Short and sweet

A brief little note this morning our second night away from the farm and an extra hour to rest and rejuvenate , before heading to the second day of my course . I am enjoying it very much .

We have had an update from home and all is well there .

The timing of this weekend couldn't have been more appropriate , what I am learning will be useful with our first seeker to Gwenhwyfar Garden who arrives Tuesday . Naturally I didn't realise any of that when I booked this course way back at the beginning of the summer , so it's always reassuring that if I follow my heart felt desires it all seems to weave together without too much effort . That said we do not seem to be able to load the pictures to the blog whilst away , so just little short and sweet notes until tomorrow , when we can add some we have taken whilst away , and the new parts of building work at the farm we are looking forward to seeing when we return .

New Horizons

Keeping it brief today.... we arrived safe and well  at our destination , after a good nights sleep and a hearty breakfast we are going to set off to explore a little of our new surroundings before our course starts at 10.30.  not heard anything from the caretaker at  the farm so we guess all is well there . 

Sunrise a new day .

What a beautiful morning up before the sun showed its full beauty over the horizon .

Back from the beach and we have several things to do before we can head off for Dorset where I will be attending the final weekend of my soul midwife training . I love to keep exploring and learning new things .

We will leave the farm in safe hands and return Sunday night. Hopefully then we will have the hard standing for the pigs finished,  some more of the new craft room up , and the tiling in the bathroom of Willow complete.

Changing seasons , cycles, sunrises 🌅 and sunsets.

Seems like it's busy here , though that's not how it feels most of the time . We have a slower pace of life , though changes often bring a different pace ,and it's lovely to see our tradesmen's passion going into the new buildings , and remoulding of the old ones .

Today though for us it is really about a journey over the bridge to England .... another land .

We leave behind the magic of here to explore new places , and new faces , bringing back some of the magic we find in those to inject new ideas here . 
Sunrise and sunsets that bring new beginnings and endings , that together make beauty from the broken, and break the beauty of the day into the sunset and the dark of the night.

Silhouettes and shadows .

Left early for the beach this morning . Lots of tradesmen due on site today, to get on with the new craft room and the finishing of Willow cottage so we needed to make sure we were back before they set to with their work and plans for the day.

It was still dark as we stepped on to Penbryn , not that the dogs minded.

 Treading more carefully however, were Ali and I . The tide was a long way out . Lovely to see the silhouettes and outlines of rocks and the large boulders . Looking up we could see the tree line at the edge of the cliff as the daylight grew.

Light and shade they make such wonderful blends . As the daylight grew and we turned back along the beach , the outflowing stream was more apparent , did we really step through that in the half light? wow looks a lot more challenging in full light. However we made it through with no real difficulties.

Got me wondering about our seekers and the truth of our own perceptions.
Darkness can appear , and feel menacing , although it need not , after all it's just the other side of light, and together this morning they made such beauty for us to perceive .

Ruffled feathers and solid stones .

Lovely bright day today and so mild .
What a wonderful circle of feathers and stones somebody has left on the beach for us to discover .

I love stone circles and feathers , so to see them together I was really happy . We build circles here at Gwenhwyfar Garden ....... stone ones we enter in and hold our ceremonies , human ones we tell our stories in , then some just ornamental like the one I found on the beach today . 
Felt like the result of children playing and exploring with their imagination.
It's what I love encouraging the seekers here to do , explore ......

We also have lots of feathers around and about . Often the doves leave them for us to find , I always allow myself to see them as left by angels as a sign and gift that we are loved and held in safe arms .

Much more in the realm of the fully seen here today , Ali managed to get all the ducks on the big pond together for the first time , and ruffled feathers were a plenty . They are loving it , and able to explore new parts of the farm and garden and hopefully new parts of themselves .

Misty, moody , morning of mindfulness. Mmmmmmmm.....

The mornings are slower to light up at the moment , and so mindful that the woods may be a little dark I decided to do our walk the otherway around today . We headed straight to the beach . The mist hovered all around and the sea , still moody was crashing itself on the newly arranged shore.

The dogs didn't mind at all ,as soon as I mentioned time for the woods off the beach they ran and on to the steps and in to the woods.

Returning home and Ali and I had breakfast along with making our plans for the day.
Routine and structure important and necessary. It will be so when our seekers arrive .
Though there are so many different things to do each day the outline routine remains the same. Timings are key . There will be some adjustments around timings this weekend when the clocks go back , and whilst we gain an hours sleep the dogs don't always adjust so readily ! 
The other field animals here seem to just fall into the new rhythm no problem at all.

We feel sure it will be that way with our seekers who we hope will simply fall into the rhythm here . After all Gwenhwyfar Garden has a timescale that is of a different place .
Kairos time the time of the soul .

Preparation and transformation

After some delays brought by the weather , preperation for the extra space at the back of Sunflower has begun in earnest . The base is now complete and the steel posts that will strengthen the sides are planned to go up later in the week .

The vision for this extra room first came to me last year . Like all the wonderful ideas for the development of Gwenhwyfar Garden they evolve over time transforming what we're once merely thoughts , to actual buildings, courses , retreats and workshops  and different opportunities to offer healing .

http://www.gorslwyd.co.uk/forthcoming-events

The extra space coming together this time will provide extra room for various activities , primarily I see it as a crafting room . Always lovely to be able to be snug and warm inside,  if the weather is not so good , whilst the beauty of the outside can still be fully appreciated .

This room will look directly over the dove cote , and down to the chapel and woodland walkway . 

Hopefully you will be able to hear the sound of the stream always a comforting sound I find .

Enough stimulation to enspire and encourage the creative fire in each of us .