All the cards I pulled were indicating 'new beginnings' yesterday ~ being washed with a rainbow of light. I liked that imagery! With upcoming events, I had another day jam-packed with activities to be completed. Although I wasn't able to complete all of them, I was quite happy with what I did achieve.
The Celtic Goddess, Mari, came through for us too! It rained! I was sitting at my computer finalising a few bits and pieces from my lists ~ feeling the humidity and the temperature rising when all of a sudden, I heard thunder! Really? Maybe it was a plane? A truck rumbling on the road? I dashed to the window and looked out over the mountains behind us. Lo and Behold ~ beautiful rain clouds hovering on the range. Yay! *happy dance* I watched the rain move through the valley towards us. The rain came! I raced outside and stood in those first few moments to allow the rain to cleanse me and to feel the joy of the Celticai Spirit!
Then it stopped! Five minutes of sprinkling rain was not going to satisfy the Spirit that dwells within our land. Come on Mari! You can do better than that! After ten minutes or so, where I grumbled about emptying tanks and crops that need nourishing rain. Mari came through with three hours of beautiful drenching rain. Note to self: don't get too cocky with the Goddess energies! We had some overflow through the entertainment area ~ not serious flooding, just the overflow from the pipes. It was wonderful!
When the rain eased at dusk, I was able to go out to the garden and harvest the tomatoes ~ 24 in total! Some home-made tomato sauce is in order, me thinks! Just a note ~ whenever, I harvest from our garden, I always give a quick thanks to Gaia, the elementals that live within my yard, the Celticai Spirit of the land and of course, the plants themselves! When I take our vegetable scraps outside to be buried in the yard, as I did the hole, I often say something like: From the fruits of the earth, we are grateful for your generous bounty. Now, I return to you what is no longer needed so that it may nourish and strengthen you so that we may be nourished and strengthened in return. Thank you.
Simple but effective. If you are unable to bury your scraps, you can do the same thing when you put them in the bin. It all returns to the land eventually.
I'm ready for new beginnings ~ are you?
Namaste
Thank you for your warm and beautiful writing Caithe! You make me feel like home, like as if I was on my grandmothers arms, holding me, loving me and supporting me :)
ReplyDeleteMuch love!