Showing posts with label sister. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sister. Show all posts

Friday, 8 August 2014

FO Friday: Halcyon Blues

Mystic Art Tarot














It's been offly quiet round here - the kids are still at their Nanny's, Titch has gone back to work ..... so distract myself and simultaneously do something useful, I crocheted a couple of blankeys for St.John's Hospice, who cared for my sister in the last week or so of her life. The patterns are quick to make and straightforward, but there is a peacefulness in the repetition, a kind of mindless focus, if that makes any sense. Made from good quality acrylic (Stylecraft Special DK and Cygnet DK), they are lightweight but warm, and very easy to care for: machine washable and of course needing no tumble-drying or ironing.

The first Granny Rectangle blanket is approx. 44'' long and 38'' wide, just right to throw on a bed or to snuggle someone up in a chair:














 


    The second one is a Granny Waves blankey, at 40'' long and 24'' wide,  the sort of size Americans call a 'lapghan' - enough to go over someone's lap and legs whilst sitting, or perhaps to drape over their shoulders:
 







































Really, I'm posting just to let you know I'm still around .... but am off now to open some tins of paint to redecorate the kids' bedrooms as a surprise for when they come back ....


Friday, 1 August 2014

Sad Lammas

 
Hanson-Roberts Tarot


So today it's Lammas, one of the old cross-quarter days, that marks the first harvest of the year. And in some ways my sister's funeral service was an opportunity to see the harvest that her life brought her: the many, many friends and family that attended - some having travelled great distances - to pay their respects to her, share their memories of her, mourn her loss and show support for her family.


Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery


Mythic Tarot




















For me, III The Empress with her prolific bounty is linked in perpetuity with XIII Death, for without one there cannot be the other: without Death, there can be no growth; without growth there can be no Death - and harvest always means death: a scythe cuts down wheat as well as souls.

The star in this card reminds us that in death there is also new life .... which will end in time with another harvest. And that is what makes the Circle.

I wanted to thank each and every one of you who took the time to send me kind words at this time - you do not know how much they are appreciated: thank you very much.





Friday, 18 July 2014

Auntie Fashion

Shadowscapes Tarot


Today my sister, Halcyon, known to you all as Auntie Fashion, has gone to the great catwalk in the sky. I hope they have enough bling for her.










Sunday, 22 April 2012

The Big Four-Oh

Paulina Tarot
Wizards Tarot






















Oh no, not mine. Had you there for a moment, didn't I ?

Today is a post that will be short and sweet: it is merely to wish my baby sister (who the faithful will know as 'Auntie Fashion') a very happy 40th birthday.

On the surface she may appear as fragile and ethereal as the delicate Queen of Pentacles from the Paulina Tarot; but in reality, her chronic illness (Behcets Syndrome) has highlighted the fact that in actuality she has far more in common with the stubborn and determined Queen of Pentacles from the Wizard's Tarot.

Long may she continue to enjoy to the maximum all that life offers her.           

Me trying not to drop the new baby