{"id":3449,"date":"2010-11-19T20:10:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T02:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2010-11-19T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T03:57:18","slug":"wintry-cold-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/19\/wintry-cold-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintry Cold Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The days have begun to get colder and colder and I find myself embracing this time of wintry quietude. I love the changing of the seasons especially winter with it&#8217;s pearl grey skies and bare tree branches. Most of all I love curling up under a mound of blankets with a mug of hot chocolate to watch the stars come out and dream of faraway places.<\/p>\n<p>As I sit here and write this post the rain has begun to gently fall on the naked earth below my window. The day grows dark and dusky outside and it is time for me to light the candles, brew some tea and listen to the rain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3452\" title=\"November Trees\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/novtrees.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/novtrees.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/novtrees-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/novtrees-207x136.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/novtrees-260x170.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Embracing this time of quiet &amp; reflection.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3468\" title=\"Autumn Leaves 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/autumnis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/autumnis.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/autumnis-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A secret place where I can wish and dream<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3451\" title=\"Winter Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/winterrock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/winterrock.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/winterrock-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have a lovely weekend. x0<\/p>\n<p>Before I go here is something to cheer you on this dark, cold Friday night.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #743a2e;\"><strong>Sting ~ If\u00a0 On A Winter&#8217;s Night<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"527\" height=\"319\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gFAleFnbRgw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"527\" height=\"319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gFAleFnbRgw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;It snowed and snowed, the whole world over,<br \/>\nSnow swept the world from end to end.<br \/>\nA candle burned on the table;<br \/>\nA candle burned.&#8221;<br \/>\n~\u00a0 Boris Pasternak, Dr. Zhivago<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday 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.\u201d \u2013    Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The days have begun to get colder and colder and I find myself embracing this time of wintry quietude. I love the changing of the seasons especially winter with it&#8217;s pearl grey skies and bare tree branches. 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