On the Eve of November: The Ancient and Modern Festivals

On the Eve of November, a Dancing Spirit arrives

October is vanishing fast, as the Wheel turns Time

A New World gives Birth , to the Vibrant Spark of Life

The Season turns another page, in the Book of Infinite Light

~ Magic Prose ,Author~Victoria Pettella~

A New World is Born
Bringing New Gifts of Creation

The Potential of New Worlds to come...

May Magic fill your Heart and Spirit

at this time of Transformation and New Life!

There are many special Festivals and Events and Traditions all over the World during this time of year..

Blessings to Everyone who loves this time of year

 and Observes it in their Own Way....

Whether you celebrate Halloween and all it's Charm and Whimsy

 Whether you Celebrate the Ancient Celtic New Year...

Whether you Celebrate the Wheel of the Year

and the Festival of Samhain

Whether you Honor the Saints, the Souls and The Dead

Whatever Tradition you celebrate...ENJOY and Share your Wisdom

Wishing you Abundance and Peace

Wishing you Remembrance

and Appreciation for Life

Wishing you Healing and Joy and Love.. as we Honor the Ancestral Spirits

and those Loved Ones who have now passed on

Wishing you a Heart full of Thanksgiving 

for the Precious Earth we have been Given

 and The Beauty of Every Season

and a Sense of Awe

for Nature's Never-ending

Metaphors of Creation

Nature brings so many Gifts to us all..in every season.

Honor the Planet and all of Nature

Treasure the Beauty amd Magic of Life

Whether you Celebrate the Ancient or Modern Festivals at this time of year..enjoy them..

Appreciate All that you have

and all those who came before you..

Enjoy The Spirit Of Nature Speaking to you

through every Creature

Time to Celebrate with Nature

and Honor it's Beauty, Wisdom

and it's Harmonic Way of Life.

Wishing Everyone Blessings 

of November's Newest

Creative Spirit...

The Veil between Both Worlds is thin..

Listen well..and Create with that Magic.

~Victoria Pettella~

Kiki

~Awake With Charm and Spirit~

Another Enchanting Companion of Autumn: Part 2

Autumn holds so much Beauty.

 It is Powerful,  Secretive, Magical and striking in every color.

And this Beauty shows up in surprising ways,

Even in the Furry Faces of Creatures!

What a gentle little Soul!

While taking a photoshoot at my mother's home, this little fella snuck up with curiosity.

He was spying on me the whole time and would inch his way up closer and closer..eventually he became the Star in my feature shoot..and he made his way into every scene!

We both seemed smitten with one another.

Must have been the spirit of someone visiting from beyond the beyond.

 With the Arrival of Black Squirrel , suddenly a New Realm opened right up! And for me.. it embodies a stunning scene of Autumn's Palette of Energy..with the Midnight Essence of his fur and the brown brick of Earth and Orange Glow all around!

Animals who show up at the most curious of times..can be Messengers. And if we listen in ..we may hear a Whisper of Magic within our Heart.

Sweet Black Squirrel tells me to take chances..Risk your Heart..step into the Scenery of Life..to join in and make Friends with the even the most curious of strangers!

Black squirrel charmed his way into my little world. Be open to those who find a Kindred in you and be Grateful for all friends in whatever form they may appear.

 Black Squirrel lets me see that Special Interactions happen in Mysterious Ways..and that the most Unexpected Angels can show up on anyone's door! 

Black Squirrel teaches me that the most Magical Elements may show up in an unexpected way..in new faces..new colors...in new ingredients..all to Synchronize and Create an even greater Depth to the Beauty of Life in every scene.

The Universe sends in..the most divine accessories of magic when we are Creating..allow them in!

(Thanx for modeling and adding life to my photos little Mystic Squirrel!)

Be open to Unexpected Guests and the Gifts they bring! Be open to the Gentle Spirit in every creature you see.

~Awake With Charm and Spirit~

Kiki

Autumn's Color Essence Spotlight: Yellows and Golds

Autumn Brings the Empowering Shine

of Yellows and Golds

A Creative Time of year and "Colorwise", very explosively worn by all Tall Thundering Trees and even smaller ones and various shrubs and flowers.

The Power of Yellows and Golds

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  Energy
  
  
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  Self Confidence
  
  
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  Yoga-wise: Solar Plexus, Your sense of Personal Power and Strength
  
  
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  Power of the Sun and Sunlight. Even in Autumn the power of the Sun still reigns amidst darkness. The Sun is the Infinite Source of Light
  
  
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  Yellow helps with assimilation and digesting: thoughts, ideas and food of course
  
  
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  Yellow also symbolizes Intellectual Energy and Thinking
  
  
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  Stimulates the Mind; Great for Brainstorming
  
  Autumn carries the significant Power of Transition and Reflection and Organization; as we do often "reflect" on the passing of Summer and begin to make changes and prepare for Winter's reign.

Those who garden are immersed in this ritual with the new planning  for Spring, and preparing their garden for Winter and cleaning all outdoors areas and yards from the activity of the summer months.

Autumn's Yellows and Golds bring in the power of Reflection and Focussed Thought. A great time of year to Reflect and Create and enjoy the Color Magic of these hues for "Intellectual-Stimulation!"

Combined with the Aspect of Trees

Trees give structure and house ideas. They represent stability and reach for the sky with Confidence and Self-direction and Inner Strength.

Adorned with Yellow and Golden leaves this enhances the Personal Power Center, exudes more confidence when used to create an Empowered Sense of Self.

Using a Visual Meditation with a Tree wearing  gold and yellow leaves brings Energy, Confidence and a strong Life Force. *Focusing on a project you want to succeed enhances it's Stability and Structure when envisioned as a tree. Adding the Yellows and Golds help Radiate life, energy and power!

Trees are very grounding and healing and they automatically clean the atmosphere.

They are cleansers and natural detoxifiers and enhance oxygen.

Hug a tree once awhile... they do a lot for us all!

Creating with Nature: Relaxation With Colors

Color breathing is a simple technique to relax, to uplift oneself or to simply connect with Nature's Magical Essence and Natural Healing Qualities. Breathing in the beauty of nature, of a flower you enjoy, or specific color ..is your own personal way of connecting.

Go to whatever colors you are drawn  to or whatever area of plant, tree or flower you are most drawn and connect with that essence within. Allow it's natural beauty to fill your Heart, Mind and Spirit. 

I love looking out at the trees or standing with them and enjoying thier Natural Energy. Nature can Harmonize us on all levels instantly. We all know that simply walking in nature , spending time in nature... is already healing and invigorating... "color breathing" if you are drawn to it..is fun too.

Flowers and plants are simply healing by sight ..and touch... and by creating in your garden. This is not news..just listen to the birds..they have been enchanting us to sing along since the beginning of time..the world out there is an epic poem of life and we can sing along with it too. Nature's arms are open and welcoming to us all in every color we can imagine. Autumn is filled with that Magic.

Autumn is a time of Transformation. There are many Transformative Gifts in the the colors. Nature is a powerful healer and enhancer of well-being ...body, mind and spirit. Yellows and Golds can help radiate and amplify your natural energy reserves and also enhance your Expression of Personal Power.

Golden energies can enhance Sacred Knowledge and Spiritual Connection, growth and also empower healing. Golden energies are sacred and full of light. All Yellows and Golds radiate more Life-force in whatever area you focus upon.

Like the Sun, this power gives life, shines its energy upon all. It also enhances growth, stimulates "new growth" and encourages one to aim towards the beauty of the sun. It embodies Positivity on all levels and can teach us to naturally follow the bright outlook the sun points us towards.. and invites us to Shine alongside the Powerful Sun.

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The Creative Essence of Colors:Victoria Pettella

Enjoy the Golds and Yellows of Autumn.

They bring Cheer and Happiness and Lightness and Freedom.

Celebrate the Color Essence of Autumn's Light..may they bring you many Gifts Of Transformation within.

~

Victoria Pettella

From:
The Creative Essence of Colors
Victoria Pettella~

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As The Earth Begins to Fall with Sleep

"As The Earth Begins to Fall with Sleep, 

Autumn's Spell is Cast upon us all,

The Sound of  Summer ceases,

And the coming of Winter calls.

We Awaken with every Season

a New Tale of Creation,

The Circuit of Life and Death are One

Within Nature's Invocation."

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Author ~Victoria Pettella~

May you enjoy the Magical Sleep of Nature's Spirit

 Making it's Way across the Earth's Body

Transforming land and sky

Whispering to Hearts and Souls

And bringing New Wisdom

Within,

Now and Beyond the Beyond.

~author: Victoria Pettella~

Even in Autumn, The Lair Of Colorscapes trick the Eye into Believing that something about Summer stills Powerfully Exists !

A Garden Blur of Rainbows..as I dance and dance

"May Summer's Blessings be the Very Ones
that Charmed you into Autumn's Arms
And May the Wisdom of Autumn
and All that it Teaches us to Transform
within Ourselves,
Take you Deeply into the Dreamtime
of Winter's Heart,
Knowing that you are Richly Blessed
by Summer's Great Harvest
And May you Awaken again in Spring
With a New Spirit and a Grateful Heart for life
and All of Nature's Miracles to come. "

~author: Victoria Pettella~

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Nature's Palace of Bark

Nature's Palace of Bark

By Victoria Pettella

I'm that girl in the Forest, touching the skin of trees, reading the bark, searching for memory. I am the girl, awestruck by Nature's Palace of Bark.

I feel like a Raven-haired Wizardess, dancing in the light of the Forest. I love how they call out to me..the array of Tree Spirits all adorned with thier own unique persona!

Have you ever kissed the Face of a Tree?

And did you ever tell?

I love the bark of trees.. is that strange?

I love how each tree has its own map with a story to tell.

I love how each type of tree holds up it's skin, in it's Own Powerful Way and wears it with such inescapable meaning and strength.

I think there is a Symbolic Language in the skin of trees. I love feeling the patterns and following them like braille, reading and questing and recieving the codes within.

Nature's skin is amazing when you really take a closer look at it.

There are so many features: the color, the texture, the edges and shapes. The bark is like an embedded crust of landscape, forging its way across the body of every branch, fastening itself around the trunk's core and spiralling every limb and pointed finger that awaits.

 There are times when I am up in my art studio and I Crave the Color of Tree Bark and must run to the nearest tree to truly see the color in it's Alive State! It is the most beautiful color to me. Almost like a mixture of mud-grey, silver and brown, bronze and pewter melded into one. It is this gorgeous natural color that is hard to recreate.

I collect pieces of bark too..only of course with the Tree's Blessings. I never take, unless it is truly given... and I always leave an offering behind.

Every Tree is like a voice whispering it's mystery to me. I try to listen often and thank Nature for all of it's gifts.

I love when trees are adorned with birds and all creatures.

Even the growth interacting with the trees, fascinate me.

Every spec of life is like an individual community creating it's mark in the forest bed.

I feel enchanted by the forest and feel charmed each time I take a walk upon this secret world within.

Trees are gorgeous and they all carry their bodies in a unique reaching posture.

Influenced by the sun and shade, they curve towards the ideas of tall towers and slanted shapes.

 I would love to be a bird or a squirrel and ride the rails of the tallest tree, just to see how it would feel!

The Secret Passageways..The Openings of Trees...

Every Tree has a Gateway ...to journey within.

A secret tunnel with Nature's signature.  I love when the bark opens and creates a portal for all to see!When and how did it get there? It is mysterious and magical to me.

I am that girl in  the forest (with her camera snapping away) in love with every face. Every tree has a name, every piece of bark has a message. It is a wildly symbolic world in my mind and the trees know it. They smile at me, I think..or maybe laugh.

But I don't mind..I am Awestruck by the Power of Nature and by the Spirit of Trees. I hope to return to the Earth one day and become just that..a tall massive towering tree! I will be Free and Full of Light and reaching for rumours of the sun! I will glow.

I would love to be an Oak if the Universe is listening?

 Any Tree Kindreds out there?

Anyone obsessed with bark..fungi..moss..leaves?
(I am certain to post more on my Tree Spirit friends, so check back if you are as smitten as I am.)

Here's to the Spirit of Trees and All their magic..seen and unseen!

So have you fallen for the Trees yet? Will I see in you in the Palace of  Bark ? I won't say a word if I see you..just a nod in mutual connection and respect! Trees are Awe-inspiring..and the bark they wear?.....It is indeed a unique map made for those drawn towards a Magical Landscape within!

~ Victoria Pettella~

Awake with Charm and Spirit

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All of these beautiful trees and images of nature

were taken on my favorite hiking trails..

in Ontario, Canada