I love crocheting blankets in the winter, so cozy!  Well when it's actually cold; it was 65f yesterday, and today it's 19f but feels like 1f with the crazy winds.  I've been working on a High Day Healing Blanket series since 2023.  Midwinter (Feb1; kids helped with this one) Spring Equinox (IP) Summer Solstice (a friend helped with this one) Fall Equinox (IP) Winter Solstice (IP; using a log cabin square quilt design).     For Midspring (May1), I'm planning on making a bouquet blanket, and I'm learning how to make shapes, so I can make a beehive patchwork throw for Midsummer (Aug1).  I don't have anything planned yet for Midfall (Nov1)--maybe a big ole jack-o-lantern or something?  I still gotta finish a couple of these other ones first. Hail the Hearth, Home, and Family Kindreds.  🔥 Thank yall for the support! Face to the Sun. Trust in Joy. Follow the Bees... - Priestess Foxlyn

On the 17th, I performed the Reindeer Ritual with my virtual grove, which overall went really well.  On the 20th, my family and I did our Yule Eve stuff, and gave offerings to our Winter, Solar, and Hearth deities.  We thanked and said goodbye to Krampus and gave carrots and oatmeal to the Yule Goat and Tomte. Come Solstice morning, the kids tore through their stockings to see what the Yule Goat and Tomte brought them, and then we did our gift exchanges.  After a nap, I attended the Three Cranes Grove's Heliogenna, which honored the Hellenic Sun, Helios.   Rev. Dangler fire scrying for the omen.   Which was a message about rekindling our fires so we can help others do the same within our communities. In the evening, after a feast of hearty beef stew and chicken nuggets (for the picky eaters), it was time for the family's favorite ritual--Reindeer Mother.  Usually we make sun masks and dance with our jingle wands to raise energy, and even make rein...

  Back: Oracle cards, various offerings, and the Tree. Middle: LED Lantern Reping Elen of the Ways, Green Monster Reping Nature Spirits, Mother Holle, Reindeer Figurine, Frigg, Hestia-Vesta, Reindeer Mother with the Sun in Her Antlers (the sun repping the Solar Goddesses), a Fox Figurine, White Flame, a Tomte, and Yule Goat. Front: Kuksa Offering Cup, the Well, the Flame, Elen of the Ways Prayer Beads, White-Tailed Deer Antler Wand Repping the Deer Goddesses, and a Jingle Wand. All sitting on a gold shimmery altar cloth. Dec 17, 2025 Yesterday I finished my script and rehearsed it multiple times, as I do every public and family ritual.  It flowed pretty well.  It was a longer ritual because of the Working and the unpredictability of the Omen, but when I rehearsed it was roughly 45 minutes to an hour long. I was feeling pretty darn excited about this.  This is the family favorite and one of my more important yearly rituals since 2017-18, when Reindeer Mother entered m...