Hi, folks!
A thread of spider-silk is strung from one of the herbs in the railing planter to the fuchsia basket, sunlight gleaming on it. The sun is shining and the sky is a brilliant blue with puffy white bits and high streaky bits of cloud. It’s only 50, but it’s supposed to get into the high 60’s today.
There’s a towhee in the railing planter pecking at something and sparrows on the feeder.
We’re going to get outside for a little this morning. I have some things that Tempus needs to help me with. There are roses that I can’t reach under the alder and some rugosas to pull around the artichoke. Yesterday he set up the compost ring, but I need a few more places spaded up. I’m hoping we’re going to spend a good productive ½ hour or so before we head to the shop.
Yesterday’s picture of the deer in our yard went up here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.11069359 69313.13175.1704231146&type=3&l=66354e659c I don’t know if the link will work for everyone.
I dropped Tempus at the shop yesterday morning and then came back up to the house. He spent most of the day sorting papers. I spent most of it sorting Café Press after I got the Green Screen background done for Beachcomber’s. I did take a hap in the early afternoon, knowing that I had to be rested for the weekend…and then I slept for almost 9 hours last night. Hmm….
In the late afternoon I started spending time in the garden. I harvested buttercups, calendula, cinquefoil, a fair amount of yarrow (by mistake) and an odd plant that I’m going to look up when I get to the shop. It looks a lot like clover, but it vines, somehow….
Today we’re starting to do the green screens. Marius is going to be training Tempus and Willow on his techniques. I have to print some flyers and then those can go to Newport and Yachats as well as Waldport. I’ll get a picture up once we have one.
The festivities begin tonight. Here’s the schedule:
Noon-6pm – Souvenir Green Screen Portraits, Ancient Light
7-11pm, Live Music & Open Air Dance at the Salty Dawg
7-10pm, Karaoke Contest at the Moose Lodge
9-10pm, Bonfire behind the Interpretive Center
The shop opens at 10 today. Summer hours, 10am-7pm, Wednesday through Monday. If we’re supposed to be closed, but it looks like we’re there, try the door. If it’s open, the shop’s open!
Love & Light,
Anja
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Space Weather News for June 14, 2012 - http://spaceweather.com
DOUBLE CME: Active sunspot AR1504 is facing Earth and hurling coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in our direction. A fast-moving CME that left the sun on June 14th is expected to scoop up another CME already en route and deliver a double-blow to Earth's magnetic field on June 16th. Weak-to-moderate geomagnetic storms are possible when the clouds arrive. Check http://spaceweather.com for images and updates.
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Ancient Light’s website – www.ancientlight.info – You *can* order from here! …or e-mail…or call on the phone… or Facebook….etc…..
Tempus does Outdoor Power Equipment repair & sharpenings - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Magycke-Mower-Small -Engine-Service/132610430115634
http://www.ancientlight.info/magycke/
Café Press Products from Ancient Light - http://www.cafepress.com/ancientlight Everything from T-shirts to pillows to coffee mugs to journals with witchy or just fun designs! The newest designs are here: http://www.cafepress.com/ancientlight/8866346 These are the Your Personal Satyr designs. …plus we have a new set just for Pan-Pagan with this year’s logo.
Spoonflower Fabrics - http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/coastalanja The newest designs are in the Anja’s Spring Garden collection (think daffodils in the snow and violets…). We have designs for sale in the Bugs ‘n Slugs Collection, the Garden Collection and Mushroom Collection and two Pagan Collections are coming soon.
Our Circle’s site! - http://www.ancientlight.info/circle/ Add things by e-mailing me here. mbartlett@harborside.com
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Today
The Moon is a waning crescent. Waning Moon Magick - From the Full Moon to the New is a time for study, meditation, and magic designed to banish harmful energies and habits, for ridding oneself of addictions, illness or negativity. Hecate’s Brooch – 3-5 days before New Moon – Best time for Releasing Rituals. It’s the last few days before the new moon, the time of Hecate’s Brooch. This is the time that if you’re going to throw something out, or sweep the floors, or take stuff to Good Will, Do it! Rid yourself of negativity and begin the letting go process. Phase ends at 8:02pm on Sunday.
With summer beginning in just five days, Scorpius is already rearing up in the southeast at nightfall. Its brightest star is orange-red Antares. The "outrigger" stars of Antares are just below and upper right of it. Farther upper right is the row of stars marking Scorpius's head. This is a grand area to explore with a sky atlas and binoculars.
Mercury (about magnitude –0.8) is very low in the west-northwest about 30 or 40 minutes after sundown. Don't confuse it with Capella well to its upper right, in the northwest.
Celtic Tree Month of Duir Oak - Jun 10 - Jul 7 –
Goddess Month of Rosea runs from 6/13 - 7/10
Runic half-month of Dag, 6/14-6/28 – Beneficial rune of light, health, prosperity and openings, signifying the high point of the day and the high point of the year when in light and warmth all things are possible.
Sun in Gemini
Moon in Taurus
Chiron, Neptune, Venus, Saturn, Juno, Pluto Retrograde
Color: Purple
Planting 6/15-16
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Calendar
6/15-17 – Waldport Beachcomber Days
6/15 – Friday - Souvenir Green Screen Portraits Noon-6pm
7-11pm, Live Music & Open Air Dance at the Salty Dawg
7-10pm, Karaoke Contest at the Moose Lodge
9-10pm, Bonfire behind the Interpretive Center
6/16 – Saturday, 10am-6pm - Souvenir Green Screen Portraits (at Ancient Light)
11am - Herb Workshop (not this week)
Noon-ish – Care and Feeding of a Rock Tumbler (not this week)
3pm - Sewing Workshop (not this week)
7-10am – Sunrise Breakfast Lions Club at Community/Senior Center
8am – Windermere Wet & Wild 5K Walk/Run, starts at Bayshore Beach Club
9am-4pm Dunk Tank – Waldport Boosters High School Class, West side of Firehouse
9am – Parade Registration at Waldport High School
10am – Vendor Fair Opens
10-4pm Waldport Boosters Chicken BBQ
10-5 Catholic Church Strawberry Short Cake Sale
11am-3pm Fire Department Sausage BBQ
NOON – PARADE
Noon - ? Moose Kitchen Open with limited menu
1-4pm Flounder Inn Beer Garden and Music
1-3pm Kids Zone & Moose Rootbeer Float Garden (behind Mims)
2-3pm – Oregon Coast Wind Ensemble (Community Center)
3-5pm – Adult Games (behind Mims)
4pm – Adult Tricycle Jousting – Bring your own tricycle
5-11pm – Moose Lodge Street Dance
8pm-Midnight – Flounder Inn – Live Music by 80 Prrof Country
8:30-9pm – Sol Fire Dancers (in front of Moose Lodge)
Harvest 6/17-18
6/17 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101
Noon - Brea’s Elements (class)
2pm - Practical Craft (not this week)
8am-Noon Father’s Day Breakfast at the Moose Lodge
10am-Noon – Sand Castle & Sculpture contest (from Port to Bridge)
1pm – Sand Castle judging
Noon – Raffle Winner announced
6/18 – Monday – 6pm – Wicca 101 – Lesson 5-6
Treasure Chest Drawings start at Noon at Washington Federal Bank
New Moon, 6/19, 8:02am
Sun enters Cancer 4:09pm
Planting 6/20-21
6/20 – Wednesday, 3pm – Herbs Outdoors – (weather permitting)
6/20 – Wednesday 7pm, Circle business meeting for Litha (run-through)
6/21 - 5pm - Wicca 103 – Lesson 7
Litha Sabbat Open Circle, 6/22, Friday, 7pm at Ancient Light (waxing moon)
6/21 - 3pm, Crones’ Tea
6/21 - 5pm - Wicca 103 – Lesson 7 Last Class!!!!
Saturn Direct 6-25-12 1am
Venus Direct 6-27-12 8:07am
6/28 - 5pm - Wicca 101-4 – Special Class on the History of Wicca!!!!!! (Donations will be accepted for Deb’s gas to get here from Eugene)
Planting 6/29-30
June 30 - July8 – Psychic Fair – Special Guests, Kat Cunningham, Carl Neal & Lupa Bi
6/30 – Saturday, 10am-6pm – Kat Cunningham
6/30 – Saturday, 11am - Herb Workshop
Noon - Care & Feeding of a Rock Tumbler
2pm –
3pm - Sewing Workshop
6pm - Metta Meditation
7pm – Movie Night, showing Full Circle (discussion follows)
7/1 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101
Noon - Brea’s Elements (class)
1pm – Free showing of ?
3pm – Discussion follows movie
7pm – Movie Night, showing The Goddess Remembered (discussion follows)
7/2 – Monday, Carl Neal Workshops
11am - Herb Workshop
7pm – Movie Night, showing The Burning Times (discussion follows)
The Day of Remembrance for Knjaz Sviatoslav the Great - Cherven (July) 3
Full Blessing Moon – 7/3/12 11:52am - Successful Goat Moon
7/3 – Tuesday, 6pm - Circle Barbeque
7/3 – Waldport Independence Day Celebration (fireworks begin at dusk)
Planting 7/4
7/4 – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
7/4 – Wednesday 7pm, esbat – waning
Harvest 7/5-6
7/5, Thursday – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
5pm – Wicca 102 begins
7/6, Friday – 11am - Herb Workshop
3pm – Sewing Workshop
7pm – Movie Night, showing Howl’s Moving Castle (discussion follows)
Planting 7/7-8
7/7 – Saturday, Readings by Angelica Rose
11am - Herb Workshop
Noon - Care & Feeding of a Rock Tumbler
3pm - Sewing Workshop
4pm – Lupa, Therianthropy 101 (1 hour) Lupa Bi
6pm - Metta Meditation
7pm – Movie Night, showing Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) (discussion follows)
7/8 – Sunday, 10am – Wicca 101 (no class this week)
10am – Lupa, Writer's Q&A (1 - 1.5 hours)
Noon - Brea’s Elements (class)
1pm – Free showing of Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime)
3pm – Discussion follows movie
July 8-14 Free Cascadia Witch Camp www.freewitchcamp.org
Harvest 7/9-11
Planting 7/12-13
7/12 – Thursday – Waldport Chamber of Commerce meeting – Noon
Waldport City Council Meeting – 2pm
Uranus Retrograde 7-13-12 2:49am
Harvest 7/14-15
Mercury Retrograde 7-14-12 7:16pm
Juno Direct 7-16-12 3:57am
Planting 7/17-18
7/18 – Wednesday 7pm, esbat - dark moon esbat
New Moon, 7/18, 9:24pm
7/19 - 3pm, Crones’ Tea
7/20 – Ramadan Begins
Perun's Day - Cherven (July) 20
Sun enters Leo 7/22 3:01am
7/25 - Wednesday 7pm- biz meeting, Lughnasadh run-through
Planting 7/26-27
Pallas Retrograde 7-30-12 3:30pm
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8/1 - Wednesday 7pm, esbat - full moon
Full Corn Moon – 8/1 8:27 – Dreaming Heron Moon
Harvest 8-2
Planting 8/3-8/5
Lughnasadh Sabbat Open Circle, Friday 8/3, 7pm at Ancient Light – Full Moon Waning
August 4-5 – Psychic Fair – Special Guest, Carl Neal
August 4-5 – Pathways to Transformation Psychic Fair, Yachats Commons
Harvest 8-6-7
Oregon Coast Pan-Pagan Gathering, Friday – Sunday, September 28-30
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www.wunderground.com
un. 15, 2012, Rise, Set
Actual Time, 5:31 AM PDT, 9:02 PM PDT
Civil Twilight, 4:54 AM PDT, 9:39 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight, 4:05 AM PDT, 10:27 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight, 3:03 AM PDT, 11:30 PM PDT
Moon, 2:53 AM PDT, 5:43 PM PDT
Length Of Visible Light, 16h 45m
Length of Day, 15h 31m
Tomorrow will be 0m 21s longer.
Waning Crescent, 14% of the Moon is Illuminated
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Celtic tree month of Duir Oak - Jun 10 - Jul 7 - The oak of myth and legend is the common oak (Quercus robur L.). It is sometimes called the great oak, which is a translation of its Latin name (robur is the root of the English word "robust"). It grows with ash and beech in the lowland forests, and can reach a height of 150 feet and age of 800 years. Along with ashes, oaks were heavily logged throughout recent millennia, so that the remaining giant oaks in many parts of Europe are but a remnant of forests past. Like most other central and northern European trees, common oaks are deciduous, losing their leaves before Samhain and growing new leaves in the spring so that the trees are fully clothed by Bealltaine. Common oaks are occasionally cultivated in North America, as are the similar native white oak, valley oak, and Oregon oak. Oaks are members of the Beech family (Fagaceae). Curtis Clark
Duir - Oak Ogam letter correspondences
Month: May
Color: Black and Dark Brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: D
Meaning: Security; Strength
to study this month - Eadha - White Poplar or Aspen Ogam letter correspondences
Month: None
Color: Silver White
Class: Shrub
Letter: E
Meaning: Problems; Doubts; Fears.
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Tides for Alsea Bay
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
F 15 Low 4:58 AM 0.2 5:31 AM Rise 2:54 AM 19
15 High 11:18 AM 5.2 9:03 PM Set 5:44 PM
15 Low 4:25 PM 2.7
15 High 10:28 PM 7.4
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Affirmation/Thought for the Day – Nothing is so bad that some good may not come of it.
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Journal Prompt – Current Affairs - List ways your life would be different if you could never again use a telephone.
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Quotes
Each day is a brand new day where I have the power to create and design what's possible! - Hanns-Oskar Porr
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. - Claude Monet (1840-1926) French landscape painter
Forgiveness means letting go of the past. - Gerald Jampolsky
Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends. - Truman Capote (1924-1984) US writer
Song Of Gratitude
Thank you Sun for shining,
Thank you light of day,
Thank you night for falling,
And stars that come our way,
Thank you mighty splendor
That seasons bring to share
Thank you beauty shining
For us everywhere.
Thank you little children
That keep us young at heart,
Thank you cycles circling
That bring us each new start,
Thank you lovely flowers
And thank you fertile seeds,
Thank you gifts that come to us
In answer to our needs.
Time and tide flow onward,
Life brings joy and pain--
Bright bouquets of memory,
Things we can't explain
As our hearts are opened
We find how many care,
The world becomes a garden,
With much for all to share.
Thank you blessed garden,
Thank you useful space
Thank you work that must be done,
And thank you precious shade,
Thank you tuneful Robin
Singing in the tree,
Thank you Beauty shining
Everywhere to see.
)0( Written and Submitted by Tasha Halpert www.heartwingslovenotes.com
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Magick – Litha
Stangs
Stangs are less commonly used forms of staves. Basically, it is a two-pronged staff (see illustration below). The easiest way to find one is to get one that has fallen off of a tree. You can also fashion the prong from papier-mâché, or commission a woodworker or metal smith to make one for you, if you have the means. The Stang is ancient Roman in origin, and was used to represent the two-faced god Janus, for whom the month of January is named. His two faces looked simultaneously into the past and future. Some traditions use stangs to mark the ritual entry and exit point of a magick circle, and see it as a portal between the physical world and the world of spirit. Decorate the stang in the same way you would a staff. You may also use it for the same purposes as a staff.
http://www.wyldwytch.com/weavings/candb/06_05lith a/index.htm
deborah wrote:
To: Hearth_Witch@yahoogroups.com
From: "deborah"
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:47:50 -0000
Subject: [Hearth_Witch] Midsummer Door Ornaments
Midsummer Door Ornaments
Items Needed:
• Small broom, about 1' by 8"
• Plastic seasonal flowers ~ {Roses, Wildflowers}
• 3 different colours of ribbon, about 12"-16" long
• Some thin wire ~ {strip garbage bag twist-ties of their paper
coats}
• Ornament oriented to the sabbat
• Wire Cutters
• Scissors
Directions: (Note, if doing this project with children, please watch the scissors and wire cutters) Take the wire cutters and cut the flower stems to a height that is workable. With the wire, begin tying into them the seasonal flowers and the berries at the base of the broom nearest where the bristles begin. Make sure the leaves of the flowers lie flat against the bristles. This will be a great background for the colour of the flowers to contrast against.
Take the berries and the fruit and lay them between the flowers and then tie them of with the wire. As soon as all of that is in, pick out your favourite Midsummer ornament.
Take the ribbon and tie in a bow or a knot, either will do, around the wire. Let some of the extra drape around and under the broom.
When you want to hang this, simply take a bit of wire and string it through the top of the broom handle and nail it to the door, hang it in a window or wherever you prefer. To hang it with the bristles pointing upwards, weave the wire up through the bristles and then twist it a few times for some extra strength.
http://www.chroniclesofavalon.com/litha2003.html
Wedding Gift Basket - (For Litha) - http://members.aol.com/ivycleartoes/wedding.html
Small basket
Seashells
Craft miniatures of birds and butterflies
False flowers and fruits
Bells
Any other natural wedding gift type items you can think of
1. Simply place all items aesthetically inside the basket, perhaps using it as a decoration for inside your feather wreath if you made one.
2. It is very tasteful to wind white flower garlands around the handle of the basket, and to perhaps even paint it yourself or, if you are talented in that area, to weave your own basket.
To use this in a ritual, every item to be placed in the basket must have some kind of symbolic meaning. You can solemnly put each item in and simultaneously make a wish for the union of the deities, and pray for Their happiness; also it can be used as a parallel for any relationships in your life that you wish to succeed.
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Energy list
6/12/12 – Wanting to have a baby and it’s taking a while.
6/11/12 – Had brain surgery today for a right brain cancerous tumor.
6/6/12 – A friend is having cancer surgery today and asking for help.
6/4/12 – Neighbor harassing and stalking. The law isn’t helping. Putting up wardings and could use some energy to get them to go up and stay up!
6/2/12 – Student in 101 class, had flu, collapsed, ended up in hospital, now has a lung filling up with fluid…. Help! Update 6/7 – She’s quit smoking, is up and running around, but still coughing pretty hard.
5/29/12 – Car accident. Painful, not serious, but ow!
5/19/12 – Dealing with a persistent ex, a mistake from the git-go, stressed and feeling under attack constantly. Help!
5/16/12 – For someone who has found a dream job and wants some extra oomph to help him get it.
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Silliness - GCF: Accepting Authority
A woman in our office was promoted to supervisor and some of the older male workers were having difficulty accepting her authority.
While she instructed one such subordinate, he interrupted with, "Young lady, I'm old enough to be your father."
"And," she replied, "I'm old enough to be your supervisor."
