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Feb 28Liked by Gavin Mounsey

The moss in late winter images are incredible! Just saved one for my screensaver. 😊. I think your spagyrics images idea is a solid one and a good way to put this fancy word into wider circulation! I have a soft spot for wall calendars, personally. Last year I had one with mushrooms and with each beautiful image was a short description with some interesting info about it. I buy at least 2 such calendars every year and it would be really nice to fund your efforts instead of those of the major publishers. I keep the best ones and someday will make a collage for the garden shed. I suppose a calendar of your phots would be huge undertaking though, and maybe not such a popular idea with the younger generations. Just a wee suggestion!

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I am glad the pics resonate with you. I shared a whole bunch of pics like that in my post devoted to moss and lichen. Did I ever share that one with you?

Wall calendars are an interesting idea, I could potentially create a garden one with recipes on it and a wilderness one with herbalism info on it. I`ll think about that for the future. Thanks for the inspiration.

I have created basic wall calendars as gifts for friends with my photography in the past and could likely dig up the saved files and see if I can make it so others can order them if you wanted to print one out.

Thanks for mentioning my photo alchemy concept. I am excited about building on it and combining it with this concept of "Keeping The Seeds Alive" from Martín Prechtel ( https://archive.org/details/seedsofcuchumaquic/Scregenshot%20%2863%29.png ) as well as "Wild Tending", "Refugia" / "Refugium" which I am reading about in a book by Dana O'Driscoll ( https://archive.org/details/landhealing/IMG_2934.JPG ) so in the future I might create a sort of "spagyric medicine bundle" that serves to heal both human bodies and the land through providing seeds to cultivate rare species from the pictures along with a sample of plant medicine/essences.

Wishing you excellent germination rates and a bountiful spring harvest of seasonal veggies

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Thank you for sharing the winter beauty, Gavin. It is my favorite season. I wrote in a recent post about that booming sound on the Pond here and how it wouldn't surprise me if a Whale had emerged. 🐳 It was so magical. I heard it again yesterday and just stood there, mesmerized. Loved the photos of Lake Erie, having grown up in Michigan, surrounded by the Great Lakes.

To be honest, I'm not as excited about spring as most people seem to be but I'm going to try hard to embrace both spring and summer, in spite of the monstrous bugs. I guess I should be grateful we still have bugs here. But, why do they have to be the nasty biting ones??? I might take a year off of stressing about gardening and just be with the wild plants surrounding me. Enjoy the rest of the winter days/nights, Gavin! ☃️ XO

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You are most welcome my friend! I love that we are both listening to the same sounds being expressed by the elemental kingdom, like a language of Ice Fae or higher dimensional water dwelling beings, speaking in the language of vibration and resonance.

I admire your determination to get excited for spring despite your memories of the biting critters! :)

That is a very wise perspective on seeing how an intact insect population is a reflection of ecosystem health, and thus an indicator that your area is still quite resilient on a food chain scale. I do with you did not have to be under others on that food chain so often though!

Thanks for the comment my friend, much love and big hugs.

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Wish me luck this spring! I don't know if you saw the follow-up to my last post. It's such a beautiful short film... XO

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Queste immagini confermano le meraviglie anche delle nostre colline tosco emiliane da 800 - fino a 1500 -2000 mt., un risvolto ben diverso da quello che psicopatici OMS- NWO e dell'ONU , che descrivono tutto questo come " BOLLORE ", un'altra faccia della stessa medaglia è quella della NASA , per loro le immagini di questi ghiacci rappresentano e te li fanno apparire come l'ANTARTIDE....

SCUSA SONO ANDATO FUORI TEMA MI SUCCEDE SPESSO...

CON STIMA Ermanno

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Yes the globalists do try to portray the world as being a giant hot oven but pics of real winter lakes at this altitude which is the same as northern California says a lot about the truth.

Thanks for the comment.

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Such beauty through your eyes, Gavin! And ears, too. That ice sonar is ASTOUNDING. Thank you for this February kaleidoscope of nature's finest. (Oh! the tiny droplets on moss! Be still my heart...❤️)

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I am glad you enjoyed the pics and sounds Mary :)

Yes I know right! It sounds like a conversation between giant space whales that live in the liquid hydrogen layer of the planet Jupiter or something! haha

Yes the moss does move my heart as well, such a welcoming and kind being, yet so resilient and wise in the way she gathers water from the air. We have much to learn from our elders in the mossy realms.

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Feb 27Liked by Gavin Mounsey

Wee hours of the morning when everything is still, really really cold on the Bay of Quinte you hear these noises that I cannot describe. Like the coolest scifi sounds with a reverb.

I think it's the ice shrinking and cracking.

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Yes! That or the empire has some tie fighters out there doing drills :)

I find that the sounds are especially intense on really cold nights (minus 15C or colder) also really loud on smaller lakes with springs in them.

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Feb 27Liked by Gavin Mounsey

I am at a loss for relevant words at this moment, reminded, amazed and quieted by the beauty of this message. Thank you.

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Glad you enjoyed the pics JJ, thanks for the comment.

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I was not aware that the calendar you go by starts in spring. My Gaelic ancestors saw November 1st as the beginning of their year.

Yes the Romans do like to do that kind of thing don't they.

Thanks for the comment, I wish you a bountiful and inspiring spring time.

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