This weekend offered us a walk through the Gemini New Moon doorway of fresh perspectives and a chance to align vision with both heart and mind in empowered partnership together. There are a lot of renewing invitations these days and acting from the integrity of authenticity and forthrightness serves as a clearer form of highest good. Trying to control what we think the highest good is supposed to be is in fact an attachment and therefore limits the expansive reach that true highest good moves us toward.

So, whether you aim this reset toward a fresh intent or refreshing an old one, being open to new insights can provide a more expansive way to approach things than single minded tracks that don’t have any other out.

We are multi-dimensional and therefore to think there is only one or two ways something can come to be, is quite a limited perspective don’t you think?

However we can ground ourselves through the transformational opportunities, this will benefit us with discernment when we teeter between inspiration and confusion. Your internal compass is the way shower in these days where predictions are not possible.

Why are predictions coming up empty-handed?

Because we are creating the new this very moment…each and every one of us. A new that has never been before and therefore, no one can tell you how it’s going to turn out and what it’s going to look like. There are themes and energy patterns, but innovation is the process of creating a new method and that entails stretching way outside the box of even what we think our expansive thoughts are capable of. It can be easy to look for answers in what feels relatable or understandable, but my sense is the true innovation of new is going to have to go beyond our intellect alone. I sense we will feel or know without words, when we have hopped aboard a fresh system – it will be electrically fluid.

We are in the same boat, navigating the energy streams and channels as they present themselves and as we innovate every single moment.

The skies have been extra talkative to me and reflective of the ever-shifting energies.

I’ve been seeing so much in the expansive spaces both that I allow myself to roam within and that I spend great time feeling into, without. It’s in the wordless that I feel we will discover a way beyond what we know so far.

This past Sunday’s sky was ultra potent and I saw so much even between frames taken moments apart.

If you’ve been frustrated with circumstances or old habits and challenges, this is a great time to bring humor and lightness in, as that childlike approach, curiosity, and playful imagination is going to help alleviate things, while also engage the parts of us we need to invent the new.

The Gemini New Moon was the 17th here for us PST folks and the 18th for many others of you EST and beyond. The whole week leading up, I experienced an extraordinary amount of alignments and full circle experiences bringing things to light.

On the 12th I found myself in deep conversation with an amazing soul I was meeting for the first time in a casual capacity about polarities and stretching beyond that into the gray, or what I referred to also as – all colors, as I flashed my playful smile. There was much resonance and reflections in our shared senses and agreement around how innovative these times are inviting us to stretch into. I walked away from the meeting with even more crystallization of remembrance anchored and an inkling that ignition for forward momentum was underway.

The person went on to say (and repeated later), “Wow, you are such a faery! Does everyone tell you that?”

And then I smiled at this photo where the rock hidden in the brush behind me creates a wing at my back.

And when I saw this next photo my mom took of me kneeling by her roses, we both laughed out loud. My mom is only 5’3″ so the perspective of this is extra funny with my legs unseen and how it shrunk me down. I can’t put into words, but there’s something that was captured here by my faery mom I’m still processing.

Interestingly, I dreamed of myself pregnant and in labor on the night of 6/15, just a couple of days before the New Moon, and had some interesting connections and flow with that (the above photo included) and insight about someone I know that was pretty profound.

And synchronously, the morning of 6/14 was our very first rabbit sighting here at the Forest Portal. We hadn’t seen any of our wild rabbit friends that live here all Spring season until we edged closer to Summer’s debut. This sweetie came by the sliding glass door to our bedroom, early in the morning, and just lit my heart with “joy.”

The little one was so full of vibrancy and life, and seemed excited for us to notice. I’m not yet sure if it’s Frith or a new rabbit friend, as I was in bed and just getting my eyes adjusted to morning, but I’ll know better when I get a closer look. I imagine I’ll see more of this little one upcoming.

And then we saw the most endearing sight of a mom and dad quail couple with their little family of about 12-15 little ones – and I mean little. They appeared newly hatched and with the wild winds of change blowing through, they could hardly stand up.

We watched them run from bush cover to bush cover with mom and dad keeping watch. One of the little ones got blown over by the wind and it was just too much preciousness watching the little fluff ball roll and get right back up and run for cover.

There’s been baby lizards galore – a messenger I’m connecting with a LOT recently – and I just found a sweet transitioned mouse on our hike. Those endings and beginnings, as well as literal and symbolic shedding of skin energies are really speaking to me and my personal experience within the collective’s.

The pregnant/giving birth dream, our first rabbit appearance, and so much new life force energy coming with release of old felt perfect with the New Moon energies and the Solstice portal upon us here shortly. Even the expansive conversation that last week started with, and another one that cleared the air waves for liberation, were way showers of where energy was moving toward.

Summer Solstice is a favorite time, as I’ve shared before, and has so many connections for me including being my wedding day, as well as the doorway that called my dear Joy to return to the stars and Astrid to come to me here on Earth. Of course, those years it fell on the 20th – today! This year it’s on the 21st – tomorrow!

It also always reminds me of a merging between The Sun – the 19th card of the Major Arcana, as well as The Empress – the 3rd card of the Major Arcana in Tarot. Two of the cards I love and resonate with along the journey.

Incidentally, my little rabbit friend and the pregnant/in labor dream reflect The Empress card symbolism and The Sun has been a constant companion and key player in both my inner garden sanctum I experience and my outdoor secret faery garden. I’ve also noticed that I have the most Leo’s around me than I’ve ever had as close friends, which may also speak to that Sun energy prevalent in my life.

While I connect with both Moon and Sun energies, and I love each season fully, I do truly feel that I have an ever-emanating Summer Solstice heart that I carry with me through all the seasons of life and that beams its exuberance without fail. It’s one of the things I’m hugely grateful for, as it truly has made a difference.

But back to my outdoor secret faery garden…I call it my secret faery garden, because in fact the garden itself can’t be seen except from inside the fenced yard and from the windows of our house. It’s not visible from the street in any way or to any of the houses across the street, and so it is my little world of magick I can venture off to and get lost in. We do have the whole front yard beauty we share with the neighborhood and I have spent a lot of time nurturing beauty and inspiration there, but it is my secret world just outside Astrid and my shared Wonderland room, that is a piece of me in garden form. To see it is to see inside of my heart.

Walking through my garden sanctuary brings me great joy. I love to explore it each morning and afternoon to see what magick is awakening.

And get lost in, is exactly what I’ve done this year, creating my most abundant and vibrant garden yet. Here’s a photo taken zoomed in from above, inside the house.

And from the path when you first walk through the fence gate.

And here is the back deck that you see from the living room.

Most of the photos you see in this post are of my garden and the flowers and plants there. I love it so much that I had a hard time choosing photos, so I shared a whole bunch – I hope you don’t mind. It’s a way to share a piece of me with you, tell stories more than with words alone, and a way for you to see it through my eyes, from the different perspectives I take it in.

It’s not even in full bloom, as the wildflower plants and other returning perennials are continuing to flourish, while some are just budding.

To think that it’s all just still beginning, including the outer landscapes of the wild forest, mountain, and meadows surrounding us, is just wild.

These next ones are from time out and about…the magick is thick in the air!

I got in a lot of good exercise for sure with the new perennials I decided to add because I’m a sucker for vibrant colors exploding like nebulas and birthing stars all around me. When I first brought them home I put them on the back deck with my other plants to get accustomed to their new home and have our Buddha and Zen Rabbit welcome them.

They had the most amazing plants at my local store that I could NOT resist.

Oh yes, I was so excited!!

They took hold of my faery heart and helped it dance a thousand dances in one single breath.

Thank goodness they’re such incredible plants at such unbelievable prices. Here’s a close up of some of the belles of the ball dancing their way into my heart.

I also added some color to our kitchen island with some new friends and finally got to use my giant, vintage mushroom cup planter. I was feeling the reds, oranges, and yellows tug my heart.

And look at these crazy wildflowers that grew as a surprise from seeds I threw last fall. They’re nearly as tall as my shoulders!

They’ve since filled out and now look like lavender snow balls dancing in the wind. Dave says they look like something out of Dr. Seuss or like alien creatures. I agree! I always get these odd surprises and have several plants that like to reach for the stars…hmmm…like mom like baby plants?

This is one of my favorite little nooks.

And at night the solar lights increase the enchantment as the faery house becomes warmly lit, bunny gets a glowing butterfly atop her nose, and others sparkle to light the way for fae that dance at twilight.

Can you stand the joy and beauty?? My heart bursts!

We’re going to be expanding on the right side of the fenced in yard at some point, as the inspiration hit for what to do there. For now, I have a little section I love where my berry plants, elderberry, mock orange, lamb’s ear, baby chestnut tree, and new rhododendron live under the protection of the maple trees. I also sprinkled wildflower seeds there and have some sweet ones growing, including some more super tall – actually as tall as me – lilac flowers! And my surprise lettuces are going strong still too!

No matter where I turn, there is beauty and hope around every corner, calling me closer and seeding inspiration and vision to find a way.

The Super Bloom is going strong! Inside AND out!

And so, too, is the rush of strong exuberance and boundless power from the waters of life here, which feels reflective of so much in the collective rushing to the surface, flowing out in all directions, and abundantly splashing our faces with wake-ups to any numbness or illusions.

From our historical Winter comes dramatic melt-offs gushing down from mountain tops and filling the lakes, rivers, and creeks. Our waterfalls are on all-time high, exploding with purifying strength that is both life giving and destructive, and able to form and shape rocks and land over time.

And just look at the butterfly formed in the sky of a couple of these photos below, along with rainbow energy moving all about!

Can you feel all of that creative potential bursting forth and ready to take flight?

Water is cleansing, flowing, regenerative, and changing. It takes us into dream realms fluidly and helps us access the fertile lands of our creative abundance. Water also purifies, helping to clear away the murky confusion.

Our hikes have been refreshing these days, accompanied by wet clouds at times and the symphony of rushing water, eager to ignite a shift and spread nourishment to arid landscapes.

Thoughts are outmoded, processes running circles, creativity is feeling neglected, feelings are running on cruise control, and imagination buried in dense, dry clay.

The water reminds us of the boundless nature of our life force and creative potential. Innovation rides on currents, but never shall the same current pass any point you stand on the bank of the river.

We’ve had so much ongoing moisture riding on the tails of our huge Winter blanket. It’s been awe-inspiring to witness the epic waterfalls raging down the mountain and feel that refreshing alpine shower of cool mist sprinkled with magick.

Our backyard forest where the trees were taken, is now flourishing with green and flowers all over the forest floor. It’s the most lush I’ve seen it and it should only get better.

I’m so looking forward to some of our most favorite hikes at the highest elevations, once the snow melts. I anticipate the most epic landscapes yet to come.

And that includes my garden.

While my own garden work is done, other than the little bit of tending and lots of enjoying, we do have a tree project soon to start, that will bring new beings in, and relocate and secure others. This will have us ready for the next seasons to come, in case we have another big Winter. It will also help replace some that have been lost and create more sheltering to our sanctuary, while adding to the playground for the devas of the land here.

I keep hearing the most beautiful songbirds everyday – the melodies are ones I have not heard before. It’s as if the world is new, with so many fresh sights and sounds all around. I’m loving the abundance of wondrous indulgences for the senses that support my ability to stretch into new landscapes of imagination.

I close my eyes and hear the rhythm of Nature and the Cosmos singing through my veins. My song is theirs and is composed through the love in my heart.

I am the Wind.

I am the Water.

I am the Earth.

I am the Sun.

I am every plant, mineral, animal, human, and consciousness living as One.

It all calls me away and in fact, I do feel a desire to take a bit of a break.

More and more I’m being led to keep my energy channels clear and to diffuse the noise so that I can hear and innovate. I need some time for some important developments here and info coming through, so you may not see me for a little while. I’m not certain the time needed, but between creating space for what’s wanting through, the great outdoors being so welcoming and my heart’s home, lots of Summer events, and even some fun visitors, I’m going to play things by ear.

I have a feeling that the next time I return there will be some developments to share.

In the meantime, I will leave up the crystal beings that remain in the Crystals of the Fae Realm collection and because Summer Solstice is my fav and Joy and Astrid have a magickal hand in this portal, we’ve created a Summer Solstice Special for the ones still awaiting their heart homes.

I created 3 new group listings in addition to the individual listings, as I received some questions about bundling pieces together to create a mini world. You’ll find a choice to bundle up all 3 flower agate pieces together, all 3 flower agates and the peach spirit quartz as a bundle, or all 3 flower agates, peach spirit quartz, and the moss agate. Savings are $33 – $76 for the bundles, which is a really amazing offer from miss Joy and Astrid.

The group listings offered at discounted pricing can be found after each different crystal type group at the link below:

Crystals of the Fae Realm

And even though I may not blog for a bit, I may update our crystal offerings with a new collection soon or once these find a home. So, if you are feeling the crystals calling – perhaps even you are the one calling them and that’s what we’re also responding to – then give that page a peep when your heart feels a-flutter.

Until next time…..Summer Solstice sparkle and splendor from our blossoming heart sanctums to yours!