Cats in the Kitchen, Flora in the Garden

Halloween draws ever nearer and I have been busy. I have created a temporary site for the Ghost Story Circle, which will exist for one month before it disappears behind the veil never to be seen again, as in all good stories. If you look at my profile page you should find the other site listed Or try this http://daisyshalloweenstorycircle.blogspot.com/ At the moment it only advertises what is coming soon to the site. I have experimented and found that I can cut and paste from sites and put them on the Halloween site, not sure if illustrations as well as text will do this, but the text works perfectly. I have plenty of images, if needs, be to dot around the site. Each story will be like an individual posting and credited to the site and person it came from. This means that everyone will have their own comments section underneath their story. People can make an individual comment, or scroll down to the 'Explanation posting' which I will put there, to make a general comment about the whole site. As well as this I will put a list of participants on my own site, so everyone knows who is on the other site. Phew, hope that all makes sense, let me know if it does not.

I would say you can start putting up your stories on your own sites anytime now before we all are actually too busy celebrating to write our tales down. Just let me know when you have them posted and I will go into action faster than a motorised broomstick. This is going to be such fun!



I have had two more parcels from Secret Fairies, they are so busy, I am surprised they don't get their wings in a knot. The birds that deliver them are all in a dither with their ruffled wet feathers, as the past two mornings have seen torrential rain. They rap at the door with their beaks, place the parcel on the steps and by the time you have opened the door are whirling around in the sky above being buffeted by the wind and making a terrible cacophony.

Yesterday my secret fairy had been busy in Cyprus and her birds delivered a lovely package of goodies, which although we have never met were me to a T. Autumnal blessed incense, a magical necklace that I suspect my SF made, a notebook with a renoir cover, you know me and notebooks, you can never have enough, some lovely bookplates and some beautiful peace postcards with her artwork on. How blissful, stationery, incense, quirky jewellery many of my favourite things. Much cupcakes and fairydust to you Lady Maya of the Island xx.

Then I had just started writing this posting and there was a knock at the door. A small lumpy brown parcel is lying on my step as the birds fly away quickly to get back home away from the rain and the wind. Now this parcel was from a very secret fairy, but seeing the birds were rooks I do wonder if they had flown up from a rookery in Oxfordshire? I will have to investigate. Unfortunately attached to the front was an envelope containing a lovely postcard that was sodden and slightly torn with the rain, although I am rectifying that. I carefully openend the parcel to find a very old small brown chest about 2.5 x 4.5 inches, that had obviously had an interesting life as it showed wear and tear.

Did I dare open, what could be inside? Slowly I take a peek inside, ohh! it is lined with red tissue paper and a little pink sugar mouse stares up at me, he is lying in a bed of cherry lips and parma violets, oh I had forgotten such blissful sweets existed, with some shiney hearts and a lovely glass button and a couple of vintage marbles. Tied to sprigs of lavender is a tiny scroll which when I open has this message on it a little fairy treasure for dear Daisy Lupin from SOSF in teeny weeny spidery writing. The Secret Fairies are so clever, how do they know that my favourite childhood christmas stocking filler was a sugar mouse, which I use to keep and keep and keep until it was nearly time for the next Christmas. Thank you Secret Fairy, what an unexpected joy.

I have managed to scan Lady Maya of the Island's [as I like to call her] parcel and the other Secret Fairy parcel I received from Tara of the Misty Mountains [ I hope that suits where she lives] but I have also photographs to show eventually. The lovely little chest will have to wait to be photographed but I have scanned 'Pinky Sniffs', as the mouse is now called and a selection of the sweets and the scroll. When I photograph it properly I will have to replace the sweets as they are being nibbled at by Pinky and I as I write.



You can see the lovely things, opposite that I received from my Secret Fairy of the Misty Mountains. The pressed leaves, Halloween cards and stickers, the seeds which I planted in my garden, the note book and hiding underneath a sweet little organza bag with Halloween magnets which are going on my fridge with the rest of my magnets. I found it really exciting to get a Halloween card as no one really bothers sending Halloween cards over here, but I have decided next year I am going to make my own and send them to people dear to me. I will have my very own English style Halloween.

I have been wanting to go out and collect some falling leaves, chestnuts and acorns for Halloween but the weather has been so dreadful this week with the rain and the wind. The wind is blowing the leaves off the tree but they are all getting sodden with rain and just lying on the ground. I hope that it clears up over the weekend and then I can go out collecting as I want to have a Halloween window display and have just got my pumpkin and witch so far. Oh Just remembered I have a small cauldron in the barn that there were bulbs in one year. There that's another decoration.



Just a few more words about Mercury being in full retrograde from tomorrow [28th]. Things that could go wrong or be disturbed by the Divine Powers of the Universe. Computers may behave erratically, emails may go missing for a few hours or a day or two before they arrive, any parcels or cards you may could take a long time or go missing and travel plans could be difficult to achieve easily.

How can we make our way through this troublesome time? Well trying keep a piece of clear quartz on top of your computer to clear the air. Be patient above all things, the Universe allows these things to happen as part of its system of being, for every difficulty at some time in the future you will have a good happening to balance it. For travelling and mail, look out crystals and herbs that will help you achieve these things. Crystals and herbs in your pocket when travelling can help ease the journey and a sprinkling of the right herbs in the parcel or letter will help it on its way. Jasmine and /or Tuberose incense or essential oils will do well to help you with the effects of a retrograde Mercury Just take things carefully and slowly my friends.

HAVE A LOOK AT THE NEW SITE
JUST WAITING FOR STORIES TO FILL IT

Don’t forget to join in Daisy Lupins’
Halloween Ghost Story Posting
Post a ghost story, something strange that happened
To you or a tale you want to tell
On 31st October, or as near to before
As possible.
Let’s have a Giant Story Circle

Have some fun
Coming soon in early November
Daisy Lupin’s stream of consciousness game
Pick one of the words or phrases
Let it take you where it will, Go with it,
See where you end up, then post it on your site.
Come on, join in, let’s ramble