{"id":4838,"date":"2011-11-18T17:19:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T23:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=4838"},"modified":"2012-03-06T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T16:23:29","slug":"enchantment-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/18\/enchantment-in-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Enchantment In The Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4848\" title=\"The Breath Of Autumn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/breathofautumn31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/breathofautumn31.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/breathofautumn31-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">May the whisper of the Autumn wind carry blessings of love &amp; abundance to those you love.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4854\" title=\"The Magical Life\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/autumnpumkin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/autumnpumkin.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/autumnpumkin-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>I find myself staring out the window a lot these days as November&#8217;s magic swirls around me. Watching the golden leaves ~ floating to the earth below . . . the plants and trees slowly winding down their cycle of growth and beginning to die, and yet I love the energy and the brilliant colors of autumn.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>~ For some unknown reason, I always feel younger and more alive during this time of the year.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/autumntreespicketfence1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4871\" title=\"Autumn Trees\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/autumntreespicketfence1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/autumntreespicketfence1.jpg 455w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/autumntreespicketfence1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>A sense of stillness and inevitable change linger in the air . . . then the dark rain clouds overhead\u00a0 suddenly release <strong><em>one drop . . . another drop . . . and then another. I am completely enchanted by every nuance of light and shadow, every smell, every sound, and experience of the rainstorm.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4913\" title=\"Autumn Rain Storm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/autumnrains.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"180\" \/> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>As nature undresses herself during the transition from autumn to winter, I often find myself in the garden, tucked away beneath a warm blanket where I sit and reflect on the incredible beauty of this season.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4864\" title=\"Golden leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/goldenamberleaves1-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/goldenamberleaves1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/goldenamberleaves1.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<strong><em>B<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>reathe in the magic and wonder of fall . . .<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4887\" title=\"Our PersimmonTree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/persimmontree5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/persimmontree5.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/persimmontree5-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>~ a bitter sweet tingle of enchantment in the air. ~<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4876\" title=\"A path leading to my favorite creek\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/downbythecreek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/downbythecreek.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/downbythecreek-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em>Each step we take in nature is a step towards deeper understanding, connection, love and\u00a0 gratitude for this sacred planet. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4895\" title=\"Angel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ancientthresholds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ancientthresholds.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ancientthresholds-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>\u00a0&#8220;&#8230;we are custodians of deep and ancient thresholds. In the human face you see that potential and the miracle of undying possibility.&#8221; ~ John O&#8217;Donohue<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0A very enchanting short by Alasdair Beckett-King<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"420\" 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\/VMPTHLnjRKc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"420\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VMPTHLnjRKc?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Delicious autumn!\u00a0\u00a0 My very soul is wedded to it, <\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth <\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>seeking the successive autumns.&#8221; \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><strong>~\u00a0\u00a0 George Eliot\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. 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