Today I have been working on my crochet project. I have used " jewel colours". The colours don't come out as they really are on the pictures, they are a bit brighter !!

As you can see from the outside on there's a gold like colour, then a marble colour, then a ruby colour, then a gold colour, then a saphire colour, then marble again, then amethyst, then gold, then jade, then marble and a heart of ruby.

I will call it my "royal afghan", because it has such precious colours ; )

We have received the course and are now picking a day in the week where we will read the gwersu (lessons). I will let you know how we are getting on.

What a relief, I thought there wasn't anyone that read my blog anymore.
It's good to write for yourself, but it's even nicer to know that there are people that read the things you write.
I still haven't received the new course. They have debited the money for the course, so it can arrive anytime.

The OBOD is the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. It's an international order, they have a distant learning program and that is what we are going to do. We are starting with the first grade, which is the Bardic grade. Each month we will receive 4 lessons, 1 lesson a week.

The course can be done in 1 year, but most people need more time.

I hope you will follow me on the path.

The extreme cold has gone, but it is getting a bit colder again.
Today the sun was shining and the birds were very active. We have found the special orchis again. It's leaves are already above ground, so I'm very glad.
I'm afraid I have a lot of frost damage in the garden. I will have to take a look when it's getting a bit warmer. New seeds will have to be bought, so I will have to take a trip to the local garden center to get some brochures. I will let you know what I have been up to next time ; )

Have a great day !!

Hi everyone,
I am thinking about closing this blog. It has been some time since people commented on my posts, so I don't think there are a lot of visitors here. It's very hard for me to write about spiritual things at the moment and to write only for myself. I'm far too busy with day to day life and I am going to follow a course, but that is something I can't talk about because it's only for members of OBOD, so I don't think I will have an awful lot to say anymore.

I'll just have to think about this. The seed is planted and now I have to see how it will grow.

Hi everyone,

we have just heard yesterday that our course in the Bardic grade from OBOD will arrive soon.

Husband and I will be able to study the first grade of Druidry.

We will take our time, but try to do a lesson each week. The course will take a year in that speed ( a lesson a week). I am very excited and I know what lies ahead, because I have started the course before, but due to circumstances, stopped again. Now I'm determined to see it through !!

Have a magical day everyone.

Winter Witch by Janelle McKain

Hi everyone,

First of all, a bit late, Happy 2010 !!! I hope it will be a great year for all of you !!

I have been away for far too long. It has been a very busy time and I am trying to keep up again with all things computer ; )

It is very cold here at the moment. The wind makes it even colder.

The Earth is covered with snow and ice and the Water is covered with ice too.

Birds visit the bird feeding place in the front garden and you can see they are very hungry.

I have to put up new fat-seed balls for them, because they have finished two of them in no time.

The course my husband and I am going to follow isn't in yet. The man who sends the things is on vacation until January the 12th. We have to be patient. Next week I am hoping to hear from him.

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday season and that you are a bit rested now.

I have decided to stop working when I don't get an unlimited contract. They have offered me a contract for 6 months, but I think that is way too insecure. When you stop working in January there are certain things, like the taxes that can be changed, but half through the year that's not possible in all cases.

I love to be at home and I love being a housewitch. My daughter, sweet girl, just said, she loves it when we are at home. Normally I have to work two weekends a month and days in between.
I got less in touch with nature and my Pagan ways, just because I was way too busy.

We will have to make do with less money, but we will try our best.
I hope you are all fine too.

Have a magical weekend everyone !!

Hi everyone,

it has been such a long time ago since my last post here, but so much has happened in my personal life.
For those of you who celebrate Christmas. I hope you had a great one. My Yule was great, we had a white one !!!
Now we are traveling towards a new year and I hope it will be fantastic. Before we jump into 2010, I will have to work a lot, so I thought I'd put this post online, just to let you know I haven't disappeared.

It's busy times at my work, so I will be working the 28th, 29th, 31st of December and 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th of January. After that I hope it will be calming down again, because I love to potter around in the house, doing my crafts, baking and reading. The house can do with a good dust through too ; )

I'm thinking about picking up my Druid study again. I had started the Bardic grade, but haven't finished it yet. I will have to start all over again, because it has been a long time ago, since I studied it.

I will have to think about it.

Have a great day everyone !!

Hi everyone,
It has been a while since my last post, so I think it's time again ; )
Yesterday my husband and I watched a very interesting documentary about Stonehenge on National Geographic Channel. It was great. It was about a dig around Stonehenge and other henges they found in the neighbourhood. The theory the archeologist had was a very interesting one and in the documentary he tries to prove his theory. They tried to reconstruct the life of the people who built Stonehenge.
I hope it will be possible for you to watch the documentary too. I've got it in an AVI file, so if you want I can send it to you through Panda. It has a Dutch subtitle though, but it is spoken in English.

Stonehenge in the snow

I have never been to Stonehenge, but I hope to visit someday. I want to visit Newgrange and the Glastonbury Tor too. These places are so very important to me.
I haven't been on a vacation for some years now, so maybe when the crisis has simmered down and we have a bit more insurance about a job for my husband, we can go ?? I will have to wait and see, but it is certainly something to look forward too.

This week will be a bit calmer then the past weeks. We had a lot going on and I was a bit stressed out, so it's time to come back to myself and try to meditate and live in a slower pace.
We have two other interesting documentaries lying around, ready to watch. One about the dark ages and one about the secret meaning of normal playing cards. Sounds like I will be having more fun, watching TV ; )

The end of November is near and we have had lots of rain and thunder. It's wet, but not terribly cold.

In a weeks time Sinterklaas will be in a lot of homes, giving children gifts. He is something like Santa Claus and comes from the same Pagan God that Santa comes from (Wodan or Odin).

After that Yule will be near and I'm planning to send the people who know that I'm a Pagan, a lovely Pagan tree free card. The others will receive a standard Christmas card.
Luckily my parents know, so do my husband and children and some friends. Not everyone though. My husband's family doesn't know a thing and I won't tell them either. Just let sleeping dogs lie ; )

Have a great day everyone.

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