Last night I dreamt of a giant tree, it was enormous – the trunk was thick and branches full of leaves, outstretched to the sky. The tree was across a blurry, busy street and there was a large field in front of it. In the dream, I walked through the open field towards the tree, I could hear people bustling behind me. Suddenly a horse was walking next to me. I never reached the tree, only kept walking towards it. The image is stuck in my mind.
Something like this… this picture is from One Willow Apothecary’s website, where I’d taken a fun quiz the other day to find out my Earth Healing Archetype. I am the Old Growth Tree – the visionary, dreamer, planner, connector of realms. It resonated with me completely. Maybe that’s what influenced the dream… though in the beginning there was more – a stressful situation in which some teenagers were coming into my mother’s home and stealing items, I woke up feeling slightly uneasy. It was strange and the setting midway shifted from her house to a grand hall with tall ceilings and then the open field. Towards the end of the dream I was in Mexico – I’ve never been there before, but I knew I was there in the dream.
I drew my dream as best I could..
It’s been nice to be home and have ample time in the morning to meditate, pray, make a good breakfast, sing, and venture into my garden. But I want to get things going with my crafts, I have too many ideas.
Dad moved back to Austria last week and while he is fine, there is some sad news – my aunt had a brain aneurism and is in a coma. It happened the day before he returned, and now emotions are going from happy to sad. We are all hoping she pulls through.. she has 4 sons and a grandchild on the way too. Update: my aunt is recovering and doing much better now. When she woke from her coma she told her sons that she had been with her mom in Heaven, and that Oma told her she needed to wake up. I cried when I heard that – Heaven and Angels are real.
Last night a huge storm rolled in, the gusts of wind were so strong it must have knocked something down because there were two large booms and then power went out on the whole cove around 8:30pm. Luckily I had just finished cooking dinner: steak and grilled squash, peppers, onions with rice and a salad.
Steak with garlic butter & fresh Thyme from the garden 
my dogs watching me eat
After eating I saw a huge shelf cloud darken the sky.
The wind even knocked one of the Mama Doves off her nest. I checked on them both this morning and thankfully they didn’t lose any eggs. Two precious babies will hatch soon!
The power came back just a little while ago, close to noon-time. I liked the ambience and stillness last night, my husband fell asleep right away and got up at 4am for work. It’s nice how our natural rhythms take over so quickly when we get away from artificial lighting. I took a candle lit lantern to bed and worked on making a music video for a song I’d recorded on my phone earlier in the day yesterday. It’s called ‘Spirit Song’ … the melody has no words. I sing in many styles, classical, bluesy, folk, and ethereal. Music, art, writing, nature… all these things are a part of the legacy I want to leave behind… like the Old Growth Tree that establishes itself.
Channeling Passions 