Sneaky Treaty!

Home-made lemon curd using lemons from the garden and eggs from the ladies down in the chicken coop (we used to have 4 but the rooikat got one last week and a few days ago Elvis the visiting K9 nabbed another ☹).

Yummy with a bowl of Greek yoghurt and our very own youngberry coulis.

I sooooo love being a farmer ... in my element ♥♥♥

My Darling Mom would be Proud of Me!!

My Mom, the beautiful, gentle, amazing Philippa, was a "bobaas bakster".  She won many prizes at agricultural shows for her baking.  Cakes, biscuits and bread were her specialities.  She made "boere beskuit" that looked like comets and sucked up a whole cup of coffee!!

March 26 1938

I suspect her bread success was in part thanks to my darling Father, Phil (Yes!! the same names, but that's another story, still to be told).  He would do the kneading with his strong, yet gentle hands.  I believed that to be the reason why my bread and rusks were never as successful!!  The product of my attempts back in the 70s and 80s was only good for building walls!!

But I have been watching my daughter make bread which is so light, with long threads to pull off and savour, almost like a cake it's so delicious.  And then my friend and landlady Elke made a bread on Saturday.  I watched and made notes.  This is the result of my baking this morning.  Yaaaay!!!  No more bricks!!

Ma, I know you are smiling down and are very proud.  It took me yonks, but what a joy!!! There is something deeply comforting in making your own bread.

The End of a Season Pt2

My quest to find my own home has been an interesting and challenging one indeed.  Although today I am one step closer, I am not quite there yet.  At least I am in the area which is my first choice with 3 months or so to find "the spot"!

One thing I of which I am keenly aware - my life has been about synchronicities, "co-incidences", sometimes mind-baffling events that bring me to where I should be.  This is especially true since my gypsy days began some 6 years ago.

I've been looking for either land to buy, where I can build an organic home; or possibly a like-minded eco-community that I could join; or even getting someone to invest in a property that I could develop as a healing retreat, offering weekend get-aways, vision quests, artist retreats, counselling etc etc.  This would be my first prize as it was shown to me in a vision in 2001 and I have been holding on to that since.  Getting closer!!

But none of this seems to be coming through for me right now.  I do not give up on my dream, but am totally surrendered and trust that all is as it should be.  In the last 3 months I have known that I really need to move into the actualisation of my dream.  On 24 July I posted this on Facebook

"I need my space...my studio...my mountain...my roots down... it is time. Thank you"

Four days later I was visiting a dear friend in Pretoria.  I am not an early riser by choice, but I sat bolt upright in bed on Sunday morning at 05:45, one eye wide open and considering getting up to make a latte.  Then that same Voice said to me "Go onto Gumtree"  Blearily, I did just that and searched for "cottage to rent".  The first ad I see seems perfect, except that it is only for 3 months.  I thought "what the heck, I will email and see if there is a possibility of it being longer term".   A few hours later Elke (who had posted the ad some 16 hours earlier) and I had a chat, found we had much in common and both felt that the solution was perfect for each other.  I was astounded....although I shouldn't really be any more ...this is how Lee rolls!!  

GREAT EXCITEMENT!!!!!

I have my space, my studio, my mountain, my pure spring water.  Blessed beyond measure and sooooo grateful.

This felt so right and everything fell in to place.  Within 10 days I left Johannesburg where I had been enjoying an extended visit to my children and grandchild.  With just one day in Kommetjie to pack and say farewell to friends, I headed out to the very beautiful Riviersonderend Valley and to my new home...at least until November.  

The End of a Season Pt1

It was on July 31 2008, in the early hours of the morning, just before waking, that I clearly heard The Voice telling me I should give my landlord notice, put my entire home into storage and make myself free and available to go wherever prompted by the Spirit.

I woke with a start, and felt a whole bunch of mixed emotions.  I loved my home, a big comfortable thatch in the countryside, space for my dogs and I, a huge studio in which to create, just perfect for me.  I had let go of material attachments some years before, so the prospect of being without my things was not an issue.  The thought of what might lay ahead was both exciting and full of trepidation.

I had recently come out of a relationship with a man I thought was to be my forever partner.  It was blissful and perfect, and then like a wisp it was over.  I felt at the time as if my heart had been ripped from my chest.  But YHWH and time are great healers and I got on with my journey.  This new adventure was possible even more so that I had no-one else to consider but myself.

And now I have completed a full 6 year cycle of nomadic living.  In this time I travelled to Portugal and most unexpectedly and Divinely guided, spent 9 months there, whilst also visiting France and Ireland.  More of that time can be read on my travel blog http://gypsy-lee.travellerspoint.com/. If you are bored with reading stuff that is irrelevant to you, I have some damn fine photos you could look at J.  I have experienced great spiritual growth, have met amazing people, had some challenges that built my character and been able to enjoy spontaneous living.

But about a year ago I began longing for my own space again.  I felt this season was drawing to a close.  My heart has been in the Western Cape for more than 25 years and I decided to reunite it with my body.  I took an incredible road trip in July/Aug 2013, covering more than 550km in 35 days.  I visited some lovely little rural towns in search of my landing spot and just knew this was where I needed to be.  With no permanent address to go to, but invitations from a few really precious friends.  I packed my car with the most important things and headed off to Kommetjie in Oct 2013.  Thank you Sam for your love, warm hearth and heart and the beautiful times we shared.  A glorious home right on the beach, stunning lap pool, fireplace, the mountains and sea.  And I got to be on my own for 2 weeks, which is still a great treat for me having been in company of others 99% of the time for 6 years!  For someone who describes herself as an almost hermit, that means a great deal to me!  And then we had to move.  When I visited in July I noticed a house up on the hill, fronting on to the nature reserve.  I remember saying to myself “I would love to live there”.  At the 11^th hour (yet again!) Sam called me to say she had found a spot …lo and behold the house I had seen in July!

Life has a way of gently easing me into new situations.  Although I have been very happy and grateful these last 9 months, there has been a deep longing to put my roots down again, to have my own space with my stuff in it.  The Overberg was an area that really appealed.  I love the mountains and farmlands … but more of this in Part 2!

Why Blog????

I started this blog in August 2008 as a platform to record my musings for my own posterity.  Just in case my memory starts to fail me (although it is unlikely... I have the genetic make-up for healthy, "got it together" octogenarianism).

Then I found that I was writing a great deal of what was important to me on the dubious and controlled Facebook.

I have decided to revert to my blog - this is where I will express my heart, hopefully each day, and also use it as a means to develop the scribe's good habit of writing for an hour each day, even if it is drivel.

Bear with me!  Join me! Let's have fun sharing.

(image courtesy of jonaswrites)

We Are Engaged In An Inter-Dimensional War

I felt to share this with you - keep what resonates and discard that which does not sit well with your spirit.  Fear is the opposite of Love - I remember when I was in Portugal, participating in a workshop for energy healers.  We were about 20 in the room and although the material was presented in Portuguese, my dear friend, was translating for me.  We were asked to make a list of the things that we feared. I watched as the others furiously wrote for 15 minutes.  I was at a loss to write anything down.  I truly have no fears.  I felt like the odd one out, but realised that I was actually in a very beautiful, strong, powerful place.  Recognising the evil that can create fear and adding our good intention to counter-act that, is often construed as fear of the very thing - it is a precarious tightrope we spiritual warriors walk.  May I always have the humble heart, grace and mercy to walk it in Truth.

This is from Gillian at Shift Frequency.

There’s an Inter-Dimensional War Engaging Us
 

“Whether we know it or not, whether it’s spiritually correct to speak in this way or not… Humanity is being engaged in an Inter-dimensional War.

“It’s a full on assault of our sense and sensibilities, designed to shut people down from their higher dimensional awareness and inter-connectivity with the divine. It’s an intervention, which has been around on Earth for thousands of years, creating a system of control that has ridden rough shod over the natural evolutionary path of the planet, bringing her to the point of destruction. - Openhand

How is this war engaged?

Fear.

“Fear interferes with conscious awareness, clear thinking, true knowing and in turn conscious behavior and makes for a highly manipulable state of being. It’s not only toxic and debilitating, but fear is contagious as well as addicting.

“This lower level vibration of fear has many esoteric derivations and origins. Whether people are aware of the underlying spiritual nature of our Universe or not, it is profoundly real. Where we get these fear impulses is a subject unto itself that anyone on the path of truth comes upon, but we each experience these influences. One of the most profound realizations that comes from understanding fear, besides its use as a social engineering tool, is that fear is an intrinsic energy source for parasitic controllers and entities, both human and non-human. Understanding the archonic agenda as revealed by the Gnostics is essential for grasping the bigger picture.” - Zen Gardner

And yet the ones who create all this chaos, scarcity and death are themselves held in the grip of fear.

“The elites and those fully entrenched in and using this parasitic control system live in constant worry and fear, and they should. Not only are they foisting it on others and hence bathed in it, but the very real ultimate outcome of their demise and facing the consequences of their actions looms over them like a dark spectre. Why else do they feel the need for bodyguards, armed motorcades and heavily fortified dwellings? All of those with hoarded riches, as well as power, are continually afraid they’re going to lose it. Why? Because they will lose it all, and pay a lot of other overdue karmic bills at the same time.  - Zen Gardner

In the meantime they work their twisted spells and unleash multi-layered threats that steer imaginations in the direction they seek. They are adroit at using trusted voices to convince followers concerning some event they need energy to trigger.

“Just now, many are falling into the trap of declaring that we are inevitably heading for a Third World War. But in so doing they are merely fulfilling the ambitions of those craven agents of death whose game design includes that scenario. Our role is not to prophecy, but to change the goal posts so as to ensure that such horrors never take place. That is the meaning of ‘seizing control of our destiny.’” . - Julian Rose

For in truth

“[w]e need to see through the media storm and all the accompanying garbage they’re emanating, and avoid getting contaminated by it. It’s spiritual fly paper and one thing can easily lead to another if we get on the wrong track or vibration, taking in useless, toxic information or seemingly innocuous so-called entertainment. They’ve loaded it all up with hitchhiking energies so we need to be extra vigilant.” - Zen Gardner

How did we get here?

Through deception and fraud.

We have arrived here because of the accumulated evidence which overwhelmingly proves that the status quo is a fraud – designed to strip us of our powers of judgement and the determination to act on that judgement. There is no time for further deliberation of the pros and cons of this or that political polemic. It’s all a miasma. A massive sham. A sham which we continue to uphold as long as we go on playing along with its sense of self importance; giving it a status it does not actually possess, and then sheltering under its poisoned wing.”  -Julian Rose

Where do we go from here?

Self governance.

“Self government starts by taking control of the self. By shaking off the doubts about one’s capabilities and taking specific steps to enhance one’s powers: spiritually, mentally and physically. We need to be aware that there is no predestined design for this life that will fatalistically play itself out while we bury our heads in the sand.” - Julian Rose

“Stay free and keep the peace that comes from consciously aware knowing. A secure confidence in the rightness of all things essential. That’s where our hearts need to be centered.” - Zen Gardner

Until next time,

Gillian
gillian@shiftfrequency.com

OH MY GOSH!!!

More than a year since I posted about dreams and the promise of a "soon to follow" Part 2.  But I accept the scientific proof that time is indeed speeding up!!