From the Mind of AlphaBetsy

Blessed Mabon to all! This weekend we went apple picking to celebrate, and to reap the rewards. Then we went to Thornville Ohio to the Backwoods Festival. I bought soaps from my favorite soap company Elder Forest Soaps, a wooden crow for the yard, a catnip toy for Sam, a sage lavender and flower smudge stick and some home made "pepper butter".     Today I received my Mabon swap package from the lovely Holistic Knitter. I sent her a set of prayer flags. She sent me a Mabon Dreamcatcher, an apple cozy and some autumn note cards.       Welcome Fall!!    

It is that time once again for skeletons, bats, spiders and sparkles. And I am not jut talking about my everyday wardrobe. Once again Vanessa is hosting her:      Join me on October 25.     See you there!!    

   Over the labor day weekend I went to Tribal Brew for my favorite ATS group, Sacred Shimmy. Then on Monday we made our first slightly soggy trip to the Ohio Renaissance Festival! Our viking/rennie selves had an amazing time, as always,   Angie and Candace Guest dancer Leyla Soliel Jenny and Maggie Jenny and Maggie Guest Jess Candace and Jenny Angie and Amanda Amanda Angie and Jenny QE1 greets the crowd A soggy viking Metal Ent Boats in the puddles Laylia   a Laylia Wenches a Wailing Scarlet Letere, The Other Woman Bellydancers Father Son and Friends  God Save the Queen!!

This weekend mom, Seth and I headed to Lithopolis, Ohio to attend the honey festival for the first time. It was a fabulous little street festival. And there was so much delicious honey. I could have spent hundreds of dollars on honey. I somehow managed to hold off that urge, but it was really hard. I talked to a lot of really nice people though, found a goat farm named gallifrey farms (the owner was so excited when I got it), got a lot of compliments on my camera strap and ate some fantastic pizza at a place called JRs in downtown Lithopolis. I purchased a hand painted candle holder with bees/hives on it, several packets of heirloom seeds, Seth and I's initials carved from books, an herbal honey that can help with anxiety, cinnamon honey, lemon verbena honey and buckwheat honey. Before we left my mom had a little visitor. Beautiful tabletop beehive Bees hard at work making the festival possible Blacksmith plying her trade. She is my hero, and she of...