pomegranate trail: Solstice

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

On the Cusp

...of the Solstice...and only feeling mostly better after an unwelcomed flu bug...

Sometimes one needs only look up...

Look up with me, won't you...

“We clasp the hands of those that go before us, and the hands of those who come after us. We enter the little circle of each other's arms And the larger circle of lovers, Whose hands are joined in a dance, And the larger circle of all creatures, Passing in and out of life,

Who move also in a dance, To a music so subtle and vast that no ear hears it

Except in fragments”

-Wendell Berry

If there is radiance in the soul
it will abound in the family.
If there is radiance in the family
it will be abundant in the community
If there is radiance in the community
it will grow in the nation
If there is radiance in the nation
the universe will flourish.
-Lao Tsu

When words become unclear,

I shall focus with photographs.

When images become inadequate,

I shall be content with silence.

~Ansel Adams~

These photos are a few weeks old now, it actually rained today. Perhaps the beginning of El Nino we keep hearing about?

Contrails in the clouds...

Let us take care of the children

For they have a long way to go.

Let us take care of the elders

For they have come a long way.

And let us take care

of the ones in between

For they are doing the work.

-Nelson Mandela

May you find quiet moments to reflect as we welcome in the light.

May the coming days of more light hold you well in peace and love.

~Nancy

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Giving and Receiving

The front

This is the front of the stocking you met in my last post.

This little baby got a snowman just like his parents.

And there are snippets of at least one fabric from both mom & dad's stockings.

He'll have to discover those when he's older!

Weaving


Cloth

These two became a gift for my co-worker, for one of those Secret Santa things.

I chose to work with her 'favorite colors' & her love of Tinkerbell, while keeping in mind that she is always cold and hikes the local mountains with her family.

A warm scarf and a medicine bag.

Shell on one side of the medicine bag

The other side of the medicine bag

Like last year, I went with my sister to the Winter Solstice Meditation.
We were offered raw rose quartz, a candle was lit.

The word coming to me for 2015 was 'open'.
Some of you may remember last year's word was 'flow'. It served me well throughout the year. Now I will consider 'open'.

I left my word tag on the tree among many others
and I will carry my word with me throughout 2015.

Here we go...

I'll leave you with a gift I was given.
Last Sunday, after returning home from a farewell open house for two
long-time, dear friends on the eve of their move North...
The sunset sang a most glorious goodbye!