Oflavenderandraindrops - Short Or Long Rest?

a cup of sunshine

Here is a recipe for liquid positivity to help you all through these days.

You’ll need: chamomile fresh ginger (just a little!) fresh lemon honey

optional: homemade cinnamon buns (will heal your heart with immediate effect)

Brew your tea with a bit of ginger and add a squeeze of lemon. Add the honey with a spoon and use it to stir clockwise while thinking of a happy memory. (I might have had a chant for this, but I forgot it already, and it was probably in multiple languages - pardon me, I’m a bit of mess after not leaving the house for two weeks. You can make your own chant if you’want.)

Put on a song that makes you feel good. I chose Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles.

Sit by a window and open it if possible. Breathe.

Drink up. You’re alright.

Here’s a quick little inforgraphic I put together on numbers in Tarot!

When I was just a baby Tarot reader still learning how to read the cards, I found it helpful to learn about the numbers in Tarot and how they can have similar meanings. By learning how numbers relate and progress I was able to learn the Minor Arcana quicker and with more accuracy.

If you’re just starting out with Tarot, take some time to do a deeper dive into the numbers and what they mean! It truly helps out with the learning process 🔮

The amazing digital art of Stephen Stark

The past two weeks have been pretty rough. Aside from work becoming increasingly draining (I’m an assistant dietary manager at an assisted living facility so food service + medical) I’m still recovering from a rather persistent chest cold. On top of that I injured myself at work yesterday which resulted in a pretty gnarly sciatica flare up that has lasted into this evening.

In light of all this I’m trying to teach myself that it’s perfectly okay to withdraw and focus on self care and if someone feels otherwise then that’s on them. I should never experience shame or guilt for being unable to help others during this time. Especially when I’m barely able to take care of myself. My health and general well being should take priority over anyone else’s.

It’s been difficult.

So today I went out and bought a new sheet set for my bed (it’s a very lovely pastel yellow) and lightweight quilt with a floral pattern on it, that way I can still sleep with a blanket of some sort when it starts getting warmer out. I also intended on dying my hair this soft bubblegum pink but I couldn’t get my hair light enough and the dye itself is so light that it just won’t stay. So I’ll have to figure something else out.

is she... y'know... *mimes baking bread in a secluded woodland cottage while a butterfly floats by your windowsill herb garden*

I hear you singin’ in the wire, I can hear you through the whine

New Orleans ❤