As a Druid I like to keep a little personal altar to mark the wheel of the year. In practice this means that every six weeks or so I change what I put on it to mark the upcoming festival. Next on the list is Imbolc which is all about the returning light and the movement between late winter and the early signs of spring. Some may be familiar with the Christian equivalent of Candlemas. Quite often I've given this one a miss as I've struggled with inspiration. However, this year I decided to get a grip and sort it out. A while spent of Pinterest [usually I avoid because it's such a rabbit hole] gave me some ideas. What I didn't want to do was just buy stuff so instead I was looking for a simple craft that would use stuff that I've already got here. This is a type of Brigid cross and is also known as a God's eye cross. You give it a red centre for protection, but the colours I chose are representing fire, light and the different shades of Spring green. Granted it's the sort of thing that most small children could manage, but I found it very meditative and soothing. There are no plans to go into production though. The light levels were so low that the quality of the image won't win any prizes, but I'm pleased with it and even the sticks are from a dried buddleia cutting from the garden. It's now sitting with the other bits and bobs and adds in the spot of colour which was previously missing. It looks right at home.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Arilx
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