It is a dullish day today. The rain has stopped but overcast and damp. The ground is too wet for me to get out and do any gardening. I was wrong, just went down stair to put another load in the washing machine and it has started raining again.
I started late and wanted a bit of a gentle pick me up to soothe off the end of a very long week. I decided on Stir Tea’s Green Ginseng; a beautiful light greenish colour, a subtle taste of greenness with a slight sharpness in the aftertaste. I paired this with my Watercolour Flowers cup keeping in the mood of soft gentleness. Ginseng is good for stress, encourages relaxation, helps improve brain function and can help to stimulate mental and physical activity all very reasons for me to choose this tea today.
I have had some lovely moments with the cats this week where both Aurora and Serida have settled down with me and tolerated each other presence. They have several time touched noses and Aurora has reached out and given Serida a lick on the head. Serida still has a few issues she needs to work through. We have reached an understanding, I think, that she cannot lay in front of me when I am typing on the computer and growl or hiss at me because I am disturbing her. After having a discussion and shoving her off the desk a few time I am finding the timeframe before she starts growling and hissing is lengthening. Comparing her behaviours to when she first arrived end of January, she has improved immensely but there is still room for more improvement before she embodies her name Serida, Goddess of Light.
The first of my purple bearded iris’ has started flowering and there is other colour in the garden with the Hellebores, Jade Plant, Camellias and the Peris (Lilly of the Valley Shrub) all in flower. In the area several flowering cherry trees are an enticement to the tuis to sing and do their aerial dance.
Have read a few books this week, currently I am reading “Alice” by Christina Henry. A write up described the book as “a psychotic journey through the bowels of magic and madness” Bron. It is Alice’s story after she came out of the rabbit hole and spent the next ten year in a mental asylum. She escapes with an axe murderer, who I think is the young man who went to kill the Jabberwok, when the asylum burns down. They have to catch and destroy (with help) the Jabberwock. So down the rabbit hole into a world of madness she goes. I am currently about a third of the way through it and I am really enjoying the story and the writing. I think I will be adding this book to my library.
Today’s quotes are from John O’Donohue and Lewis Carroll
“Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself. If you do, it will take you where you need to go, but more important it will teach you a kindness of rhythm in your journey.” ― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
“Little Alice fell d o w n the hOle, bumped her head and bruised her soul” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Blessings to all, take care in where you journey this week, madness can be just around a corner of perception.
