Nice... lots of folks don't understand this sort of thing. They may kinda "feel" the presence faintly ... folks tuned in to it and their presence becomes part of the home. I'm very cool with the ghosts, it's the trolls I'm not that fond of. They like to make a lot of racket and are not respectful. We grow Rue to keep them at bay. It works .. I haven't heard a troll since the early spring right after my wife planted the Rue.
I've not become aware of trolls yet. I've an author friend up in Maine who frolics with trolls and land spirits of dark and mythological appearance. He's rather paleolithic in his approach to theliminal world, but I imagine he may have aid from mushrooms of the rock and roll era. A bit argumentative for daily contact, but a logical, knowledgeable and aware guy.
Rad congrats on your harvest mate - and you sure do have some beautiful glass there buddy. Wow... I do like that oil rig, of course I wouldn't know how to use it but I think I would sure have fun figuring it out.
That oil sipper belongs to a friend - I'll find out how good a friend on moving day
Used like a straw, it is easy to handle and much less drippy and fussy than other oil rigs.
Step 1 - place the selected amount of oil/shatter/wax on a crystal saucer.
Step 2 - heat the nail with a torch.
Step 3 - Move the nail along the surface of the saucer and inhale to vacuum up the oil. (Anything left on the saucer can be sucked up in a future hit.)
How did you like the full moon last night?? Wow is all I can say, that was a powerful experience.... we grow a shit ton of berries and this year has and is going to be the best year yet, our raspberries were ripe this morning ... we will have raspberries all the way to new years (ever-bearing). They get much of the same growing technique as the indoor ladies.
I actually felt the biggest impact of the solstice moon the night before. My wife has been playing music from 1967 all week. The animals have been playing outside the picture window (baby squirrels, chipmunks, red squirrels, bobcat, possum, skunks, rabbit.) Lots of sexual urges and solstice energy.
At solstice morning breakfast, for the second day in a row, our elderly rat Bella was showing confusion, loss of balance and easily startled. For about 3 weeks, she has been fetching food off our plates for her equally elderly sister rat Donna - as Donna has chosen not to be part of the move and grown a large tumor. Donna hasn't been in obvious pain, but she has stopped being the curious and intrepid explorer. Bella was having so much trouble that Donna fetched food for Bella the last 2 mornings, but she didn't eat much. An inspection of Bella showed she also has a tumor and trouble with her left eye. We made arrangements for a vet to give them both life ending shots. I took them to the vet this evening. The ratty girls were excellent companions for 3 years. Tears were shed.
This sadness had me emotionally withdrawn during last night's moon. The animals and birds appear to be totally exhausted by the last few days of full moon. The main exception to today's bird lethargy was the wrens. I was aware of 2 or 3 wrens on the property before today, but I was scolded/serenaded by at least 3 pairs of wrens in 4 different locations around the island today.
My wife's birthday, Juneteenth/Father's Day, Last day of High School, Summer Solstice, burying the rats and final packing of the yard - this solstice has been very transitional. We don't usually have honey bees around, but maybe I'll find a bumble bee to tell tomorrow.
My blueberries and raspberries will not be ripe before we leave. I found a few dozen bagseed from 2 years ago. The wife is considering playing Johnny Appleseed before we leave.
That should have been a given, with the age of this one, but for some reason it never crossed my mind. Reps on the final Mass. harvest my friend.
