What the hell is going on in the world. It looks like it’s just gone completely doolally.

I think it really needs to give its head a good wobble.

Convicted criminals being elected to the most powerful position in the world?

Really?

From what I am seeing online it looks like people are starting to learn lessons about leopards eating faces.

Here is a link to a video on TikTok that might give you an idea of what I mean:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdFw2vHY/

Part of me is hoping that the people that voted for it get exactly what they voted for. Most of them don’t actually know what they voted for.

The other part of me is worried for all the innocent people that will be affected. People in the LGBTQIA+ community that are going to lose rights. The fact that women are likely to lose their rights too.

It looks like history is repeating itself. Last time it started in Germany but this time it looks like it’s starting in America. The decent into fascism has started and again the warning signs have all been ignored. There were people telling others about what was going on but their words fell on deaf ears.

I’m also scared about what impact the changes that are made will have on people here and in other places around the world. I really am hoping I’m worrying over nothing and have hope that the darkness will not prevail.

So with that we all need to keep shining as bright as we can and spread the light far and wide.

So crafty bits over the last few weeks.

Sanntangle.

Here are the tiles I’ve done:

In the last post I started showing pictures of how the raven was coming along. Here are a few more:

I started to fill in the raven with pen but got side tracked working on something else (easily done).

Because of ts taken me so long to write this update a few more things have happened too. I had a major wobble the other day.

While I was at church I heard one of the sounds I hate the most. Is a sound that for some reason really sets me off and makes me panic. While I was outside I heard a car screech and then a crunch. It was a car accident.

I have no idea why that noise sets me off so much. Anything to do with car accidents really does make me panic. Even if I’m not involved, just the sound of one happening a street or two away has an effect. It’s like a switch flips in my head and the adrenaline starts pumping and I go all jittery and start panicking and get scared.

The same thing happens if I’m in a car and we go past one that’s already happened or if I see a car that has been in an accident with dents etc. I start panicking.

I really do hate the way my head works. I feel stupid that it’s happening and struggle to get things back in control.

But that night with the help of Tracy at church I managed to get things back in control and didn’t end up going into a full on panic attack.

Back to crafty things

Here are some of the cards I’ve made over the last few weeks:

I have also started on cards for the dreaded C word that’s coming up in a few weeks:

That’s as far as I’ve got so far. I’ve also started to build some other cut files for some other cards.

Because I’ve been building some posters for church to say which mediums are on. I’m not going to share any of them but I also built this and thought it was funny

I was at a healer training day at gorton monastery last week and spotted this in the room we were using:

Just showing that you will find pentacles in all sorts of places.

I’ve done a bit more encaustic art too.

Knitting wise I have finished one of the front pieces and started on the other now. I think I’m on the left front now. It might be the other way round. But here is a picture of the other front bit:

I think I’ve bombarded you now with enough pictures so I’m going to leave things there.

With what’s going on in the world. Stay safe and shine bright.

Love and light.