tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57613921568665724552024-02-08T06:31:49.514+00:00Kismet's Companionramblings on tarot, life, and whatever else takes my fancyViviannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478973141660495485noreply@blogger.comBlogger585125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761392156866572455.post-43300803127732794532019-10-17T12:34:00.000+01:002019-10-17T12:34:21.007+01:00The Carnation Anniversary: 17<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Well, Titch and I have trudged through another year, together - and it's been a more than usually challenging year to boot.<br />
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In spite of external pressures causing us much stress and hassle, au fond, our marriage is built on the bedrock of combined stubbornness and love.<br />
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Here's hoping the next year is easier.<br />
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This music must be played, as it's relevant to the topic for a certain generation of BBCRadio 1 listeners:<br />
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Most children have one, I think - a lovey, I've heard it called: some stuffed toy, usually an animal of some sort, that has been a loyal and loved companion since birth or very soon after.<br />
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Destructo Boy has three: 2 stuffed dogs, the first one given him before birth by Belo; the 2nd is exactly the same - I found it in a tub in Woolworths by joyful accident and bought it immediately as a possible replacement in case the worst happened to dog #1. Nothing special, not expensive.<br />
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The third is a teddy bear from Laura Ashley - and it was not cheap; I bought it for him when he was about 5 or 6 years old on his express promise that he would love it and care for it forever.<br />
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Here are the boys:<br />
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As you can see, some have worn better than others. Here is Toby, the youngest:<br />
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And here is Barney:<br />
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And here is poor Arnie, firstest and bestest and mostest loved of all:<br />
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Barney was never an acceptable substitute for Arnie - there was some undefinable difference that no-one else could see except Destructo Boy. Perhaps his ears didn't rub as smoothly and as satisfyingly between the fingers. Perhaps his stuffing didn't roll as it should through the hands. Perhaps one eye was a micron more to the left. Whatever it was doesn't really matter - what matters is that he was Not The Same.<br />
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When he got up in the morning, Destructo Boy would often tuck the boys back in before he left for school. When I went in to check on him before bed, he would always have all three in bed with him, Arnie and Barney usually draped across his neck.<br />
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Suddenly I would find the boys at the end of the bed, not tucked in and at risk of falling to the floor.<br />
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Then they were down the side of the bed amongst the random detritus and dust of an active boy.<br />
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Then one day I couldn't find them. They were buried under a pile of rugby clothes. Dirty, muddy rugby clothes.<br />
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When questioned, Destructo Boy announced baldly he was too old for them now and had no need of them.<br />
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Friend, I removed them to the safe haven of a shelf in my bedroom, and I wept.<br />
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I took Belo and Destructo Boy with me, numerous instructions from Titch, and of course, Google maps with the voice turned on. This meant a lovely road trip on a gorgeous sunny day (we have had The Best Weather Ever this summer) down some road near Milton Keynes with a million roundabouts, and a speedy zip down the M4, over the bridge to somewhere near Swansea.<br />
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I had the foresight to stay with UCB's hospitable and livewire girlfriend, who has all mod cons like a kitchen, bathroom, running water, and not living on a building site; the boys preferred to tough it out camping-style. We did some Culture (or rubble, as Destructo Boy refers to these kinds of places):</div>
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The people in the office were very friendly, and allowed us into the Chapel, built by Lady Aline - married politically at age 7, with the inevitable tragic aftermath. There was supposed to be some kind of event that day, but they didn't even finish setting up because the weather was awful - cold, damp, gloomy:</div>
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But enough with the tourist/travel guide, and more of the LYS guide. Literally a 5 minute walk from Livewire Girlfriend's house was a small industrial estate, with a <a href="https://www.goweryarns.co.uk/" target="_blank">LYS</a> nestled amongst manufacturing businesses and a gym:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been offline as my PC finally bit the dust, replaced with a lovely new Lenovo desktop and Windows 10 instead of Vista. Yes, I know, I can't believe that either: the same PC and OS for over 10 years ! That's why I missed posting for our wedding anniversary - 16 years with never a cross word. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yes, a TOTAL lie. There's times where if we hadn't have had that piece of paper I would have been long gone, and my incomplete sets of crockery and glassware along with scarred walls are testament to our arguments: no real harm done, though, as it turns out, my aim is tragically affected by emotion. Marriage and kids are <i>hard</i>, y'all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But mostly it's like today, when I come downstairs and see Titch as if I'd just met him - stunningly good-looking, smiling, magnetic, welcoming. And I'm glad we're still here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Well, no, not really. But it might as well have been, this last year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Hello<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> again, my friends - </span>I've had a quick tidy-up round the edges, removed dead links on the blog roll etc. now let's see if I can maintain a weekly post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Much has happened since last we spoke - the most upsetting being the death of our quirky landlady last summer, which forced us to move house (on Hallowe'en). Our new house is a Victorian end-terrace, much smaller, much further away from school - so most unpopular with the kids, as it's a long walk to school and nowhere near any of their friends; in fact, we are only 5 minutes walk from a different high school, but Mini Diva wanted to stick with the courses she'd chosen, and Destructo Boy wants to stay in the same school as his friends. We miss our old neighbors and neighborhood, we miss the large airy rooms, the conservatory, the 2nd toilet, and Inky the cat, who roamed and hardly returns since spring. Most of our books and much of our furniture is in the garage - it simply won't fit in this house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">On the plus side, it has an actual back garden with grass, not just a patio; it could be seen as cosy and snug; the kitchen is massive; it is 5 mins from the dog park - Sebastian is pretty creaky and gray suddenly, and doesn't want or need the long walks to, round and from the big main park anymore (we have turned into those people who drive to walk their dog). It is next door to the local corner shop; it is close to 2 good bus routes into town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">And in an attempt to master my car-related anxiety and panic attacks, I took driving lessons and passed both my theory and practical tests on the first go. We then bought a little old car that ticked all my boxes (high, lots of glass for visibility, solid, not huge) and within 3 months I did this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I work full-time outside the home now, so my crochet and knitting time has really suffered - this year so far I have completed only 10 items, and 9 of those were baby items ... for my sister's middle daughter's twins, born in June. My sister would have absolutely loved them, and being a grandmother.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vintage pattern Emu Treasure 8561, using <a href="https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/advancedsearchresults.aspx?query=soft+and+silky" target="_blank">WI So</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/advancedsearchresults.aspx?query=soft+and+silky" target="_blank">f</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/advancedsearchresults.aspx?query=soft+and+silky" target="_blank">t </a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/advancedsearchresults.aspx?query=soft+and+silky" target="_blank">& Silky</a> in pink, yellow and lilac mix.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Well, our host Arwen has a lovely, straightforward topic for us this time: </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since Beltaine is a holiday of coming together, I thought it would be fun to answer this question: '' Do you combine Tarot with any other divination system ? Why or why not ?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No, I don't use any other divination system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Back when I started learning to read tarot, over 25 years ago, one of the challenges was to filter the useful information from the many, many books I read, and apply that in practice and in readings. As a beginner, one tends to overdo things, I think - one hates to feel like one is missing out on anything, or failing to include every last possible morsel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Part</span> of this package is to examine other forms of divination that may link, overlap or otherwise add to one's readings, along with using large, complicated spreads. Other systems such as astrology, numerology and kabbalah are the most popular - however, making them fit to Tarot seems forced ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rather than following Cinderella's ugly sisters, cutting toes off to fit into the glass slipper, over time and with experience, I came to consider that Tarot pure and simple is enough: it contains everything that is needed, and can stand on its own without the need for other disciplines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So Valentine's Day rolled around again - I was a little surprised by how many men I saw dashing last minute for bunches of flowers, as if it had caught them by surprise. Perhaps they feared sharing <a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=159" target="_blank">St.Valentine's fate</a> ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For my Valentine Titch, I share an aria from my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" target="_blank">favorite composer of operas</a>:</span><br />
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Viviannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478973141660495485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761392156866572455.post-71369063110533277422017-01-24T10:40:00.003+00:002017-01-24T10:44:56.353+00:00Sun's Out <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was searching for just the right depiction of XIX The Sun because of this post, to reflect the actual sun being out today, the topic of my post, the words on the Finished Object, and my satisfaction - and there it was, this beautiful fox created by <a href="https://www.weasyl.com/~zackloup/submissions/1213132/the-sun-tarot-card" target="_blank">ZackLoup</a>. If you scroll through their other cards, one of my favorite creatures, the Wolf, features (as it does in their name) ... this is definitely a deck I'd back if it came up on Kickstarter. Thank you, ZackLoup.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was looking for the perfect card to celebrate the completion of an overdue project - it was supposed to be a Christmas present for Titch, a popcorn 'word' blanket from designer <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/jody-pyott" target="_blank">Jody Pyott</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yes, last Christmas, not the one before. Or the one before that. I only have one longterm UFO, and this wasn't it - I was derailed by a seasonal retail job which I loved, but the hours were tiring and left little time or energy for crochet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Secondly, my first time working with <a href="http://www.scheepjes.com/en/yarn/colour-crafter-328/" target="_blank">Scheepjes Colorcrafter DK</a> yarn - I'd wanted to try it for a while since it's arrival on my radar as it has a great color palette. It is soft, but I found it splitty to crochet with even with a larger hook than recommended. It does wash well so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">BTW, that's a whole other discussion. Suffice it to say, the MAN is more Melania than Michelle, rhinestone than diamond, cod roe than caviar. Her one redeeming feature is that she bears the name of a beautiful angel baby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">H</span>e is you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And we are not alone - others will see our light and be drawn to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Nope, it is the old me, but lazier- can you imagine that ? Yes, a challenge, I know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today's accompaniment is the following mellifluous version of a country classic:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have been absent owing to my own ennui,<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weltschmerz" target="_blank">Weltschmerz</a> and angst, as neither did I want to bore you, my Dear Reader, with it nor send you running for the bunker loaded with ammunition and canned goods ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* to blog at least weekly, without empathy or compassion for my readers as regards the topics - I will share the ennui/Weltschmerz/angst, with occasional dollops of other stuff</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* to overhaul my website</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* to go 'Cold Sheep' - no buying of yarn this year, knit/crochet only from stash. This has 2 provisos: (1) if any baby knitting becomes necessary, I can buy yarn for those specific projects (2) I have a threshold/big birthday, and if anyone gives me yarn vouchers I can spend them. Except please not vouchers for McADirect - long story for another post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">* to streamline/downsize/declutter and simplify. Except for yarn and tarot decks, <i>naturellement.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Congratulations, Titch - we made it through another year. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_with_Bear_Grylls" target="_blank">Bear Grylls and the Island</a> would totally be a breeze for us.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 28px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is at this time in the Wheel of The Year, our ancestors would traditionally start to harvest and begin to store food for the winter. In the spirit of tradition it was suggested that this Tarot-Blog-Hop be about food; however those of you that have ever read my posts in the previous hops know I do tend to stay on topic but go off in strange tangents (similar to this funnily enough)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">I decided to share with you a review of a quirky little food-themed deck - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooks-Tarot-Judith-Mackay-Stirt/dp/0764346202" target="_blank">The Cook's Tarot</a>, created by Judith Mackay Stirt, published by Schiffer, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">ISBN: 978-0-7643-4620-0.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">The author/artist Judith
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certainly tropical in tone; the art is primitive in style and the cards being
borderless and oversize (3 ¼’’ x 5 ½’’/9.5cm x 14cm) means their impact is more
immediate. I was not surprised to see the World Spirit deck referenced in the
bibliography, as the art style is similar; I am sad to say, it puts me in mind
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given in the book are standard, but the summaries given under the header ‘Kitchen
Wisdom’ seem to be a poor fit, being a mix of proverbs, sayings and simple
advice, very little of which is connected to cooking, food or kitchens.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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most obvious and glaring omission in her preface, where she tells us this deck
is ‘not a culinary guide, or about recipes and wine-pairing’; it seems a shame
to miss such a great opportunity to share some of recipes for the foods that
must have affected the author’s path in creating a ‘Cook’s Tarot’, even if it
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deck with evident great personal meaning for the creator; for others, look
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the art style may fool you into thinking there’s little of substance, but you’d
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have found it less challenging and more enjoyable to maintain our patio garden this summer; and in spite of prior experience, ''hope springs ...'' yaddayadda ... I planted a few types of seeds, mainly bought on sale. Most impactful (apart from the French and Runner beans standing at well over 8 foot high and who belong firmly in Titch's domain) was the amaranthus, a.ka. Love Lies Bleeding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The seeds are tiny, and my record with seeds isn't good, so I threw caution to the wind along with the seeds themselves, and sowed them all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That said little yellow flower in the middle ? That's Thunbergia (Black-Eyed Susie) of which I also had many sprouts, but when planted out refused stubbornly to really go upwards like the voracious climber it claimed to be on the packet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The clary sage and the cerinthe did not emerge; the nasturtiums looked fabulous draping from my front planter - for about a day until the blackfly found them. I bugsprayed them but I think that just overwhelmed the plants, who crumpled and withered accusingly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I missed the opportunity to take a photo of my dahlia in its full glory (the pic was taken a month ago when my Asiatics were also beginning to bloom) - it was maybe £2/US$2.62 to buy the tuber, but man, you get some bang for your buck ! It flowers forever ! Well, OK several weeks, anyway. My mother didn't like them - along with gladioli, she thought they were vulgar, but they're a great splash of longlasting color. Now if they were scented ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But my favorite this summer happened accidentally: I had a couple of pelargoniums (which us oldies like to still call geraniums) - including a scented-leaf variety - and a random hardy fuchsia hanging around, so I bunged them all into a pot, and look what happened:</span><br />
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<br />Viviannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478973141660495485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761392156866572455.post-75283056038610679482016-08-17T17:29:00.001+01:002016-08-17T17:29:09.682+01:00Baby Love<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The kids have gone to my MIL for a couple of weeks, but I have not leaped into my <a href="http://kismetscompanion.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/sal-wednesday-3115-circle.html" target="_blank">usual annual frenzy</a> of deep-cleaning, as Mini Diva's parting gift was a particularly foul cough & cold which has seen me curled up on the sofa alternately burning up and shivering. I have avoided the <a href="http://www.discoveryuk.com/tv-guide/id/" target="_blank">I.D channel</a> in case it gave me ideas, and instead have been wedged on <a href="http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/" target="_blank">NatGeoWild</a> so I've been watching wildlife die instead. Most of the victims get eaten, which is fairly rare on the I.D channel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No, I don't understand why you would call me gloomy and morose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After dwelling too much on endings, I can tell you my neighbor has a new beginning - Baby was born fine and healthy in July.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well, of course I had made some things, I love an excuse to make baby clothes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No, I wasn't even a tiny bit broody.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is a pattern I've made a few times - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bonnie-3" target="_blank">Bonnie by Patons</a>. I like it for the unusual side fastening design, and the choice of 2 motifs for the centre; I didn't bother with a motif this time as I was using <a href="http://www.tbramsden.co.uk/catalog/yarns/peter-pan/1674" target="_blank">Peter Pan Cupcake</a>, which looks kind of lacklustre in the photo, but is amazingly soft and squooshy. I made the 6 month size so Baby can wear it in Winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I loves me some cables, and have made this before as a school cardigan for Destructo Boy - which was stolen from school never to be seen again. Which I guess is a kind of compliment. There aren't so many cables as to be too fussy on such a small item in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/sirdar-tiny-tots-dk-1561" target="_blank">Sirdar 1561</a> so I chanced my arm on using <a href="http://www.wisebadger.com/sirdar-snuggly-baby-cotton/" target="_blank">Sirdar Snuggly Baby Cotton</a> yarn (very unforgiving of errors) to make this again. The cute owl buttons finish it off perfectly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was a simple pattern (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/sirdar-snuggly-baby-speckle-dk-1354" target="_blank">Sirdar 1354</a> which must have been my sister's as it's not the kind of style I would buy) - anything else would have been wasted with this <a href="http://www.wisebadger.com/categories/shades/sirdar/sirdar-baby-yarns/snuggly-tiny-tots-dk.html" target="_blank">Sirdar Tiny Tots</a> yarn; the texture was a bit stiff until it was washed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>This Hop celebrates the festival of Lughnassadh, Lammas, Loaf-Mass, and many other names. It has historical lore connected to a tale of Lugh Lámhfhada (Lugh of the Long Arm) or his alternate title, Lugh Samhildánach (Lugh of the Many Skills), who is a primary harvest Deity in Celtic lore. In the oldest Irish lore, the festival is celebrated in honor of the funeral games of Tailtiu, the foster-mother of Lugh, who had died of exhaustion after clearing a huge tract of forestland by hand in order that the crops which were being overrun by the armies of the Tuatha de Danaan and the Fir Bolg might be re-planted, so that the people might not starve. Lugh is a primary God of the Harvest in Ireland, and in Christian times, the first-fruits of the grain, harvested in the month of August, were baked into the sacred bread of which the Holy Communion was made in the churches, giving rise to the name "Loaf-Mass" for the festival celebration. In any case, this feast in all the Celtic lands has a particular relevance to the way we interpret the Tarot, for the reason that it is focused on a "union of opposites", celebrating both the bounty of the land which is yielding the Harvest, and honoring the memory of a beloved Elder who dies in the process of making this Harvest possible. </i></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black;">The Hudes is a sparse deck, not overloaded with color or images; but it's very starkness means that the symbols that are depicted have more impact - and here the butterfly symbolizing transformation and new life is in addition located in the pelvic region (sex and new life) of Death's skeleton.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It is more of a challenge to find Marseilles-type decks with imagery of transformation, but it can be done:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Tarot Noir BOTA Tarot Daniloff Tarot</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Of course, if you consider those decks which retitle Death to 'Transition' or some such bowdlerized name, there are several 'fluffy bunny' versions to be ignored; in this category instead we seek cards which retain the darkness, and my (not exhaustive) search found only one:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">If you know of any renamed 'Death' cards that are not Happy Squirrel-type cards, please let me know in the comments section. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">I imagine it would be an interesting if time-consuming exercise to see how many other tarot cards contain opposites in their imagery - if you have found any, please let me know in the comments section.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So back when life was kind of normal and the debacle of Brexit and it's lily-livered architects was unforeseen, we took Mini Diva and a couple of her club squad to a <a href="http://www.burford12.co.uk/the-burford-academy.html" target="_blank">rugby camp</a> organized by England and professional rugby player, <a href="http://www.englandrugby.com/england/england-women/squads/rachael-burford/" target="_blank">Rachel Burford</a>, in the charming little town of <a href="http://www.beccles.info/" target="_blank">Beccles</a>. Unfortunately the winding narrow country roads that lead there created somewhat of a budget white-knuckle ride for me, but my shaking hands were calmed by tea sipped through a straw, it being too early for gin. Well, too early for me to be <i>seen</i> drinking gin openly, anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Having deposited the girls, Titch and I decided to roam the wild and unknown streets of Beccles in search of entertainment:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We accidentally went into a craft shop ( I shan't name it, to spare their blushes) where the ambience was so forbidding and the one salesperson of 3 present was so hostile that we slunk out like a dog that's just peed in your shoe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Luckily, this was not the general experience we had in Beccles - everyone else was friendly, helpful and chatty. I was especially pleased to find a Tardis of a (not so Local) Yarn Shop, The Needlecraft Shop: it looked like an old-fashioned haberdashery shop from the outside, there was no clue as to the rich variety and range of yarns until one had trickled through the door:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There were 4 separate sections of the shop, of which 3 were yarn-related. The ladies on duty were friendly and welcoming, chatty but without any pressure to buy. Of course, one is obligated to buy something from such a lovely shop, one must contribute to its survival - and as yarn purchases were not part of the plan for the day, a little ball of something or other would have satisfied my moral conscience as well as my practical one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, Titch had different ideas, and spoiled me by buying me a(nother) sweaters' worth of a delicious green aran yarn, two 400grm/ 892yds/ 816m balls:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And his generosity extended to matching buttons:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I don't usually post anything political - but the recent earthquake that was the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32810887" target="_blank">Brexit vote</a> stunned and horrified me. I am trying to deal with the personal aspects of such destruction: one of the consequences is that I have been pondering the concept of forgiveness - there are people who I cared about, who have decimated my childrens' and my country's future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Every time I think that I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, that I can accept and move on, someone not only rubs salt in the wound but pokes it with a sharp and dirty stick by posting a flippant and/or snide and gloating meme or supercilious comment - and I am reminded exactly what was at stake, what has been lost: I am back to square 1. I am not ready. Those who keep the wounds fresh with their lack of understanding and compassion ensure I won't be ready for some while longer, as I also consider what kind of people they are that they can behave like this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If I do eventually reach the point of being able to engage with these people, how I think and feel about them has been permanently altered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You know how it is, you spend hours and hours trawling the interwebz on a quest to find the perfect eyelash yarn - yes, didn't you know there can be eyelash yarn that is not only wanted but needed ?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know, it's not everyone who can link Meatloaf and knitting - you're welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyway. I found some that looked just right for what I needed - something grass-like in color and texture, King Cole Moments in 'Lime':</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All in a tizz, I instantly emailed the eBay seller, <a href="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/habbyknitters/Wool-/_i.html?_fsub=3352029013" target="_blank">habby-knitters</a>, begging to return and exchange it, explaining that I had been anticipating something more in the way of Irish or even Surrey fields than those of Chernobyl. </span><br />
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<br />Viviannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478973141660495485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761392156866572455.post-62539150695637880092016-04-04T11:15:00.000+01:002016-04-04T11:15:30.315+01:00Sunshine & Storms<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Titch took a day off to drive us to Norwich for a day out, as Mini Diva wanted to go to the RAF Careers Centre - our closest one. It was no sacrifice at all as we used to live in Norwich years ago, and it's one of our favorite cities: the size of a city but with a village feel, full of unique non-chain shops too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While we were there, she also blew most of her birthday money on posh sports clothes, so she was happy; I found 2 posh yarn shops: <a href="http://www.norfolkyarn.co.uk/" target="_blank">Norfolk Yarn</a> which stocked Tibetan Yak yarn, and <a href="http://www.craftyewe.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Crafty Ewe</a> which does late night opening once a week ! Plus a Hobbycraft, all of which made me happy - but (making Titch happy) from a stall on the huge market bought only a crochet hook and cute buttons for this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The rest of the weekend was spent in clearing out our shed in order to put a 2nd-hand chest freezer there ready for storing supplies for the cricket season which starts next week - I am amazed, if not gobsmacked, that Titch volunteered to do the snack kitchen again this year; quite frankly I am really not looking forward to it: after an autumn and winter of merely showing up to watch the kids play rugby at a semi-civilized 10am, being out of bed every Sunday at 6:30am for an 8am start from now until August has NO appeal whatsoever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Which brings me to the reason for the 3 of Swords. In clearing the shed, we found a box that we both thought had been stored in the house. Unfortunately it and its contents have been ruined by damp and mold:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is Mini Diva's baby 'coming home' outfit, her first pairs of baby shoes, first lock of hair .... you get the idea. Every single one of the congratulations cards was ruined too. The tears ran down my face like Niagara.</span><br />
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<br />Viviannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03478973141660495485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761392156866572455.post-27108747025723813502016-03-11T10:02:00.000+00:002016-03-11T10:02:01.147+00:00FO Friday 11/16: Ascending the Everest of Stash<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You know how it is, you get an idea, and it gets stuck in your head and you must do something about it RIGHTNOWTHISVERYSECOND even though it is cold and dark and late ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, Wednesday night I had an urge to make a particular pattern, for which I wanted to use a wool/alpaca blend yarn for the 'hairiness'. I was sure I would have <i>something</i> at least sort-of appropriate, and a quick search of my stash listed on Ravelry confirmed it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought it was in the armario, but not exactly where - what shelf, near what, bagged, unbagged ... nope, no idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All in all, a very satisfying afternoon - me and the dog singing along to the loud radio pottering through yarn. We are totally not discussing that I now realize I have 19 sweaters'-worth of yarn. As in, 19 separate bags/packs which each contain enough of an individual yarn to make a sweater. We are <i>definitely</i> not telling Titch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well, no, not <i>all</i> of this year's, even though the year is still quite new - I'm not prepared for Titch to quite find out the extent. I am, however, beginning to have trouble getting the doors on my armario shut ...it's a good thing yarn is squishy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Firstly, Titch owed me about 3 trips to a LYS, accumulated over birthdays, anniversaries, doghouse events etc last year ... so on my birthday this year we went to Colchester and I went wild in the aisles of <a href="http://franklinsgroup.com/" target="_blank">Franklins</a>, who stock not only upscale yarns, but a great selection of various brands, the latest yarn 'releases', and my own personal favorite, the Bargains ... not the tidiest or organized of places, one could trip and suffocate in piles and packs of yarn if one did it right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And then at Christmas, my BIL the Cornishman gave me vouchers for the <a href="http://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">Wool Warehouse</a>. I have become so adult I didn't spend them until this week, and then when it arrived, I waited a whole day to open the box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And since I am hosting Mini Diva's birthday sleepover tonight ....yes indeed, now she turns 13 not so much of the Mini I guess, I need to go and move the fragile things. But given that they are all sleeping downstairs along with the dog who is over-generous in sharing the pungent repercussions of his dinner of tripe mix ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So I think this needs a soundtrack, don't you ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yeah ... I swear it was just last week when I posted, not nearly 4 months ago ! My 2 year tenure as co-Chair (with my <a href="http://www.tarot-thrones.com/">Good Twin</a>) of <a href="http://www.tabi.org.uk/">TABI</a> ended, I went to <a href="http://witchfest.net/events/witchfest-international/">Witchfest</a> for the first time in years to read tarot with my <a href="http://aniam.co.uk/">Eviller Twin</a>, I had a temporary Christmas job which I loved, and a little sideline making tea cosies, and then I lost my blogging mojo. I'm not quite sure it's 100% back yet, so no empty promises, let's be spontaneous and uncommitted and see where the breeze blows us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yes, I was a small child in the 70s, why do you ask ? It left me with a morbid fear - nay, phobia - of wide lapels, flared slacks, clompy ugly shoes and bowl haircuts done by my Mum. I can barely control the shudder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So this is a 70s-influenced post for sure - free spiritedness, crochet, and our house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">''Samhain is the time of the feast of the dead in many cultures. For our topic, I would like you to post about a loved one or someone you admired/disliked (historical figures are fair game) that ties in with Tarot, Lenormand or an Oracle deck. You can do a Tarot reading for them. You can talk about what they would have thought about you reading the cards (good or bad). You can write a poem to them using a Tarot/Lenormand/Oracle card. You can post their favourite recipe along with thoughts on what Tarot card might represent that meal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="fbUnderline" style="font-size: small;">Known to my regular readers as Auntie Fashion, she has been gone for 1 year and 3 1/2 months.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="fbUnderline" style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>She was very much a Queen of Pentacles - grounded, practical, no-nonsense, a homemaker, creative and crafty, an excellent cook, proud of her home, a lover of nice things and luxury; she liked things to be just so. She provided an open house for her daughters and their friends. She created and maintained a unique relationship between herself, her ex-husband and her husband, which grew stronger over time and her various periods of illness, so that both men supported each other and the girls when she died, and remain good friends who spend time with each other on a regular basis.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kind of lost my way a bit recently - I embarked on a small new venture, and that distracted me from, yanno, the important things in life, like knitting for fun. I didn't want to make anything in my queue, my stash offered no inspiration, and crochet had no appeal either. It got so bad I actually cleaned the oven (not my job as I don't use it), and left the house for fresh air on a daily basis. I marked the TABI tarot training exercises so fiendishly I was up-to-date with it all, and I have a rough draft of the Chairman's Report ready for polishing for the AGM. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know, a bit on the early side for a spooky Hallowe'en story, but did it give you chills up your spine ? I'm quite horrified really when I think about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, Destructo Boy's Akela (Cub Scout leader) is expecting the patter of tiny paws so yaaay baby knitting, almost my favoritest kind - though it will mean ripping out the blankey that I have used 900m of yarn for because I don't like it's texture. I've HAD to order more yarn - would you believe it ? - as I have nothing in my stash appropriate for the Christmas gifts I want to make for Destructo Boy and Mini Diva. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Obviously, that was the cathartic experience that was necessary to unblock the artisanal pipes, since I've decided to make the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hortense-beaded-lace-shawl" target="_blank">Hortense Shawl</a> while I wait for the yarn to be delivered. No, I didn't sneak any little extras in, only one ball of baby yarn to make the amount needed for free shipping: wasn't I virtuous ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thing is, I thought I'd just drop you a little note as half-term starts at the end of today, and I don't know when next I'll be able to have the quiet time needed to compose the literary gems that are my posts ...</span><br />
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