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mother s birthday she s 94 today still in hospice such a strange and sad time in our lives for our family tomorrow is july 1st and it is hot too hot in fact for any rational being to even want to be outside and if we must be outside say to nourish our gardens we must look through saddened eyes at the dry parched and cracked soil that a month without rain has given us in our part of virginia because of this or maybe it s just my nature i have been pouring myself into my designs for autumn fall harvest halloween much earlier this year i m so grateful that i have my needlework and folk art as my therapy i would be bonkers by now without any of it each thread stitch loop brushstroke holds my deepest thoughts and emotions every word and memory fills the pages of my heart and sketchbooks and i return to them each year to keep them all alive in some way i create friendly characters and kind gentle folk that i bring to life with my hands and whichever medium i choose i m into my 60 s now a crone some might say and my soul craves wants to create peace and my mind the make believe as it did when i was a young child playing in the woods on the outskirts of my new england hometown blessed be levora written by lori from notforgotten farm at 12 16 pm sunday may 26 2024 to be a chicken girl from the very beginning she never really understood the whole idea of being coop ed up inside when she could in turn be outside scratching around and soaking up sunshine and catching lightening bugs she sewed her own clothes from discarded feedsacks and bake her own bread from millet seed flour made tiny baskets from pine needles and daffodil leaves and kept glass jars to which she would add occasional feathers stones bits of bone her neighbors knew her as gentle but a bit odd and one that could and would defend her little flock as readily fiercely as any rooster if need be don t test her you won t win oh to be a chicken girl a humble girl slightly weird and with a crop of red hair piled atop her head one who always wanted to live on a farm in the woods near a creek where she could fetch clear spring water and look for arrowheads she loved to walk through her gardens with the hems of her skirts and fresh mud stained apron picking up the sweetly scented herbs planted there long ago between dirt the paths she relished sunshowers and drank from honeysuckle vines while humming quietly to herself the songs of the crickets and cicadas she read poetry books and garden books and followed the moon and stars and painted in pigments and wove with wildflowers her tiny heart would beat the fastest when she would playfully outrun all of her sisters each one cackling joyfully as they half ran half flew a ruckus to see actually with feather y petticoats and gravel flying in the stirred up breeze her life was filled with summers sunflower seeds and worms her dreams were made real by clever magic and my pencil blessed be levora an original short story watercolor lori brechlin 2024 written by lori from notforgotten farm at 1 16 pm tuesday march 19 2024 vernal equinox my little farmwitch is wishing you a happy 1st day of spring blessed be levora written by lori from notforgotten farm at 1 13 pm wednesday february 21 2024 a few months past hello time has passed once again and here i am life is happening at a faster rate now that i m in my 60 s and the universe is once again calling me in subtle ways to take more time to notice things the spring season will be upon us shortly as things are beginning to green outside my hands need to feel the dirt and smell the sweet earth that will nourish our old bones and bodies once again garden time is near blessed be levora written by lori from notforgotten farm at 9 19 am wednesday september 6 2023 tiny things i m not one for grandiose projects in fact the smaller the better i stitch small i sketch and paint small things i prefer minute detail to larger intentionally pulling folks in for a closer look not everything has to be humongous or crisply executed either a bit of blur some shaded areas intentional obscurity using up scraps of parched paper from previous paintings i m enjoying filling them with small worlds from my imagination blessed be levora written by lori from notforgotten farm at 11 47 am thursday august 24 2023 august days it is nearing the end of august quiet afternoons spent foraging through the fields and woods to find berries nuts mushrooms to fill our larder and hang and dry herbs harvested from now almost faded gardens sketches and recipes and spells and thoughts will be written in homemade ink onto hand parched paper in an effort of trying to keep everything together for future stolen moments on days where i have a sliver of time to visit them again breathing in and clearing and cleansing my soul my mind my home my heart brewing teas from spices and flowers leaves and needles of pine which keep me grounded and calm when days are not good and could be made better soon the pots will bubble full strewn pine acorns nuts and dried fruits and the fires will be stoked and the house will hug us within her arms of cobwebs wood paint dust and memories the pantry shelves will be stocked with jars ful of summer and in winter i will breathe deeply the scent of earth and humid air trapped inside their glass walls bringing sun drenched memories flooding again to the present bittersweet days will turn to moon drenched evenings where we will sit alone but together st the burn pit to listen to the owls calling to us from the deep woods warming our boots by the flames licking the tall branches of the ancient black walnut trees planted so many moons ago by the hands of kindred souls the quiet crackling of embers and floating sparks of ash will bring us home again within ourselves and we will once again exhale into a new season blessed be levora all photos courtesy of pinterest written by lori from notforgotten farm at 11 29 am tuesday april 18 2023 the spring woods how i go to the woods by mary oliver ordinarily i go to the woods alone with not a single friend for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable i don t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree i have my way of praying as no doubt you have yours besides when i am alone i can become invisible i can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds until the foxes run by unconcerned i can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing if you have ever gone into the woods with me i must love you very much if you love hearing about plants herbs nature and all sorts of good things then do visit good earth gatherings on facebook blessed be levora written by lori from notforgotten farm at 9 44 am thursday july 21 2022 swept away a new broom sweeps clean but an olde broom knows the corners irish proverb on halloween what bothers some about these witches is how come in sailing through the air like bats they never seem to lose their hats hitchhiking owls as we have seen ride nicely on this queer machine another thing if brooms can fly do witches keep them handy by to sweep the kitchen floor with say or do they have them locked away for private passage through the sky david mccord 1897 1997 witch s broom notes blessed be levora written by lori from notforgotten farm at 10 01 am friday may 6 2022 savage daughter i am my mother s savage daughter the one who runs barefoot cursing sharp stones i am my mother s savage daughter i will not cut my hair i will not lower my voice my mother s child is a savage she looks for her omens in the colors of stones in the faces of cats in the falling of feathers in the dancing of fire in the curve of old bones i am my mother s savage daughter the one who runs barefoot cursing sharp stones i am my mother s savage daughter i will not cut my hair i will not lower my voice my mother s child dances in darkness she sings heathen songs by the light of the moon and watches the stars and renames the planets and dreams she can reach them with a song and a broom i am my mother s savage daughter the one who runs barefoot cursing sharp stones i am my mother s savage daughter i will not cut my hair i will not lower my voice we are all brought forth out of darkness into this world through blood and through pain and deep in our bones the old songs are waking so sing them with voices if thunder and rain we are our mother s savage daughters the ones who run barefoot cursing sharp stones we are our mother s savage daughters we will not cut our hair we will not lower our voice we are our mother s savage daughters the ones who run barefoot cursing sharp stones we are our mother s savage daughters we will not cut our hair we will not lower our voice we are our mother s savage daughters the ones who run barefoot cursing sharp stones we are our mother s savage daughters we will not cut our hair we will not lower our voice this song was originally written and performed by karen kahan aka wyndreth berginsdottir https www youtube com watch v wirnvmr6fjq blessed be levora written by lori from notforgotten farm at 10 50 am thursday april 28 2022 a little witch stitching today is a goode day to stitch outside on my porch or on my patio yes it is april just a few short weeks into spring but my heart and soul lives in autumn and hallowe en is forever at the front of my mind some of my favorite designs that i ve created have come from stitching outside quiet still and contemplative near my herbs and flowers the wind whispers inspiration always helping to inspire imaginary folk and long lost friends thinking of new color palettes linens healing spells and quotes for my crafting the simple act of pulling a needle attached to a strand of plain cotton through a ground cloth of linen that i have hand dyed with my own dyes and dried in the sun fills me with such joy wishing you all a day filled with quiet creativity and magical makings blessed be levora written by lori from notforgotten farm at 11 59 am older posts home subscribe to posts atom so much more to read so much more to read june 1 may 1 march 1 february 1 september 1 august 1 april 1 july 1 may 1 april 2 august 1 may 1 february 1 january 2 august 2 june 2 may 1 october 1 august 3 july 4 june 2 may 5 july 2 august 4 july 5 august 2 july 1 june 1 july 2 april 1 may 11 april 5 august 7 july 13 june 1 may 5 april 9 october 8 september 11 august 16 july 13 june 13 may 6 april 2 march 8 my interview with enchanted living magazine welcome folk artist working with needle and thread pigment and wood farm witch working with earth and nature i live in an olde farmhouse in the woods and fields near the blue ridge mountains of virginia on an 84 acre farm named notforgotten farm where i play in the dirt collect old and odd things i throw my head back and cackle when i laugh and i celebrate olde hallow s eve everyday i raise orphaned opossums and other little creatures that may need a helping hand i love my family friends i see the past through the eye of a needle i am a good witch visit my everyday blog notforgotten farm kindred souls witches of the craft a little humor for your day 13 hours ago enchanted living magazine featured artist katrina sesum and her moonlit woodland creatures 1 day ago streets of salem philly love 3 days ago notforgotten farm it s almost that time again 2 weeks ago silver ravenwolf 9 magickal days to surgery 3 weeks ago theodora goss finding our ancestresses 3 weeks ago sabbats and sabbaths the art of incense making 1 month ago theodora goss poems lucy strange 1 month ago museum of witchcraft and magic hebrew translation 6 months ago gather victoria rose sugar navettes honoring mary magdalene 9 months ago pantovola art dolls and textile art the doran dolls 9 months ago sacred familiar baba yaga the crossbones graveyard 11 months ago the goode farm witch lori s tumblr page women in celestial dresses 1880s 1 year ago midnight farm a painterly posting 6 years ago 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dusk she was looking for mushrooms for mother s soup she couldn t help but notice a huge gnarled ancient oak tree she thought to herself how very peaceful it would be to rest a spell in it s branches so she climbed as high as she could so high that she became tired and couldn t climb back down there the litte thing sat tethered to a strong branch but scared silly she began to cry and a nearby crow heard her he thought she sounded beautiful although he didn t know she was sad he flew over to her and asked if she was alright she replied that she wanted to go home he offered to take her to wherever her nest was so she climbed onto his strong sleek back off they flew into the night and as you might guess they also became lost they came upon a wise old owl and asked him if he knew where home was the owl thought for a moment looked around them and replied right here of course the little girl wasn t afraid anymore and the owl and the crow took very good care of her on quiet autumn eves when the owls and the crows gather deep in the woods at dusk to practice their cacophony of screaches chortles and hoots listen carefully for the sound of a little girl giggling quietly as she gathers mushrooms lori brechlin 2009 the rede bide the wiccan laws we must in perfect love and perfect trust live and let live fairly take and fairly give cast the circle thrice about to keep the evil spirits out to bind the spell every time let the spell be spake in rhyme soft of eye and light of touch speak little and listen much deosil go by the waxing moon chanting out the baneful rune when the lady s moon is new kiss the hand to her times two when the moon rides at her peak then your hearts desire seek heed the north winds mighty gale lock the door and drop the sail when the wind comes from the south love will kiss thee on the mouth when the wind blows from the west departed souls will have no rest when the wind blows from the east expect the new and set the feast nine woods in the cauldron go burn them fast and burn them ...