Happy Monday!

Yesterday,  we enjoyed a very lovely Mother's Day dinner with my mom, MIL, and cousins at a great place called, "The Hitching Post." It was a holiday buffet-style setting and the food was out of this world ...

Me 'n' mom

The Hitching Post

With my mom and MIL

Cousins Patrick and Robin

Of course, today it is back to reality as I must continue my diet and exercise routine, but that is to be expected after a holiday meal.  :P

My mom is always so very self-conscience about her age and "growing old gracefully" at 78 years old. I think she looks great and I can only hope to look half as good someday! 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Me 'n' mom on Christmas Day ~ 1965

and visiting Christmas Village in 2013

Posing with her beloved dog, Brandi

My nana Cora, my dad's mom

The magick of mermaids

Greetings everyone! For those of you who have been reading my blog for quite some time, you know by now the strong attraction that mermaids hold for me. Their beauty and allure have always fascinated me. It began years ago when I was a child and they have had my heart ever since.

I had recently bought a lovely labradorite mermaid pentagram necklace on Etsy ...

Labradorite is a gemstone with highly mystical properties. It heightens intuition, enhances psychic abilities which makes it great for working with the Third Eye chakra, it is known to balance both  intuition and intellect, dispels illusions and allows ones true intentions to be seen more easily. It is also a protective stone against negative energies and balances the aura. 

Labradorite can also aid in communicating with our highest self and with the creator. It also helps to assist us with facing and navigating all types of changes and challenges, attracting strength and perseverance into our lives. It is one of the best stones to use when dealing with any type of addiction or to break unhealthy (either physical or mental) habits.

Useful during transformation and change, labradorite is helpful for bringing up and healing old memories, including past life issues. You can wear a labradorite pendant during meditations, healing sessions, or while you sleep to assist in dream time.

Mermaids encompass seduction, allure, flirtation, beauty, charm, Divine Femininity, and provocativeness. To have a connection to a mermaid is to have a connection to goddess energies, intuitive abilities and to the healer of the heart and the ocean. The mermaid is not only the epitome of feminine beauty, but she is also extremely strong in whom she is - known for being unconquerable, she can never be tamed all of which seem to make her even more desirable,

There are many goddesses in ancient mythology who are connected to mermaids. For the purposes of this post and because there are so many good websites in which to research this information further, I will not get into that. My personal water deity is the Greek water/ocean goddess Doris of whom I keep a little statue of on my daily altar. 

"Singing to the ocean, I can hear the ocean's roar
Play for free, I play for me and play a whole lot more.
Thinking about the good things and the sun that lights the day
I used to think of the ocean, has the ocean lost its way? ...
I don't think so!"

Fun Friday!

(This gif just says it all, dunnit it? ha ha ha)

Thank you! 

The following is a clip from the 1983 ARMS Concert in New York. One of a series of live charity benefit shows put together by British bassist Ronnie Lane for Action into Research for Multiple  Sclerosis...

"Stairway to Heaven" (instrumental with Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, & Jeff Beck all from the original "Yardbirds".

https://youtu.be/1B_c6FtLVRg

Jimmy Page with a fan outside of his home.

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Here's wishing everyone a ROCKIN' WEEKEND and Brightest Blessings!!! 

Throwback Thursday

Me, Waterfae & Rhiannon ~ Beltane 2002

Chilling with my mom's dog Mitzi and my mini lop bunny Sir Barney

Wordless Wednesday

This and That ...

Happy Monday friends! Today marks the beginning of my diet and exercise regiment. I walked a hour this afternoon and as long as it does not rain, I plan on walking every day for the next two weeks or so to get myself jump started. I need to lose at least ten pounds within the next two months. 

I also began the purging process of cleaning up the cluttered mess in my house! Wow, I have no idea how I ended up with so much stuff I seriously do not need and only serves to make me look like a bit of a hoarder of sorts. Anyway, I have decided to start with the attic then work my way eventually to the basement.  :)

Saturday, I received the Scentsy fragrance wax I had ordered for the Black Cat wax warmer my friend Judy gave me last week as a gift.

And so, I had a fairly productive Monday and tomorrow is another day ...