Sunflower watercolour framed print 🌻
What a sweet gift idea 🎁
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A little brotherly love for Saturday... When the world no longer makes any sense, there are still cats. Take care and have a peaceful day. 🧡
#Caturday#Cats#CatsOfBluesky
#BraveWrite#vss365#tanka#haiku#Poetry#commitment#photography
depression drowning
me in what we almost had
yet bluer than blue
my #commitment ran to the stars
while yours set them on fire
while we both ascribed
the end #fueling in the eyes
of one another
💙🕊️
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This absolutely beautiful surprise gift arrived from the very lovely @dianadwilder.bsky.social last night!
A hand crocheted blanket made especially for Heidi 🧶
We were stunned when we opened the parcel D! Thank you very much indeed, its incredibly generous & kind of you 😘🤗 I'll take a better photo
In the swamp, the ground keeps count. Gathering black dirt, peat water, or cypress knees means leaving tobacco, clear liquor, or smoke. No tools on hand? Spit seals the trade. When the work is tied to my own skin and bone, strands of hair helps pay the debt. #FolkWitchFriday#WitchSky#OccultSky
The lads are here for Friday, and they've told the human not to watch or listen to the news today. Apparently if the apocalypse is coming, the cats have it under control... Take care and have a lovely day. 🧡
#Cats#CatsOfBluesky
Across mountain cunning, European folkways, and lowland rootwork alike, soil isn't free... The earth keeps a ledger: silver dimes, tobacco, clean water, or other offerings. How do you practice reciprocity when gathering living soil? #FolkWitchFriday#WitchSky
Lost in the lingering
Miasma of
Life gone adrift,
The bees bring forth
Lavender for solace
And rosemary for
Deepest grief:
The botanicals
Of my grandmothers
Speak of
Forgotten things,
As I wrestle with
August's somnolent,
Fragrant heat.
#PromptCombo#Writing#NamingSorrow#Poetry
Skull & Crossbones Chic ☠️
#Howloween will soon be here so get your paws & claws on Heidi's Hell Hound collection of gifts at misheleneous.etsy.com
Find bunting for Horror-fying #HomeDecor and matching bandanas for your Demon Dog
#Etsy#Halloween#Punk#Goth#SpookySeason#Dogs#SteamPunk#Whitby
Helgi's here for Thursday and he recommends taking shelter with a nice soft emotional support blanket. It's been quite stormy in our little part of the world, and it's very grey, rainy and overcast. Take care and have a peaceful day. 🧡
#Cats#CatsOfBluesky
Hello Wild Walk #writers
Bench in an alcove,
A place to sit, rest, and watch
As the world goes by
Your word today is
#bench
Use the image/word to inspire your writing.
#WildWalkPrompt#prompt#writesky#blueskypoets#writingprompt#nature#5amwritersclub
The land is
The guardian
Of what's gone
Beyond recall;
The mountain ash
And the yew
Remember the fallen,
Bracing themselves
For the coming storm,
As they give shelter
To the library
Of memory -
All the sacrifices made
Never brought
A new dawn.
#PromptCombo#Writing#Poetry
Coleridge dreamed of sacred rivers running to a sunless sea, but blackwater does it awake. Drifting through cypress trees on mirror still tannic water, the boundary between sky & swamp dissolves away. A waking stupor where the world forgets itself.
#WyrdWednesday#Okefenokee#SouthernFolklore
Princess, Queen, Empress... The woman who challenged a King for the English throne
The story of Matilda, Lady of the English, begins
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Hello Wild Walk #writers
Parted canopy,
Window into forest's depths
Welcomes in the sky
Your word today is
#Sky
Use the image/word to inspire your writing.
#WildWalkPrompt#prompt#writesky#blueskypoets#writingprompt#nature#5amwritersclub