{"id":3157,"date":"2010-10-22T18:31:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T00:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2010-10-22T18:31:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T00:31:59","slug":"rain-mind-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/22\/rain-mind-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain ~ Mind ~ Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the rain washed\u00a0 over me ~ washed me clean ~ refreshing my mind and spirit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3161\" title=\"Time flies tick tick\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/treesongbirdb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/treesongbirdb.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/treesongbirdb-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A light misty rain all day with heavy clouds so near I could reach up and touch them ~ There were brief moments when the sun tried to break through, but the sky quickly swallowed it up again. Sigh &#8230; It was definitely a two pot of coffee kind of day!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3159\" title=\"brambles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/brambles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/brambles.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/brambles-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, I took a photo of this huge bramble bush near our home and wondered how many small creatures make their home there, in the dense, thick, tangle of brambles! A reminder that I need only to look ~ to find enchantment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3158\" title=\"Gargoyle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/gargoyle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/gargoyle.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/gargoyle-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watching ~ Reflecting ~ Observing how the changing seasons flow over and through me ~The spiral turns once again ~ And as always, I find that nature is my\u00a0 guide and ultimate teacher.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">GREETING <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Over the wave-patterned sea floor,<br \/>\nOver the long sun-burnt ridge of the world,<br \/>\nI bid the winds seek you<br \/>\nI bid them cry to you<br \/>\nNight and morning<br \/>\nA name you loved once;<br \/>\nI bid them bring to you<br \/>\nReed songs, and songs of the small birds &#8211;<br \/>\nand sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n~ Ella Young (1867 &#8211; 1956)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Everyday Goddessing\u00a0 is about        sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful        Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a        wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and   that      everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0  each  of  us.  \u2013    Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the rain washed\u00a0 over me ~ washed me clean ~ refreshing my mind and spirit. A light misty rain all day with heavy clouds so near I could reach up and touch them ~ There were brief moments when the sun tried to break through, but the sky quickly swallowed it up again. Sigh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[624,4,19,74],"tags":[756,753,757,760,754,894,755,759,752,642,758],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3157"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3208,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157\/revisions\/3208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}