Finally, The Giveaway!!

For weeks now, I have been threatening you all with a Giveaway!! And now it is here. A beautiful Full Moon tonight (called many names: Beltane Moon, Willow Moon, Flower Moon, Seed Moon) makes me want to celebrate with a Giveaway.. This May moon will be 14% brighter! (how do they calculate these things, anyway?). This would be a spectacular time to charge all your magickal tools, stones, jewelry..whatever you wish. I like to charge water for ritual use during a Full Moon. Just place your items outside where they will receive the full glow of the Moon.

Back to the Giveaway...here is a photo:

Just click on the photo to see a better view.

Earth, Air, Fire & Water by my favorite Wiccan author, Scott Cunningham. An amazing and useful book for learning how to incorporate these four elements into spellwork and rituals. Scott was a gentle, down-to-earth person who wrote very personally and personably. His concern for his readers made his books genuine, accurate and unique.

Godiva Chocolate. Need I say more?

A butterfly book mark.

When is a book not a book? When it is a beautifully disguised storage box. You can put all kinds of trinkets into this neat box-that-looks-like-a-book.

A candle that smells like summery gardens: Lavender and Chamomile scented. And a folder of blank note cards and envelopes with beautiful summer flowers on the front of each card.. Let's bring the art of letter writing back into use. Don't you just love to get a handwritten note? Well, to get on, write one!!!

Here's a sweet little figurine of a robin. Just so you can have a reminder of someone who thinks the world of you.

There might be a few other things that wind up in the box. Who knows?

TO WIN::
Simple simple simple.   Be a follower. Leave a comment that you would like to be entered into the Beltane Moon Giveaway! That is it!! Open to everyone, including international followers. I will announce the winner on Wednesday, May 9th. I will need a way to contact you, either email or blog. (i do not tweet or FB or any of that). 
The winner must respond with their snail mail address within three days, or I will need to draw another winner.

Happy Beltane Moon, Flower Moon, Seed Moon, Willow Moon, Super Moon!!!!!!

Wedding Garden Update

Thriving. The colors are gorgeous. Now if I can just keep them happy for 6 more weeks.

This photo really doesn't do the colors justice. The various shades of purples are quite vivid, and the contrasting dusty miller's silver is delightful.

Aspargus Fern

 These three pots of Asparagus Fern are lush. The pots will have purple ribbons tied around them for the wedding and placed here and there at the reception.

The Wedding Garden, phase 2

 This long raised bed is planted with larkspur, bachelor buttons and zinnias. You can see a bare spot in the middle which I am puzzled about. Nothing came up. The solar frog is watching over the garden, day and night.
These flowers will be used in bouquets or in tiny vases for the reception.

Rosemary

 Two pots of rosemary, fragrant and sweet (sitting in between planters of lettuce and spinach). I plan on using the rosemary for the boutonnieres for the Groom and his groomsmen. Have not decided whether to use the rosemary in the corsages yet.

Elephant Ear, Lone Survivor

 Harking back to the infamous squirrel rampage, here is the one elephant ear that survived. It just opened up yesterday and if all goes well will become a large tropical plant. This is a non-wedding plant. I like to plant elephant ears every summer.

Summer Giveaway

If you haven't entered my Summer Giveaway, please do!! Five winners. Last day to enter, June 30th. Winners announced on July 1st. Just be a follower. Read all about here

The cauldron is bubbling and full of Giveaway entries. I stir it daily.

Final Day to Enter the Giveaway!

The First Ever Giveaway at Wiccan Writes closes tonight at 7:00 pm EST. The winner will be announced Sunday, January 9th sometime before noon est.