Welcome to Amethystiana. My name is Moncha and I'm so glad you've found your way to my blog. Please pull up a chair, take a nice cup of herbtea, sit down and relax. Let's watch the flames in the hearth together. I'll tell you my story, please tell me yours.

"Being normal is not necessarily a virtue; it shows a lack of courage."
a quote from my favourite movie Practical Magic

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Hey everyone, just a quick post this time:


Domestic Witch has blogged about my favourite movie Practical Magic and has given a lot of lovely links about the movie. If you love the movie as much as I do, hop on over to her blog, here's the link to the post:

http://domesticwitch.blogspot.com/2009/11/practical-magic-moment.html

The patches of my new afghan have grown to the number of 7.

What can I say, I have been knitting in between too ; )


Monday, November 2, 2009

I just wanted to share this with you, I think this is a fantastic thing !!!!


Saturday, October 31, 2009

The night of Halloween

Wyspy, as you can see here are your sweets ; )

I started a new project on this magical evening. A copy of a vintage granny afghan. I hope to crochet some magic into this afghan, by starting it tonight.

Here are some pictures of my livingroom and the outside on this evening.




Have a wonderful witchy evening !!


Hey everyone,
Just flying by to wish everyone a Happy Halloween / Samhain.
I hope you'll all have a wonderful witchy night.
I'm spending mine with family.
Maybe watching one of my favourite movies "Hocus Pocus" and a new movie called "Coraline".
Maybe consulting my druid animal oracle cards in the evening, as the veil becomes thinner.
Last night I had a very strange dream, if someone knows what it could mean, please tell me:

I was sitting straight up in bed, in a dark room with several cups in front of me, turned upside down. There was a piece of white cloth in front of me that moved when I came close with my hands. I sang "Tears in heaven" and everytime I did that, that cloth moved over a cup, which represented someone who had passed on to let me know they were in heaven.

This is another version of something I have been dreaming in different forms for most of my life now, being able to move things with my hands. Whatever can this dream and the fact that I can move things, without
touching them with my hands, mean ???


print by Tracy J. Butler


I hope you can help me, please leave a comment when you know what this is all about, or just if you have been visiting, to let me know you were here ; )

Have a witchy weekend !!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Last night was the night !!!
We went to the Fleetwood Mac Unleashed tour 2009 !!!
It was sensational, two and a half hours of great music, no pauses, just one great hit after another !!! We had a fabulous time. They all looked great and Stevie was fantastic !!!

Here's a picture of one of the screens. We were right in front of the stage, but not on the lower level. We had great seats on the front row of the tribune. The stage was a bit far, but we had a great view and could look at both screens !!!

Here's a big surprise I received today. Two great packages from my friend The Faerie Wysperer !!!! Wyspy, thank you so very much. Here you can see all the goodies and the lovely Halloween card she sent me.

Here's where I put a lot of the other decorations. It's a place where I put my seasonal decorations. There's a picture of the Wheel of the year hanging above it and as you can see, the lovely sign of The Witch is in is hangening below it ; )

Here's a better view. I have put the Halloween candy, which we can't buy here, in two nice jars and hope to save some for Halloween, but my whole family is getting Halloween candy addicted, oh my !!!!!!! Thank you again Wyspy, I love it all !!!!!

video

This is a video from last night. I know it's very bad, but I just had to share. I wish I had a better camera, but I don't, I hope you don't mind !!!!

Have a magical day, wherever you are......

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Full Moon, Harvest Moon, The full Moon between September 12th and October 12th.

Tree = apple

Ogham = quert

Polarity = The Goddess

Immortality

I just sat under the full Moon, on the bench in my back garden. Very silently, not to raise suspision by the neighbours. They wouldn't know what hit them if they knew they lived next to a Pagan.

It has been a hard struggle to keep my faith during the years. You're in it alone. There aren't many people I know that are Pagan where I live and sometimes you just want to belong.

I'm a member of a Christian choir, just because I love to sing and there's no Pagan choir ; )

I have a hard time when we have to sing in church, so many mixed feelings.

You want to belong to the group, but you can't just because you have such different thoughts and convictions.

I respect Christians, but I don't know what they would do if they would find out that I'm Pagan. I know that some people would think that to be crazy.

Are there more people who struggle this way ??

In my own family it is accepted. My husband knows and understands, so do my kids. Even my parents understand and have changed through the years. They say they believe in nature too.

Sitting under the full Moon I realize that this is the most important thing, follow your heart, listen to what your heart says and what you feel.

Everytime I struggle I just have to think of the way I felt tonight, under that beautiful Moon and just know that it's ok, that this is my path.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Hey everyone,
I have been busy pottering around the garden. I'm trying to get it ready for Winter and I haven't finished yet. This is just a little project I wanted to finish. There was a lot of comfrey around the ash tree and that hung over the pond, so everytime I had to remove leaves and flowers. Now I have put anti root cloth and grit on top of that. There's place for Sir Percy the dragon and some pots. The mums are there for now. I'm planning to make a pot with all kinds of plants to put next to the tree and Sir Percy.
I'm thinking of fairy plants or herbs that can stand in the shade. Maybe someone can give me an idea ?? I would love to have some large crystals to put in the grit too.

Here's Sir Percy in his new dwelling, under the ash tree.



Here's another visitor who keeps coming back. She has eaten all my swamp snails, which where in my pond to keep the algee at bay. Oh well I think she had a few gourmet meals ; )
This means I can't put a net over my pond to keep the leaves out. I want a free path for mrs. toad !! Maybe when it gets a bit colder.
At the moment the temperature is still in the 70's, so no real Autumn weather yet. The leaves are falling and the plants are turning brown, but the weather is still warm and it's very dry !!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone !!