Angel Wings Blog

Ahh, January is here and this has always been my least favourite month. When I was a little girl, my Mother used to keep me in for most of this month, as she always said I needed to hibernate!
Apparently I would stay in warm and snug and do creative things until my birthday at the end of the month. Then I would leap up, put on my new, gorgeous frock and be ready for my party and for the rest of the year I would be a little dynamo!
I don’t actually think that much has changed and if it were at all possible, I would be doing much of the same today!

I looked back at last year’s blog and I wrote about creating a mood board. I actually created two, one for health, travel and home and one for my spiritual growth and creativity. I am really surprized how much I have achieved, in ways that I didn’t envision at all.
One thing I really wanted was a dedicated workshop, rather than an office, where I could experiment and create. I thought I would have to move or rent somewhere and have been looking for a long time, but it turned out to be right here and the builders managed to finish just before Christmas! It’s FAB and I have spent many happy hours sorting and transferring all of my treasured ‘stuff’ into it. With under floor heating and a great view, I am hoping to spend many happy hours developing ideas and just being, not something I do too well.

I spent the New Year in Tynemouth and it really snowed. On first day of the year, I was having a snowball fight on the beach – amazing!

This last week I have been snowed-in and ill with a chest and throat infection. Looking out of the window at the snow filled garden and knowing that I just can’t go anywhere, has done me a power of good and not only am I on the mend but I have had lots of time to think, read and explore possibilities!
Angela phone me and I was telling her about the last Jonnie Walker show on Radio 2 (he has been filling in since Terry Wogan left) and how I love the way he introduces spiritually to his shows and on ‘pause for thought’ there had been a reference to It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Edmund Hamilton Sears (1849).

Angela then rang back and sang it to me and I had never realised that it was all about Angels. One line in particular sums up for me what the beginning of the year has been about and I hope that you make time in 2010 to listen to your Angels as well!

“The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the Angels sing”

I have to say that I have been very naughty and have not written for a long time.
My summer was much busier than I had intended and I became involved in all sorts of new projects, which although inspiring, left me with very little creative energy.

So with humblest apologies, I will try to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.
So what is new? Well this weekend I made my first green tomato chutney, which wasn’t quite as straight forward as I thought but very satisfying to see in the jars afterwards!

This is my third year of growing tomatoes and I truly think it is the most amazing experience. When those first shoots poke through and already have the delicious smell of tomato, I get so excited and can never bring myself to throw any of the seedlings away.
The last two years have been a disaster, but I’ve learnt and this year I grew four different varieties and they have been ripening in this wonderful late autumn sun.
The greens one were made into the chutney and the rest are waiting to be devoured, yummy!
My other success was my courgettes, although my father was unimpressed when he took them home and realised that they weren’t cucumbers!

So I hear you saying; after all this time she can only talk about veggie, what is spiritual about that?
Well the great Louise Hay uses tomatoes as a metaphor for spiritual growth and beginning with one tiny seed, that is watered, tendered and given lots of sunshiny, life can grow into a magnificent plant full of fruit.

I was also on a course where we were asked to visualise a seed and then imagine where it was growing and what kind of flower it developed into. Being a florist for so many years, I though that I would come up with something exotic but no, I came up with a courgette flower!!
Of course they are magnificent in their own right, big, bold and bright and this related to your life’s work – yellow is for the mind.
So….. A picture of my courgette, just to remind you about the spirituality of every living thing.

Don't forget the BSSK Mind, Body and Spirit event at the Monastery in Manchester, Oct. 17th & 18th.   I am giving a workshop - details are on the events page.

Last weekend I went to Stonehenge, stopping first at Avebury. I thought the stones there were amazing and held lots of energies, set in a beautiful English setting.

Some of the stones had a gentle, soft energy whilst other had little whirlpools of energy where you could see colours and trails of energies coming from your finger tips.

We walked up onto the mound that surrounds the stone circles and saw a recent crop circle – long and arrow shaped in a rape field. There had been rumours of one appearing and there it was! I have never seen one before, so I was really excited and took lots of shots although it was far away. One excited family drove off in their camper to try and find a better view.


We arrived at Stonehenge at about 5.30 but as we had admission to the inner circle, had to wait until 6.30. I have to say that initially I was very disappointed; I thought it would be much bigger but the atmosphere built up with some of our party drumming and generally energising the stones. At one point people were standing between two particular stones, as it was an energy vortex. I have to confess that I had visions of Star Trek, with Clingons appearing at any moment!

Apparently the stones have been badly neglected and misused over the centuries and now the building of the new road has further eroded the natural energies. I got the distinct impression that these great stones needed healing and love from us and we all did our part in giving our energies.

My reward was some wonderful photos where I took the image facing the sun and it has appeared as a rainbow on the stones and my first orb  - a pink one, is in the bottom of the shot. It appeared in several of these photos and in this one you can see the energy around it!



So how good was that? A perfect end to a lovely day with many thanks to Carole from Purpleraze for organising this trip, and to a great crowd of like minded people.

P.S I have also had a couple of trips to the bluebell woods. They are spectacular this year so do hurry, you have probably only got another week left to see them at their best.

Newark.
What an amazing show!! It’s one of the best we have ever had. As it was the first show of the year I could not believe how many regular customers came to see us as well as all the stallholders, who make the event so special.
It’s always strange that one of my Angels changes each time before a show and this time it was Azrael. I was guided to use a special sample piece of ribbon, so it really was a one off. Joanne came and fell in love with him (definitely a male this one) and yet she had been many times to the stand to buy an Angel, but one had never called to her before. Obviously I made this one for her and I truly believe it works that way.

I’m also ‘calling all Angels’ for a lovely Mum and Daughter (Linda and Lindsey) who came to see me about asking the Angels for a sign as Lindsey had some definite ideas about how she wanted things to work out and it was just not happening!
Remember that sometimes, something bigger and better than we could ever imagine is waiting for us, but it is always in celestial time and not ours and is always worth the wait.
Whenever you are asking for something, always add:
'This or something better, now manifest for my highest good, in the appropriate time frame'

I launched my canvasses at this show and I have used a new technique to make them stronger and dust proof as well as enabling me to use loads more texture.
Emma bought my pink one, which was really exciting and then dear Lesley and her wonderful Mum, Vanessa, bought the large Gabriel for her birthday (which isn’t till July!!!) We had so much fun as her Mum threatened to take it home and wrap it up till then!!! Needless to say, I hear it is already in Lesley’s healing room!

Now Horror of horrors, another very dear customer, Debbie has gone all pink on me and if you knew her, you would also be slightly surprised by this. Debbie if you remember was working on her positivity and likes to pick a word card but we had sold out. So I wrote some words down (one being a little naughty) and she picked two out and seemed rather pleased so we will watch this space! Oh yes and the pink, well she rather likes tattoos, although you would never know by, and her next one is pink!

It was lovely to see Julie and her friend who were new to the show and we would also like to wish Carrie, Angel love and healing with her forthcoming op. Last but not least I would like to thank Vicky and all her psychic students who cleared the stall and also took part in a lovely evening of reading and healing at the Cockliffe hotel, which Katharine and I really enjoyed.

Elsecar
Another really busy show and Margaret, who only stopped to pick a word card, decided to treat herself to the orange deva canvas. My thanks also to Tracey and Dot and Lisa for being such lovely customers and to Maxine, Jayne and Sue who are so supportive and kind. My thanks also to Karen for all her help on the stall and of course to Katharine and Angela without whose help I could not do these fairs.
I am also sending Angel blessing to Carol, who helps voluntarily at all the BSSK shows, and is waiting to hear if she is going to be made redundant.

Next show is Wollaton Hall and there are new products on the website……..xxx

It was my birthday last week-end and I was spoilt rotten!

I had some wonderful gifts that my friends and family had really put a lot of thought into and I shall always treasure them.
We went out to dinner and my other half (whose birthday is on the same day!) chose a wine called Two Hands Angels Share. There was a lovely explanation on the bottle, which I bought home so that I could share it with you.
Apparently Angel Share refers to the small amount of wine that evaporates from oak barrels and medieval winemakers assumed that Angels watched over the wines and that they took their share!
I must confess that they had very little chance to take any of ours that night!!!

It made me aware though, of how much Angels feature in my life and the creativity that comes from that. I was reading this week, that being creative in any form is a great way of meditating and I think it is very true. By concentrating and enjoying the NOW of doing any kind of activity, from gardening, cooking, sewing to any form of artistic or musical expression is great for resting the mind and soul.

What about the snow?
I saw in one of the papers that they had split the page into two entitled the good and the bad. Now I know it can cause chaos and inconvenience, but I thought that the snow was magical and as I travelled home on Monday, everywhere looked like Narnia. There were snowmen and kids sleighing and many people not being able to resist a snowball or two! I rushed into the garden to take some photos and I would like to share one of these with you.

It always used to snow on my birthday when I was a little girl; in fact it snowed when I was born so it was even more special to me.

Each of the seasons has special Angels so working with them can help us to connect with cycles of nature. Angels of Winter have haloes of snowflakes and shimmering wings and can help with matters relating to the home, savings and improvements (very topical) and letting go of any fears, guilt or bad habits.
White is the colour that gives you space – a moment to reflect and rest before the renewal of spring.

The snowdrops are almost there so it won’t be long before I am going on about my walks again. Ah well…………..!

PS Beware of merry Angels x