Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you





Deep peace of the sleeping stones to you
Deep peace of the wandering wind to you
Deep peace of the flock of stars to you
Deep peace, deep peace.









Deep peace of the eastern wind to you
Deep peace of the western wind to you
Deep peace of the northern wind to you
Blue wind of the south to you










Pure red of the whirling flame to you
Pure white of the silver moon to you
Pure green of the emerald grass to you
Deep peace, deep peace









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iEbjwHFw5c&feature=related

Easter crafts- dyed eggs

I would like to share this with you, copied and pasted from:
http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3435338755252173491#editor/target=post;postID=1973133765326169989

Natural Dyed Easter Eggs

“I decided to try my hand at making Easter Eggs using only natural ingredients this year. I pulled food and spices out of the cabinet and fridge and got busy trying different things to see what works and what doesn’t.
I remember my mom and grandma using red onion skins to dye eggs when I was child, but I don’t remember how they dyed the eggs using them. A little research and I had an idea of how to go about dyeing the eggs using natural ingredients.” -from “Natural Dyed Easter Eggs”

Twinkle’s Kitchen: All-Natural Easter Egg Dye Recipe

Dyeing eggs for the family Easter egg hunt was always a big event. Dozens of eggs were boiled and prepared by my grandmother the day before her horde of wild grandchildren arrived ready to claim their dozen eggs to color.
And like many others, Paas was our traditional method of egg dyeing.
This year I started something new in our house that falls more inline with my DIY-style living agenda. And you can do it, too.
I wanted to create my own dyes. I consulted a few friends, a few websites and by trial and error discovered some great ways to make all-natural color dyes.
Not only are these dyes better for my family than the artificial ones, they are also more fun to create. It turned out to be a great lesson in science and a wonderful creative project for the kids who discovered which plants or items created the best colors. I hope this becomes our new family tradition. -from “Twinkle’s Kitchen: All-Natural Easter Egg Dye Recipe”

Natural Easter Egg Dyes

“Appreciate the vivid colors and natural beauty of fruits, vegetables and spices: dye your Easter eggs with everyday foods rather than boxes of chemical colorings. This is a great family project and learning experience. Though it will take a little more planning than your basic Easter egg dye box, I think you will find the extra time well worth it. Even though I’m a grown-up, I felt a child-like excitement watching the eggs turn colors in bowls of cabbage, spinach, blueberries and more!
With some of the dyes, it is best to boil the eggs with the natural substance to achieve the most vibrant color. I have indicated these below with an asterisk. With others, you can hard-boil the eggs first and then soak them in the respective natural dye.
For more vibrant colors, place the sealed containers of natural dyes in the refrigerator and let the cooked eggs soak overnight. Adding vinegar to the boiling water will also help make the colors brighter. (One exception is with onion skins; do not add vinegar to the onion skins.) If you want shiny eggs, rub them with some vegetable oil once the dye is dry.” -from “Natural Easter Egg Dyes – Itsy Bitsy Foodies”

I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly

I flit, I float
I fleetly flee, I fly...


No, I am not saying goodbye...well...perhaps I am! Maybe I should gather some positive energy and get the courage to say goodbye to my past, get all the strength I have to shout at the top of my voice:
 -'Go, bugger off and stop haunting me!'-

That's it...it is possibly the detox herbs I am taking, the spring greens I am eating, the nettle tea I am drinking...and while my liver is restoring at night, my brain comes up with these memories and images from the past...I wake up at night feeling a bit stirred and shaken...

So now it is time to reflect as I write...
I do use this blog as a diary to look back at things we did in the past, places I've been, things I've seen, but also I use this blog as a therapy; i find writing down quite a healing process. I re read the things I write and relfect. I was told too much thinking is perhaps not that good!

I believe in reflection and doing something to mirror the thoughts as a healing process. The most obvious one is going for a long walk, which I love doing. When I do painting is good too, and I don't have a lot of time doing this, or singing...
All these activities have something in common apart from being creative:they let my mind relax and temporarily erase memories and worries, past present and future, connecting with a hidden, deeper self, letting the feelings express...

So I am off to do some of that just now!



This beautiful image is from: http://www.divinelightwithin.com/empowered_by_angels__angel_love_healing_circle





Inspirational website for you to look at:

http://www.spiritofchange.org/

It is true!

Sitting on a bench in the park

A tiny drop in the ocean
Yet, the whole world,
The Whole Wide World
In my body
Each cell with the imprint
Of past, present and future
Each organ resonating
The Universal vibrations

I have searched for an answer
When the sun kissed my face
This afternoon

I erase all my gained knowledge
through experience and books
Images and sensations haunting me
I am not what I feel I wish to be
I am not what I wish I feel I want to be
I am not what I want to feel and I wish
I wish, I wish

Going through a fast speed vortex
Into the deep black hole
This negative space
Bursting and throwing outwards
Shooting upwards
Towards the light
Searching for something good
The divine,
The sublime,
The good against the evil
Battle with my thoughts
Until, exhausted, I give in to pain
Leaving everything suspended,
Like droplets in the air
Through the mist
I go home
Worn out

The sacred in my life

Nourish my Soul

Words... a shower of words,

 through my brain and out again

 and the magic happened...

words  floating around me

pen in my hand,

pen on paper:

words that came from beyond the rainbow,

 meanings that came from the centre of the Universe

and thoughts that came from other from other realms....
and questions....


What is Sacred Space?
What is Home-making?
What is Beauty, Warmth,
Nourishment?

Dreams of deep sleep
While deeply drinking in
The Soul of Things
The Soul,
A breath of Living Spirit
Existing for the purpose
Of recognizing The Eternal

Nourishing my soul
needing Truth, Goodness and Love

Beauty I create
in Life
I flow,
I grow

I want to create, love, nourish, grow, change...


Home
is what I  know,
what I am,
what I make,
what I have.

Home is my  Soul

I Create my environment

I am an Artist

I am

me

Time

More time

Respect

What is Mine

Breath in the Sun

Being at One

With the Divine

Space

Sacred Space

All around Me

And within Me

I flow

I flow

I create

Order

Move

Very

Slow

Rhythm

The Pulse of Life

Living

in Time

and Space

Warmth and Beauty


Home
is what we know,
what we are,
what we make,
what we have.

Home is

our Soul

I think I like my ability to be at home in different places which are not home, so to speak, but could be a regular hang out, the local library or cafe, for example...

I like my house, but also like to feel cosy and 'at home' in my favourite local places such as Hand Made Food, Blackheath Village- it is only an example, I am not that regular there, so it feels like a treat when I take my daughter there for a meal!She likes to take her opportunity catch up with homework wherever we go! 

At home, things are familiar and it has always been the place to be, but, on the other hand I do like to go out and about and be inspired by other places.

I like to bring nature in from outside so my shelves and nature table have always the seasonal flowers to set the mood and reflect what we have around us...







Home Sweet Home

Home that nourishes
home that makes us feel safe
home that is in my memories

Equally, our home could be the outdoors, mother nature is everywhere and we embrace in the home and in the gardens/parks...open spaces and special spots...it could be Greenwich Park, Manor House gardens or Oxleas Woods...

Check out this lovely blog, my latest discovery,

such amazing photography and words spoken from the heart :

 http://awakewithcharmandspirit.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/creation-of-spring-birth-of-new-light.html

Moments

Precious moments

Little drops

Suspended in Time and Space

Time can be still

When imprinted

In my memory

For me to find

Again and again

I hold the moments

I create the moment

I create Time

Nourishment

Truth

Goodness

Love

Sense of Life

Sense of Movement

Balance

Warmth

Word

Thought

Ego

These are our Seven Senses

We need to nourish

Home...
What is Home?
I am at home in this place
My place of Birth
Yet, never actually lived there
Only visited
Yet
I am perfectly at home
in Bergamo

Home is what I create and what I bring with me
My touch
What I know
How I am
I can create home anywhere I like!
At Church of Ascension I set up for the Parent and Child group Session
The first thing is to make children and parents feel at home

A homely atmosphere is more than just pink cloths
Is a place where one feels nourished
It's a place of beauty


each one of us is touched
a sensorial journey

Beauty

Art

Colour

Environment

Joy

Love

Respect

Wonder

Life

Movement

Flow

Space

Sound

Scent

Feeling

Moments

Precious moments

Little drops

Suspended in Time and Space

Time can be still

When imprinted

In my memory

For me to find

Again and again

I hold the moments

I create the moment

I create Time

Create time for making things just for the sake of making them!

Hand work for decoration is part of my life

I don't have to make things only because they are useful!

Element of surprise is vital in everyday life

celebration mark the annual rhythms

Seasons are marked with what we bring inside our homes on our nature tables and colours displayed in the house

The weather and nature outside and our moods...

The mood we bring home and create with colours...this is my bedroom...I like water/sea colours...

Now Spring colours come inside the house too...

A wall covered in wool in a tapestry shop in Rome, near Piazza navona...amazing shower of colours

Images that stay in our memory...but what about the mood and the smell of that shop?

CLARITY

Seeing

What I cannot see

Yet

Having a feeling

Of the moment

Pausing

Reflecting

Like colours, like light

On water

Fluid Thoughts

Where Time

is a Space

With the Whole

Contained

Inside and Out

Comes the picture

As in a dream

Where Reality

Is Clarity

Clarity

Clear Thinking

Light on Shadow

Susannah

all images in this post by me, Susannah, except one from

Victoria Pettella from her blog:

http://awakewithcharmandspirit.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/creation-of-spring-birth-of-new-light.html

19th and 20th march 2011

growing

Growing


So, life is life and
life goes on
on and on
growing, living,
slowly dying,
whilst learning
to slow down
whilst moving fast forward
shooting
leaping
jumping ahead
whirly
curly
whizzing past
twirling
curving
inwards
like a spiral
upwards
and wider
off we go
to and fro
living the life I once wanted
only a bit different
dreaming of a life I once had
and of life that is what is
yet to come
yet,
it never will

So now
is time to slow down

(Susannah)

“Be not afraid of growing slowly,

be afraid only of standing still”

~ Chinese Proverb

The inner feeling we all have to move forward and grow is a gift we are all given.

Sometimes we may feel like we are not progressing as fast as we wish.
 But the feeling we have inside to move forward is a compass that will lead us toward our destiny.
Each step we make, no matter how great or small,leads us closer to where we are meant to be.
 Take time this week to sit in silence and feel the inner urges you have for your own life.
 Trust the messages you are receiving and act accordingly.

(Copied and Pasted from
littleacorns laearning website)

http://www.littleacornlearning.com/files/March_Week_Five.pdf