{"id":4762,"date":"2011-10-31T20:36:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T02:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=4762"},"modified":"2012-03-06T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T16:25:26","slug":"between-autumn-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/31\/between-autumn-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Autumn &#038; Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4786\" title=\"Happy All Souls Day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/halloweenpumpkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/halloweenpumpkin.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/halloweenpumpkin-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tonight we celebrate the Celtic New Year with our friends and loved ones . . .\u00a0 we honor and remember those now gone and embrace the magic and mystery of our own lives.<\/p>\n<p>We gather to remind ourselves how truly grateful we are to be able to share our lives with each other. We weave our magic to create change, to help others find their own magic, to create a better life for ourselves and others, to connect and reconnect with the web of life that binds us all together.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies &amp; Gents . . . take up your magical brooms and sweep away the old and sweep in healing, abundance, goodness, love and protection.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>Wishing all ~ Blessings of the Celtic New Year<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>Preparations for a Halloween Tea Party<\/em><\/strong><\/span> ~ are underway and there is a flurry of activity going on in my home. Tea cups, saucers, tea pots, vintage lace tablecloths, ribbons and candles are being assembled for the festivities tonight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4794\" title=\"Tea Party Preparations\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/teapartypreparations1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/teapartypreparations1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/teapartypreparations1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There will be Witches, Goblins &amp; Faeries descending on my house and much celebration and magic under a waxing Halloween Moon. I have lots of treats in my cauldron and will be brewing plenty of tea\u00a0 for all . . .<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>Magic &amp; Enchantment is in the air . . .<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Looks like someone left their witches hat and\u00a0 jewelry behind.\u00a0 Love the hat!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4792\" title=\"A Witches Party Hat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/witcheshat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/witcheshat.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/witcheshat-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>\u00a0I can&#8217;t wait to see all of it put together. .<\/em><\/span> .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4790\" title=\"Witchy earrings &amp; pearls\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/witchearrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong><em><strong>Took a little break and now I need to finish up ~ Have a wonderful Halloween!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4805\" title=\"Tea Break\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/afternoonteatime1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/afternoonteatime1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/afternoonteatime1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong>In this most magical time of the year when the veils between the worlds grows thin, when the dead return, and the faeries gather on the hills, you can hear the ancestors voices carried on the wind.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4806\" title=\"Preey Witch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/halloweencprettywitch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/halloweencprettywitch.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/halloweencprettywitch-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Places to visit;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>* Valerianna Claff at<a href=\"http:\/\/ravenwoodforest.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/into-mystery.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0 Raven Wood Forest,<\/a> has a wonderful blog post on paying attention to nature&#8217;s cycles. Also\u00a0 be sure to listen to the song &#8220;Into the Mystery&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>* Tess Giles Marshall review of &#8220;The Dangerous old Woman&#8221; by Dr Pinkola Estes on her blog site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimsmoon.com\/2011\/10\/21\/dangerous-old-woman-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pilgrim&#8217;s Moon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Check out Whispers of the Ancestors;\u00a0 A Tarot spread for All Hallows by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaiansoul.com\/2011\/10\/whispers-of-the-ancestors-a-tarot-spread-for-all-hallows\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joanna Powell Colbert<\/a>. I did this Tarot spread for myself last year and I loved it!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Here&#8217;s a video to stir the heart and mind ~ Blessings to all.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" 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\/srBOVO0ug4I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/srBOVO0ug4I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/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 ~ Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight we celebrate the Celtic New Year with our friends and loved ones . . .\u00a0 we honor and remember those now gone and embrace the magic and mystery of our own lives. We gather to remind ourselves how truly grateful we are to be able to share our lives with each other. 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