well the angel wings ... becos my good friends cailin and leigh seem to agree i have them, which brought to mind a certain photograph from many years ago.
anyway, to the floating candles. Last night we had a gathering of our women's circle at cailin's house and we finished the evening by floating lit candles off a jetty on the estuary near where she lives. Since it is summer here, darkness doesn't come till well after 9pm at night, and it was a cloudy rainy night when we gathered at 7pm. So we decided to wait for the candle part till after it was dark. We shared a lovely meditation then a meal, then stories ... until at 11.30pm (!) someone asked if we were still going to do the candles! by this time the sky had cleared, the rain had stopped, and we piled into the van to go find the water.
A little adventure ensued ... involving darkness (no torch to light our path to the water, but dark adjusted eyes worked ok) .... finding the jetty, then seeing the tide was very low. So clambering down the steps, clinging to the pole at the bottom and gently lowering our candles into the water with the precious intention we were sending out into the world.
Walking back my adventure concluded with a short trip over a chain i didn't see until i fell over it! There is nothing like a little fall to bring us right back down to earth!!!
this was a memorable and beautiful night in many ways ... and i value the memories we are creating as a group of women, connected.
2 comments:
I see your wings!!
It sounds like you had a great night. Well, all except for that fall. I hope you weren't hurt.
The angel wings fit perfectly. What a neat photograph!
The candles on the water must have been quite beautiful.
And I do hope you don't have too much of a bruise. Ouch!
I must drive you crazy with my spelling and I appreciate your patience with my writing over the years.
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