Thoughts of Ginger and Wool

I’m such a lucky girlie!

These fabbie sweets arrived for me last week only days before the wonderful friend who’d found them arrived to spend a couple of days with us here in the Cottage.  I’m rather partial to ginger, even more so since taking chemotherapy.  Of course, there are quite a range of ways of eating the heavenly stuff and believe me I’ve tried pretty much every one!  Ice cream is way up there as a favourite with stem ginger being quite low on my list (too much sugar around the ginger) so it’s been a self penned challenge for my friend to find me other ways of eating what I like and which also happens to avoid the nausea that comes with treatment.  These hard boiled sweets are delightful.  Just enough ginger zing, with the right amount of sweetness ~ and they last quite a while too.  Unluckily for my friend, I’ve just completed this round of treatment and I doubt very much these treats will last until April when I start again!  Still, she did send me two packets . . . *lol*

BTW we had a great time together. Lots of drinking tea, knitting and talking.  The best type of visits include at least one of these I find . .

We were both knitting for another friend who gave birth a bit earlier than anticipated.  There aren’t many places to buy clothes for teeny tots 11weeks premature, so we decided to be creative e~aunties and have been busily clicking needles for baby D. This hat is adorable, and I thoroughly enjoyed making it.  It is divided up into segments and each petal can be unbuttoned so that you can feed the oxygen lines down through it. What a brilliant idea!

I’ve been returning slowly to my Goddess Workbook too. 

There were photos to stick into gaps, and lots of written additions to earlier pages.  I also decided to tackle the Goddess Habits page, which I’d been shying away from if the truth be told.  With the end of the last round of treatment I feel I might be able to structure my days a little from now on, so I started to write a few ideas down.  I was so pleased with the results I then made up another page with my habits which I’ve pinned on to my notice board.  I’m pleased to report that I’ve been able to follow most of the points each day ever since.

Isn’t it amazing what you can do with a little energy and Goddess help?

Slow Days and Snow Drops

I've been slow, tired and generally unmotivated in the past week.  All to be expected really, but it does frustrate me when there is so much to do.

I had a lovely quiet Imbolc, where I remade my altar and lit candles for the Goddess Bride.  Yesterday I picked some of the emerging snow drops that have been poking their heads above the cold soil and placed a small bunch by my Goddess statue.  It isn't much, but I feel comforted by the small signs of passing of the Winter days. 

Crafting and creativity is slow and halting.  I've been making a few pieces for the Month of Earrings challenge and briefly wondered if I should put any of them up for sale?  I've let my little Folksy shop slide over the past few months, but  I think if I make some sets that I particularly like then I will list them.  After all, I could potentially end up with 30 pairs and as much as I love earrings, I doubt I'll be able to wear all of them!  *lol*

My Goddess workbook has been gently resting too, although I feel its call now.  I guess I'm feeling a little stronger as I really want to get back to it and that is the perfect thing to do.  Tomorrow is going to be a day of slowly catching up, which will be perfect too.