Happy New Year!!

We all went to my friend's house where she had a huge bonfire and we burned an effigy!

He was the Man of Gloom from 2009, made up of an outfit stuffed with newspaper with an old pair of shoes dangling down.

Each of us gave the man things to take and burn from the past year to make a clean arrival into 2010. Some of us did it silently and some of us pushed him around a bit before he got doused in white gas and thrown onto the fire where he made a huge bright wave of flame.

Champagne and sparklers and dessert followed!
All before 9pm!
Hooray for kid (and tired adult) friendly New Year's Eve parties!

Happy 2010!
Blessings for a marvelous year!

Glowing Owl

The magical owl I bought myself this holiday season.

I had a vision of it. It belonged in a hut or outbuilding that would be my healing room, where I would do shamanic Reiki healings. (I'm reading the book Shamanic Reiki by Llyn Roberts and Robert Levy and really enjoying it.) I imagined the room filled with vines and plants, almost like outdoors, but with twinkling lights suspended above and this owl glowing in the corner.

I was going to hoard the owl secretly downstairs in a box in the basement until that healing place appeared somehow in my life.

But I pulled it out on Christmas morning and set it up that evening.

It's glowing from the top of the piano.
For now, that's a good home for it.

New Year Horoscope

from Free Will astrology

http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/sagittarius.html

I like this horoscope. It's very practical in taking care of the physical: sleep, eat , meditate. I am hoping to create a grounded place for me to take off from this year.

I hope you will get more sleep in 2010. And eat better food, too. And embark on some regimen like meditation that will reduce your stress levels. In general, Sagittarius, I hope you will learn a lot more about what makes your body function at optimum levels, and I hope you will diligently apply what you learn. That doesn't mean I think you should be an obsequiously well-behaved pillar of the community. On the contrary, what I'm envisioning is that by taking better care of yourself you will make yourself strong enough to run wilder and freer.

And here is the card I picked for the coming year.
Hmmmm

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Barber

Georgia has been wanting her haircut so we took her to the barber.
He was very nervous and it took forever; I'm not sure if he had ever cut a girl child's hair before, but every other shop was closed and Rob and Georgia were on a mission.

Anyway, she likes it for the most part and we don't have to brush that long hair anymore.

I do miss the curls, but she was ready.

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful day.
Santa was good to us.
So much build-up and anticipation.
I'll almost be glad to get back to regular life.

Georgia's not so sure.

Princess and the Frog

Christmas Eve!
No School!
We made it through an entire movie without Georgia getting bored and wandering the aisles.

Popcorn and twizzlers!

It was a good time. The princess was feisty and the fireflies in the bayou were beautiful.

Crow Lady Herbal Labels

I took the image that Heidi
http://faboolosity.blogspot.com/
created for me to the print shop and got some labels made up.

So exciting to pull the stickers and cards out of the big white envelope; standing at the counter, filled with apprehension.

I love them.

I dressed up my massage oil and pillows.

They all look so official now. The label gives my potions and bags more power and presence. I feel like a real herbalist!

Thank you Heidi!