December 28 - Tis the season to be....

Well, our household survived the Christmas Season.. just.  Amongst the frivolity and mayhem, our family shared with one another in more ways than one.  My hubby and I ended up with a terrible bout of the dreaded yerks and perks - all I can say is I am SO grateful our house has two toilets!

Before the virus took a hold of our digestive systems, we had decided to spend a day in the garden together. This was to clear out the weeds, spread some mulch and generally 'prettify' the front entrance.  I believe we achieved great things although I haven't been outside to view what is happening in the great outdoors for over 48 hours.

My hubby carried large bales of mulch into the garden and it was my job to spread them around.  This division of labour is to ensure that plants are kept and weeds are gone.  My hubby does tend to see anything smaller than 1 metre in height as a weed.  Due to the upcoming illness, my body was weak and I needed many breaks from the physical nature of the work we were doing.

During one of my breaks, I sat next to my Beltane tree, drinking water and enjoyed the view of our garden and house.  I looked over to the area where I had done the Beastie Dance before Christmas. I couldn't believe my eyes.  The whole area was covered in spiders and spider webs!!  Not the little ones.. but BIG ones! Golden Orb Spiders were everywhere.  I counted 12 of these beautiful spiders and their golden webs.  Either it was another message from spirit about connections or these little beasties were making statement about my having destroyed some of their spiderlings! Eek!

We'll all be pleased to know that I survived attending Christmas Eve Church service as well ~ not one bolt of lightning in evidence.  I actually enjoy most church services - you can feel the spirit of worship rise up and the Great Spirit wrap us all in a loving embrace. I particularly enjoyed the enactment of the Birth of Jesus by the Children's Church.  The Star was carried by 8 children all dressed in angelic robes with the boys carrying swords.  What? Swords?  Of course!  The boys were ARCH-angels complete with swords and their tiara-halos on upside-down (like Batman, I was told!). So precious!

I hope the Christmas Season was full of fun and fantasy for you as well!

Golden Orb Spider

Namaste

Note to self - before making any more promises about purging the old from our life, I'm going to be very precise.  I didn't mean physical purging of my body!