Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been saying “I’ll do it in a bit” quite a lot. I kept saying to myself that I need to do a blog post.

“I’ll do it in a bit”.

As you can see a bit never materialised until tonight. I just keep coming up with excuses as to why I didn’t need to do it there and then.

“I’ve got to finish this card”

“I need to sort out this video”

“I need to go to and do something else”

“I don’t feel up to it right now”

You name it I think m I used it as an excuse. I wouldn’t mind but the only person I was cheating was myself.

The last thing I ever wanted was writing this blog to become chore. Because if it gets to that point I’ll just start resenting it and hating it rather than finding it helpful and beneficial.

I really enjoy spending some time chilling and reflecting on what I’ve been up to over the previous few weeks. But because I’ve waited so long I start beating myself up (not literally) about not doing it.

Why didn’t I do this sooner?

You should have done it earlier than this

This is a space where I can put down what’s been going on. Process what’s been happening with regards to my mental and physical health.

I really don’t want that to happen.

But right now all I seem to want to do is just close my eye and go to sleep.

Guess what, well I did fall asleep.

So now it’s the day after.

Honestly the last few weeks haven’t been that great. Pain as you’d expect has been a pain. For some reason it’s been really playing up. I think I am to blame though, I probably over did it somewhere. Well, I will have over done it somewhere.

I think things were starting to settle down a bit. But I had my Covid jab today. So it’s likely that I’ll be rough later and tomorrow. That’s going off how I’ve been after all the others.

Agreeing to go for something that you know is likely to make you ill is pretty tough. Going into the chemist where you’re having the jab almost feels like you’re walking to the gallows. (I’m guessing, it’s not something I’ve done so I couldn’t really tell you). I just have to keep telling myself that being rough for a day or two is better than ending up in hospital on an ICU ward.

So in the last couple of weeks there has been a time where the sky lit up in our part of the world. The northern lights were visible, after completely missing it the last time it happened I thought I want to go outside and have a look and see what I could see. I nearly missed it again. The only reason I knew it was happening was because I looked at Facebook and people were putting up pictures of what they could see.

Have to admit that my pictures aren’t great but I got a couple, you can just seen a bit of coloured light but that’s about it.

Even just seeing the little bit I did was quite amazing. It is a brilliant universe we are in.

I set up a crystal grid for a few friends who haven’t been feeling that great.

Just a bit of healing energy to help them along on the road to recovery.

A local ice cream place that we go to is called Jersey Girls. It’s a local farm that has jersey cows. They use the milk from the cows to make ice cream. And who doesn’t like a bit of ice cream.

Because it’s a working farm they have animals. While we were there one day there were chickens walking round the yard. So I thought I’d sneak in a. Unadulterated cock shot.

While I was a church a week or so back

I was looking through one of the books to get an idea of something to use to talk about if I needed to do the philosophy in the divine service.

I swear the book is magic. It’s a book of different spiritual poems. You can just flick through it. And wherever you stop the page will have something relevant on it that will help you or someone else that’s listening to the words. Earlier that day I’d been having a conversation with someone about healing. And this is the poem that came out while flicking through the book.

I thought it was quite fitting for the conversation I was having,

So on to crafty things.

Let’s start with a bit of tangling.

Here are the tiles from the last few weeks:

This month a tiny tile partook pice has been happening. Here e a re some pictures of what’s been done so far. They won’t be in any particular order. It will probably go 1,16,4etc but you’ll get the idea of how the piece is coming together.

I think the bird is supposed to be a raven but it’s gone through a few different species. From pigeon through sea gull to what ever it is at the moment, thank god it’s only in pencil which means it can be rubbed out and changed. I might get it close to the intended subject but you’ll have to wait to see it.

Sticking with tangling for a little while. Tiles, Tangles and Techniques book 14 came out in the last couple of weeks. At the back of the book Sandra puts in a gallery section. This is where people that have been following along for a while get the chance to send in pictures of the tiles they have done. These are pictures of the tiles I sent in.

Some of those pictures made it into the book.

There is a piece that I did in the last few week that I did really enjoy doing and I shared the picture with Kane, the designer, and he really liked it which of course is a nice buzz, here it is:

I actually sent it in to Sandra so it can be used as a sample the next time the koi goes on to hobby maker.

Also in the last few weeks I started a new hobby. I started working with encaustic art. It’s an art form that uses melted wax with an iron or hot plate. It was something that was mentioned to me ages ago as part of a message and the thought has stayed with me so when the opportunity came up I had to take it. I have only done one piece so far but I like it. Here’s a picture of the piece I’ve done:

My plan with the whole thing is to make my own set of oracle type cards that can be used for readings and things like that.

Knitting wise I’m still working on the cardigan for Lucy.

I’ve made a few cards over the past couple of weeks too. Last time I said I’d started working on a card for my auntie and uncles wedding anniversary. But my uncle passed away before the card was finished and before their anniversary. Well my auntie said she wanted the card as a keep sake. So, I finished it and mum and dad took it down to her when they went to the funeral.

Here is that card:

When mum and dad went down to the funeral I asked mum to put a message in with uncle Gordon on his journey:

I’ve made a couple more cards too:

I’ve done a little bit of vinyl work:

As always there will have been other things that I’ve done but me being me didn’t get pictures and because I don’t have pictures I can’t remember that I actually did them so I’m going to leave things there.

I wish you all the best,

Love and Light.