Solstice Bonfire

We had to postpone our Solstice bonfire from Tuesday night until Saturday because of the rain. So last night we lit it and it was a lovely one as usual, thanks to David. We had only family here but that turned out to be a blessing having them all here. Plus two of the kid's friends.

We made s'mores and even had some drumming between Emily, Laura, Saed and myself. :)

The fire was spectacular I got some great shots of the flames and light.

The altar with the sun wheel I made of grapvine looked awesome.

Holiday Recap~Part 2

One of the gifts I gave to Sophie was new clothes for her doll, Jane. Some of which I posted about earlier. This one I am particularly proud of because it was my first attempt at knitting on four needles. I did it! I only had to take it out once, I then found a great tutorial online, at my hubby's brilliant suggestion and had no further problems with it. It was rather fun too.

Here is the finished pinafore, it fits her perfectly and looks so pretty. Sophie was thrilled when she opened it.

Here is my poor little dog....she was scared of the antlers and didn't like the santa hat either, so neither photo turned out well.

Sophie and her friend Andrew stringing popcorn, cranberries and peanuts for our solstice tree for the birds.

Sophie and made each of the four cats a very simple catnip "mouse". Sophie did a great job with the stitching, she worked hard on them.

A photo from late, late on solstice night.

Visions of Sugarplums....Holiday Recap

We had a lovely holiday at our house. Everyone was happy and healthy and we even had my oldest daughter, Laura come to stay a few days with us and be here for Christmas. We were delighted.



We have been quite the busy little bees around Witchwood of late, and our internet has been going in and out, so that explains the sporadic posting.



Sophie and I have done several rounds of baking and her dad and friend Andrew even got in on the act a few days before solstice.

Sophie loved making the cutout gingerbread people and animals and gnomes, of course. I found a delicious recipe for vegan gingerbread cookies online and they turned out great!

Sophie concentrating hard on sifting the flour and sugar.

Our beautiful Solstice full moon, we couldn't see the eclipse due to the clouds that came up but knowing we were underneath it was pretty cool.

More to come......

Halloween Highlights

Our gorgeous Samhain fire.....thanks to David for being fire keeper.

A ninja and an angel......

Insane Clown Posse? No, it's our friend Skylar and her hubby, Brad and friend Christina.

A gorgeous belly dancer, Mari and her man, Rob

Friend Jonathan as a zombie...

Mare the friendly ghost

Skull in the blood...punch I mean...

Two lovely ladies...er...men....

Our cemetery.....

Freaky vamp, Josh

Sam......the man.....uh, girl......

Creeping ghouls

Emily in her self designed and made Mad Hatter

And this one is just too cute not to share....Sophie dressed as a pirate girl to go to school on the Friday before Halloween, then decided on an angel for the party and trick or treating.

Lammas Blessings

May the blessings of a fruitful harvest be yours on this Lammas Day.

My New Tat

This was my Valentine's gift to David and to myself. I am so happy with it. I figure after eight years together, having gone through all that we have and we are still just as committed to one another if not more, it was a good one to get. The pics are not the greatest, but there is a highlight of purple in the letters of his name. I love it!

So many things.....

Hello old friends. I have been away from the blogging world for some time now. I have missed keeping in touch with those of you who regularly commented and on whose blogs I read. I hope to get back into blogging regularly again.

So much has happened since the last time I blogged. In December my little poppet, Sophie celebrated her fifth birthday. (can it be?) She had a lovely time and enjoyed it all.

Solstice and Christmas were special and magical times and we all enjoyed much gathering with family and friends.

But sadly on the day after Christmas, my grandmother passed away. She was 88 years old, the matriarch of a large 100+ family. She was a wonderful woman and much loved by all who knew her. ( This photo was taken last Christmas.) We are all so thankful that we were able to celebrate this last one with her an to say our goodbyes.

Finally, last Sunday, one of my aunt's passed away at age 58. She will be missed greatly by her husband, children and grandchildren. Such a blow to our family tree.

On a happier note.....I will have some exciting news in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned.......

Happy Fireworks Day!

Celebrate your freedoms today!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the man of my dreams.

I love you, David.

Eggs, eggs, eggs

Today while we were gone to the flea market, Emily helped Sophie and her cousin Becca to dye eggs for Easter. They had a really good time using only regular old food coloring. The eggs turned out beautifully.
Happy Easter and Happy Spring!

Late but Sweet Valentines

Sophie and I enjoyed making valentines for everyone in the family. Due to the FLU, we were unable to deliver those that we made for our friends, but I am sure they understood. :)

There of course, had to be lots of "sprinkles" i.e glitter, and so the whole kitchen, table, floor, us and even the dog, looked as if we had been sprinkled with faery dust. What a fun time we had. Hope everyone got a lot of love this Valentine's Day.

New Year's for Preschoolers

In order for Sophie to enjoy the New Year celebrations as everyone else seemed to be, we held our own, preschoolers New Year's party.











Sparklers are always a great, supervised, hit!

Confetti filled balloons hung on the ceiling fan, and popped by the older ones for Sophie.

Bubble wrap stomp and run! What a hoot! Event he older kids loved this one.