Early November Days

 The first week of November has been a mixed bag of weather with heavy rain falling Thursday and continuing through much of the weekend. It has brought much cooler temps with the low last night at 48 degrees, due to the rain and overcast skies it's quite chilly here in north central Florida, but it feels great.

When the weather is filled with the scent of wood smoke, and there is a frigid breeze blowing I long for snow flurries, warm gloves and hot cocoa after my morning walk.  While I don't have the snow flurries, I do have gloves and hot cocoa in my cup and memories of long gone days of brightly colored leaves and November snow storms.  We would be lost without our memories.

While I won't be walking among leaves of gold, red and orange, my heart remembers those days when I would take long walks hearing the leaves crunch beneath my feet, the aroma of damp wet leaves filling my nostrils, inhaling the crisp air deep into my soul.  

If everything comes together with my health I am planning to head north this month to catch the last of the autumn leaves, I say if because my health has been a rollercoaster ride for nearly 2 years and I don't want to jeopardize my progress. So it will be a spontaneous trip if all goes well, and if not I have photos and memories to rely on for another autumn and hope for next year.

I have been doing a daily card draw this month using the Wisdom of the Crone oracle deck.  Today my card is Empowerment.

I bought this card deck over 10 years ago used it a few times then put it on the shelf, it was early days of being a Crone and the cards weren't really speaking to me yet, now they are, the words sometimes hit right to the center of me.

The stitching on the goddess a month project is going along nicely for October I chose Elen of the Ways

I didn't take any progress photos and have just washed the stitch and wash away product off I have the finished piece drying then I will post the finished piece.  November goddess will be started later today I trying to decide between Baba Yaga or Freya.