Full Moon Dreamboard-Harvest Moon

This month, we are asked "What would I love an abundance of?"  Health is a big one.  I was recently diagnosed with PCOS (Poly-cystic ovarian syndrome) and the medication I've had to take has been pretty awful.  One makes me nauseous and I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to the other :/

Energy is the other big one.  I haven't been cooking or doing much of anything lately.  I'm pretty sure it's tied to the health thing as well as being the stress of moving.  Buy hey!  We're now in our new house and I'm already feeling better!  

Time, as there never seems to be enough.  Peace and prosperity for our new living situation. Wisdom is something I'm always striving for.  And last but not least, the sweater is for softness.  Warmth too because it's starting to get cold, but while we need to get things moving around here we need a nice cushiony environment in which to do it.    

Full Corn Moon Dreamboard

This month Jamie asks "What dreams do I wish to bring to fruition?"  Forward movement.  My mother, sister, and I will be moving shortly due to a divorce.  I want to find a house where my mother can stay for a LONG time.  I want to eat at the dining room table instead of in the living room on the couch.  I want our lavender to finally bloom!  

My perfectionistic tendencies were in high gear when I put this together.  I refused to put just any dining room table on it, no.  The table needed to be laden with food!  Of course it also needed to be horizontal and all the home furniture photographers like to take pictures at an angle... 

Full Moon Dreamboards- Blue Moon

This board just sort of came to me randomly.  At first I had no idea what to put on here.  Jamie talks about extra-special wishes for the full blue moon.  Makes sense... as it is a moon that is shared by both hemispheres and it's the second full moon in one month.  I follow the lunar cycles and believe they have influence over us, so I get it.  But for this board I actually had to think 'What do I really want to do?'

I seem to have a block of practicality when it comes to dreaming.  There is always something else that the resources could be used on, be it money or time or something else.  I seem to have cracked the block slightly though, with this board.

I want to go places.  Take risks.  I'm only 21 but I certainly don't act like it.  That's good in some ways, but I feel like I'm holding myself back.  I need to move around more (NO I DON'T MEAN HOUSES! I've done that quite enough and am about to do so again.)  Experience things.  Make mistakes.  Do things that are scary.  Thus the surfing.  Water scares the hell out of me for some reason.  

So yeah.  This board was pretty eye-opening for me.  So thank you Jamie for this practice of self discovery. Now all I have to do is figure out how to do these things :/

Full Moon Dreamboard- Full Sturgeon Moon

This month Jamie asks "What is your intuition telling you about your dreams?"  Well, mine is telling me that I have stuff to do.  Hard work and all of that.  But at the same time I need to remain calm.  I need to make sure I take good care of myself and my surroundings as I go (considering I am one of those who likes to forget all else while focused).  

I'm noticing an abundance of blue, black and brown in this board.  I think that means I need to chill out and strap myself in for the amount of stuff I have to go through in the near future.  But hey, maybe it'll be fun.  Hopefully it will let me focus on my stuff more instead of worrying about everybody else's.

Full Moon Dreamboard- Full Buck Moon

The Full Buck Moon asks: “What are your most powerful dreams? Who are you when you are powerful?”
Another dreamboard to share with you all.  With the lioness and the swordswoman, I am a fighter.  I recycle the power I am given, back into the earth, into others and into my work .  I believe in the truth of equality for all people.  At my most powerful, I am a woman of grace and wisdom as well as whimsy and courage.  But during that growth and maturity into becoming that powerful  person, I must remain me.  Thus the rawr face in the middle.  I've been drawing that thing as my symbol for years. XD

Full Strawberry Moon Dreamboard

Please click on it for it's full splendor.  This month's dream board, Jamie of http://jamieridlerstudios.ca/ asks "What would I love to delight in this month?"  


Well... strawberries, for one thing.  Or rather, fruit in general.  I also notice a lot of texture on this board.    Jamie also make a point to say to dream without censorship.  That is the tortoise right there.  Not only do I love turtles and tortoises, but look at the symbolism.  Symbolism!  That strawberry is almost as big as that tortoise, but still it goes right for it without hesitation.  


Something I noticed while putting this dreamboard together.  I always want it a specific size.  That is a lot easier when cutting out pictures, but I make mine on the computer.  So this time around I made the board fit the pictures, not the other way around.


By the way... isn't the bee marvelous? >w<

Countdown to Party Time!


On the nineteenth of June I will be turning 21.  For most that is a big birthday since here in the States that is our legal drinking age.  Not so much for me.  I've always had a negative reaction when it comes to drinking.  I've been working on socializing myself to having those around me drinking, but I'm still a bit wary of partaking in it myself. 

Anyway... I will be doing a countdown until my birthday.  Lost of stuff to do.  My eldest sister turns 24 on the 15th.  Then on the 16th will be her bridal shower.  I should be posting stuff about the gifts I'm making her and hopefully some pictures.

So the first of June has come and gone already.  I've been busy with necessary pruning.  The plants in the house have been getting a touch too long.  I trimmed the ivy plant Fred and another hanging plant of unknown origin.  Then I cut a large part of the rosemary, as some of the leaves were blocking the way for future growth of the whole plant.  I also cut back the thyme a bit. 


And then there was the outside garden.  The chamomile had taken over.  So I pulled out a few plants (We had at least six large plants in our little five by two garden!) and trimmed most of them WAY down.  The flowers were going to seed and the last thing we need is MORE chamomile.  They were also choking the parsley, which was also trying to seed itself.  I cut those seed heads off to encourage further leaf growth.  I intend to compost the plants and cuttings that I'm not drying.


Speaking of drying, I suppose I do that strangely.  Most articles tell you to hang the plant upside-down to dry.  I'll do that with sage bundles and parsley, but not with thyme, rosemary, or chamomile.  With those I like to pick the leaves off and dry them in my mortars.  I have a few of them so I can dry multiple herbs at one time.  I also like having to physically turn the leaves for them to dry properly.  It gives me an extra chance to imbue them with energy.