Wintery Weather

I live in Northern Nevada, near Reno and about 45 minutes from Lake Tahoe. This week has been rough! We had flooding in Reno and the surrounding areas, lots of snow, ice, and now more snow. The mountain areas have had between 4 and 11 FEET of snow since Tuesday night, great for the ski resorts but a pain for people trying to get to and from work.

Yesterday I started my drive to work on 1/2 inch of ice. The roads were awful but by 4:00 pm ALL of the snow and ice had melted. I thought this morning would be a nice, dry drive - NOPE, I woke up to more snow. Since I am considered essential personnel at work I left early and made it to the office 1/2 hour before they told us to go home. It is supposed to snow until around 10:00 PM. I was really impressed that our central office staff were told to go home due to worsening weather and all too happy to oblige.

I love snow - when I go visit it up in the mountains but I really don't like having to drive it in with people who have no clue. I did see Karma in action several times and while that was sort of fun even I was glad to be off the roads and no longer a witness to mass stupidity! Dear Goddess, if you have a big truck the ice still rules, you can not stop on ice - Slow Down... just saying. I'm am always grateful that I drive a Jeep, especially in snow, but no matter what you drive you need to be cautions.

Anyway, now that I am home, safe and sound, I am thoroughly enjoying the snow. I made cookies for the family. The dogs and I have had some hot chocolate on the deck (Ok I had hot chocolate, they had a biscuit), we played in the snow and now I am going to settle in by the fire and read a book!

So this is what a snow day feels like!

I'm back!

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Yeah baby, 2016 sucked! Well, mostly. I did manage to change jobs (and go back to school) which was awesome but I was so busy in 2016 that the last time I got to write was in January! I have only posted 3 (now 4) times this year. I didn't even take my kayak out this year! Yep, it was a bad year.

2017 will be better. I miss my blog, I miss my witchy community, I miss writing! So I made some serious changes for 2017. I now have a couple of hours a month blocked out on my calendar just for blog stuff! I have also limited the things I am participating in to just those I am passionate about: my family and friends, my sculpting, my witchyness and my blog. Sounds like a well rounded life to me.

I hope you all had a beautiful solstice. I got to spend it with my family. I am not a huge fan of winter but I do love that the days are finally getting longer and we have turned the corner towards spring. I will admit that snuggling with my guy in front of the fire is pretty awesome but I really would rather be sitting on a beach drinking wine... Just Saying!

I am in the process of cleaning (mucking out) the studio and my potions cabinet. I am going to start the new year with my traditional Witchy Green Cleaning series. I have been using these easy to make cleaning products for several years now and they work! Not only do they work great for their specified cleaning purposes, you can make them with specific intents so they can be tailored to suit your cleaning and magical needs.

I'm happy to be writing again and look forward to seeing everyone!

Cheers!

Summertime

Kayaking at the Marina

This summer has been filled to the brim. With laughter, with fun, with baseball,with parties and candlelight, good food my wonderful family and lots of friends. I have been busy with work and home life and have been feeling pretty bad about neglecting my blog.

Then I realized that my blog will be here when the summer is over, as the  hectic pace lessens and the days begin to noticeably shorten. I'm looking forward to blogging again.

I've got recipes and projects to share, more magical green cleaning products, herbal goodies and other fun things that I'll be posting soon.

Thanks for sticking around.

I'll be back soon!

Autumnwind