That is really beneficial to hear and know, dear Sanne. The first one wasn’t, how shall we say, the best performing post here to date and even this one was a bit slow in gaining momentum but has faired better, ultimately that the first in this quarterly series. As such, I was already debating their fate for 2021 (and beyond). I’d be happy to keep penning them if they are of interest to my readers, and you for letting me know directly that they are has helped me a lot on that front. Thank you!!!

Goodness, do I hear you! While I have, thankfully, grown a bit better at simply being and intentionally doing little to nothing, it is not a state that comes naturally me to either. I am a born workaholic and have a recovering perfectionist who loves to be busy + productive, so simply chilling for long swaths of time is not my default setting by any means. 😄

That’s wonderful regarding your very well deserved getaway (especially given all that your DH has been through health-wise as of late). I hope that the weather is sunny and beautiful, and that you have a really lovely time.

Many hugs & thanks again!

♥ Autumn

You’re wholeheartedly welcome, my dear friend. It’s an absolutely wonderful and highly beneficial post for so many people (both, I’d say, inside and out of the Pagan/witchy sphere – as the use of smudging, incense, etc is certainly not exclusive to our realm alone). I shared it directly with multiple people I know who are smoke/scent sensitive and imagine I’ll continue to do so as I connect with others who share that this is a concern in their lives.

I’m deeply sorry that your travel plans were shelved. Having lived in Ireland (for two years, eons ago now) I can attest firsthand to its almost otherworldly draw and soulful beauty. It pains me – as I know it does you and Miles – that this trip had to be postponed. It’s safest and wisest, of course, but that knowledge only does so much to counterbalance the harshness of needing to cancel (for now). I hope dearly that you’ll be able to visit Ireland one day, when doing so is safer again. We’ve not been back yet ourselves and very much want to visit again one day – especially since we didn’t actually get to see all that much of the country during our time there.

Aww! Thank you so much. Likewise all the way, my immensely awesome friend.

Wishing you a fantastic weekend,
♥ Autumn

I really should be much better at doing nothing. I’m always busy and always doing something, even when I’m relaxing, then I’m always knitting or crocheting.

The burger pincushion is fantastic, I have to make one.

Halfoween – what a great term, really love that.

On Saturday we’re going on two weeks summer holiday at my little summer cottage, so we cross our fingers for nice weather. A week ago we had the hottest heatwave, now it is so cold I wake up at night because my feet are freezingly cold.

Wishing you a lovely day, dear. 🙂

Keep being awesome my friend! <3

Hi lovely Sue, thank you very much for your comment. I’ve been a long-time reader and fan of your fantastic blog, and am so touched that you found my site through this post and left such sweet words here.

You’re very welcome! It’s a gorgeous project and one that resonates with me for a multitude of different reasons, including the fact I collect antique and vintage photos.

I hope that your summer is off to a fantastic start and that you have a sunny, safe, and abundantly blessed season every step of the way.

Big hugs from the woodsy wilds of Western Canada,
♥ Autumn

Hello lovely Donna, thank you very much for your wonderful comment. I’m honoured to learn more about your family’s captivating history, including the fact that being a healer and midwife runs in your lineage.

It is both beautiful and highly meaningful that you have this important information today. So often facts like this have, unfortunately, been lost in the ethers of time or perhaps exist today only as vague murmurings or family lore.

What an enchanting surname to run in that branch of your family tree. I lived in Ireland (ROI) for a couple of years and met a few folks there with that last name – naturally, it immediately piqued my attention each time I heard it. If I’m not mistaken, it’s Norman in origin – or perhaps, as some of us may like to think, it stems not from our mortal realm but from that of the faerie folk themselves.

You touched on a point that I think about on an ongoing basis: that the ways of the old and those of the more modern Christ-centered faiths continued to intertwine far more in many areas (and more people) than they may today. This is a subject that could be explored endlessly and I won’t go into great depth about it here, but it is one that I really do find fascinating, especially since I suspect it was part and parcel to the daily existence of many of our ancestors.

Thank you again for sharing all that you did here and for being the beautiful, enchanting soul that you are. 💗

Immense hugs & the loveliest of wishes for these final days of June,
♥ Autumn

Hi lovely Zania, thank you very much for your kind comment and beautiful Litha wishes.

Very true about the way that summer can help us to feel better/healthier/more active/just generally positive. That’s an element of this season that I sincerely appreciate as well.

It’s awesome to meet a fellow Lammas fan. That sabbat really does launch the fall harvest season in my books – even if we usually have a few more weeks of summer weather on our hands here before the world slips into its autumnal finery again – and is a time of the year that I find I develop an even deeper connection with each time a fresh August rolls around.

Thank you again. May the light, vitality, loveliness, and abundant blessings of Litha be yours straight on until Lammas.

♥ Autumn

Donna W
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