Sunrise over the Bottle Tree

My garden bottle tree this morning. It's coming along nicely, but I need more coloured glass bottles...

Bottle Trees have a rich history in folklore. They are meant to bring good fortune to the garden by attracting bad spirits that prowl the earth and trapping them inside their bejewelled glass walls. The bottle tree is already sparking an idea for a short story some time in the future...

Mindful Adjustments

The Mindful Garden is definitely my favourite spot in the Magickal Garden at the moment :)

I have moved the pixies as they conjure all kinds of interesting thoughts and detracted from the peaceful nature of the Mindful Garden. I think they look happy in their new location :)

Next up is introducing these carnivorous wonders to the bog section of the garden :)

 

Oxwich Church

A Near-Infra-Red photograph of Oxwich Church, the scene of a rather unusual ghostly sighting...

 

Old Gower Ghost Stories

Amanita published

The second of my four festive folk horror stories is now published and is available both in paperback and for kindle here!

 

'Tis Done :)

 'Tis done. My second of four festive folk horrors has been sent to the publishers :)

I now need to crack on with the third tale in this series of interconnected Christmas stories. But first...

Amanita - Last Few Edits

 Working on the last few edits of Amanita ~ a Solstice story before it gets published.

Nostalgia #4

My prized memo of seeing Kate Bush live a few years back. These poems were fired out at the audience during the drowning-at-sea middle section of the gig.

Amanita ~ Day 88/100

When your laptop is useless in the sunny garden grrr... (Yes, she does watch me like this most of the time lol)

On the Beach

 

Out 'n' About

 

Day 78/100

 Day 78/100. Draft 2 complete :) I now have 22 days to get the final third draft completed. It's going to be a tight finish...

Day 72/100

 

Day 71 - #The100DayProject

 

A Little Troll

The Mindful Garden - Focal Point

 Here he is - settled amongst the ivy in the section of our patio I am devoting to the creation of a mindful garden. He will form the focal point of the design. So far, so good...

Mindful Gardening - Buddha

I have decided to create a mindful garden in this section of our patio:

Step One ~ Finding & Acquiring a Peaceful Buddha Statue accomplished :)

 

Nostalgia #3

Nostalgia. Isle of Skye. First visit. First stop off. Garage for matches to light van fire.

 

Day 65/100

 

Day 64/100

 

Magickal Gardening

If you can't find magic in the world, create your own!

 

Spring Arrives :)

 

Day 54 - #The100DayProject

 

Black Hole

 Sorry for the lack if updates recently. Seems I slipped into the black hole for a few weeks. Still,  I can see the daylight now and am heading out of there as fast as I am able...

Day 39

Day 39 of my #The100DayProject attempt to get my festive folk horror tale, Amanita, completed.

 

Day 36

 Today is Day 36 of my #The100DayProject to complete my second Solstice festive folk horror story. I may have to pick up the pace a little...

Paper Mate

 

Time for Craft...

Cracking on with the second draft of Amanita. Time for craft to hone imagination...

 

Amanita - Draught Two...

Day 28 of my #The100DayProject starts with my completed first draft of (Solstice) Amanita printed out, ready for my work to begin on Draft 2...

 

Day 26 - #The100DayProject

A quarter of the way through this project, to complete my second Solstice story within 100 day, and i have now completed the writing (and typing up) of its first draft :)