i woke this morning to sunshine!!!! so it was up and off to the woods. We've had a lot of rain here and to see the sun shine and feel its warmth was unmisable.

i packed my camera, wildflower books, a note book, some nibbles, and my wellies, fed the cats and jumped in the car.

 i have a desire to discover local wild flowers. For as long as i can remember i have collected books, mostly old, on wildflowers, i've drawn flowers photographed flowers and now i make jewellery based on flowers. 

lesser stitchwort

Orchid

ragged robin

Bramble

Foxglove

Speedwell

Dog Rose

i"m guessing flowers are my "thing"!

Flowers and nature and magic. 

The woods were beautiful............lots of streams and moss and yumminess

i walked for about four hours, got quite lost at one point, which i found exciting! Walking in the woods by myself is my absolute favorite pass time.

i feel so alive, so present in the moment, i forget everything outside of what is happening in that moment. The sound of bird song, the smell of nature...........wow, how i love that, and how i long to have a clearer sense of smell!!!!!

i sat by a stream for some time, on some mossy trees, attuning to the area and the trees and the elementals...............when i got home i played with photoshop and created this picture of where i had sat

i feel so truly blessed to be able to go and experience the beauty and magic of nature, it fills me up, i remember the truth of my being, no worries, no concerns, just me and nature, oh, and Gaia, and the birds and the elementals.............never truly alone!

oh yes and these guys too

longhorned moths

how beautiful they are, all golden, and they were dancing in the air up and down..........totally magical!

blogging, well i tried to start it at the beginning of the year, didn't get very far! so today i begin again. i noticed that i wanted to get everything perfect before i got going once more. i wanted my page to look as good as other peoples, i wanted my banner to be perfect. but today, i feel to just do it!!! and learn as i go!

a friend came over today to show me how to use photoshop, which has been laying dormant on my computer for as long as i've had the computer! so now i have a banner, which may or may not stay, and i had fun adding the little light beings to the photo above.

my etsy shop also has a banner now, no products yet, but a banner!!!!

i'm putting myself out into the world................

i so want to get to grips with all of this, to link up facebook and etsy and this site...........small steps!