First snow of winter

You are no bear, Robert. 

I love the images of the “haunted woods”, please tell me if they’re alive with bluebells and wild garlic in the spring 

No.   bluebells are in different woods.

And I get my garlic from a French stall at a European market.

Beuatiful pictures Robert as usual you capture the essence of the subject.

And wow! The woods with the bluebells , so brings back so many memories of me and my brother and sisters visiting Newbury woods before the bypass was built. There was a disused railway line, no tracks, and was very deep in a cutting, the woods were awesome, trees and rhododendrons every where, we would pick bluebells back then as it was ok to . Not ok now which I fully understand.

My mother loved the woods and nature and we often visited lots of different ones,,, also picked one or two snakes heads and primroses,,, not lots just one or two. Again please don’t anyone pick wild flowers now as it may well be illegal for each? Her home had a name plate on it when we moved into it, VALERIAN, the plant often seen growing in and on stone walls, cheddar Gorge has many, they are mainly pink and like fairly dry harsh conditions, 

my mum was a plant rescuer, buying reduced shrivelled up plants from garden centres and giving the tenderness and love , they mostly grew and were added to her huge long garden full of many different types of plant.

I took my home made sleigh to work and once on site we had lots of fun going down a steep grassy bank Lol.

We had very little work to do and it was a very quite long day on Friday, no phone calls, no texts it was unusual as the phone usually never stops Lol.

Actually the day seemed very long indeed apart from the fun we had.

What a picture it was, two grown men in bright orange clothing having great fun. I haven’t had anyone to Share that with  so thank you for the snow thread, 

Oh and thank you sunflower for your pictures too, lovely rolling hills.

Take care all and thanks for taking me back to my youth, I needed that.

Btw ) (do you think of your mother as a witch or more the Oafan Wicca? I.e of the belief system and way of life that aspires to a peaceful, balanced and harmonious way of things?

Read more: https://wiccanspells.info/wiccan-pagan-articles/wicca-vs-paganism-vs-witchcraft/

Robert124 said:

She however did steal large quantities of bluebells from local woods.  And these thrived in our garden.  Years later she grew tired of them and tried to eradicate them because they were taking over the garden.

I like to think of it as bluebell karma... maybe they were trying to spread back to the wood they belonged to.

A childhood of feeling ostracised or “not belonging” is a familiar sense. The choice is to try and “fit”, become content in your own skin, or dip you toe into societies tribes but be happy to remove yourself from it as well.

To ) ( I hope you find some comfort soon.

Robert124 said:

She however did steal large quantities of bluebells from local woods.  And these thrived in our garden.  Years later she grew tired of them and tried to eradicate them because they were taking over the garden.

I like to think of it as bluebell karma... maybe they were trying to spread back to the wood they belonged to.

A childhood of feeling ostracised or “not belonging” is a familiar sense. The choice is to try and “fit”, become content in your own skin, or dip you toe into societies tribes but be happy to remove yourself from it as well.

To ) ( I hope you find some comfort soon.

Btw ) (do you think of your mother as a witch or more the Oafan Wicca? I.e of the belief system and way of life that aspires to a peaceful, balanced and harmonious way of things?

Read more: https://wiccanspells.info/wiccan-pagan-articles/wicca-vs-paganism-vs-witchcraft/