tea time {& some favourite quotes} ...

We are in the midst of another snow fall

{bliss}

Archer and I headed to the woods for a lovely, long walk

freshly fallen snow underfoot ... 

once home, and before I started on anything

I put on the kettle ,  lit candles,

nestled on the sofa & picked up one of my favourite books

Women who run with the wolves ...

"A woman is like a tea bag;

you never know how strong it is

until it's in hot water"

~Eleanor Roosevelt~

... tea and a little positive affirmation ... love x

"She's mad 

but she's magic,

there's no lie

in her fire"

~Charles Bukowski~ 

birthday flowers dried beautifully ...

I turned them into a little wreath ...

"I call her wild woman,

for those very words,

wild and woman,

create llamar o tocar a la puerta,

the fairy-tale knock at the door of the deep feminine psyche.

Llamar o tocar a la puerta means literally

to play upon the instrument of the name in order to open a door.

It means using words

that summon up the opening of a passageway.

No matter by which culture a woman is influenced, she understands the words

wild and woman

intuitively"

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes~

"My darling girl,

when are you going to realize

that being "normal"

is not necessarily a virtue?

It sometimes rather denotes a lack of courage"

~Aunt Frances~

serenity

the flickering of candlelight

"Women

try to tame themselves

as they get older,

but the ones who look best

are often

a bit wilder"

~Miuccia Prada~

"The doors to the world of the wide self

are few but precious.

If you have a deep scar, that is a door,

if you have an old, old story, that is a door.

If you love the sky and the water so much

you almost cannot bear it, that is a door.

If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life,

that is a door"

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes~

"I love getting older.

My understanding deepens.

I can see what connects.

I can weave stories of experience and apply them.

I can integrate the lessons.

Things simply become more and more fascinating.

Beauty reveals itself 

in thousands of forms"

~Victoria Erickson~

~happy Friday~

d x