I love Acorns – and Pine Cones – and Broken Branches – and Conkers – and Sycamore Seeds (or as Daughters 1 and 2 used to call them: Helicopters), – and Conkers (seeds of the horse chestnut tree) – and … well anything which trees give to us. They’re all such wonderful gifts from Nature and given to us freely. So making an Acorn project is an absolute joy!
These particular Acorns aren’t ‘fallen from a tree’ Acorns. These are cut and turned pieces of hard wood, shaped into beautiful little Acorns, sanded smooth and ready for me to do something wonderful with. So I did. I gave each Acorn a voice of its own and brought forth the positivity which I could feel just from holding the Acorn in my hand.
It was the oddest thing, but with each acorn I could feel a real feeling of uplifting comfort; encouragement; calmness; peaceful and peace filled, and .. oh … what felt like a hundred different feelings of wonderfulness. I began to notice that upon holding each acorn in the palm of my hand, I would get a different word pop into my mind. So I began to write the words down on my note pad. And, as you can see from the photo’s – now, each acorn travels with its own word emblazoned on its little nut!
Each of the Acorns is meant as symbol of encouragement and positivity.
Acorns really are little miracles.
I know that people now are too cynical and don’t believe in miracles, or there are some who are of the belief that miracles are the work of a dark force. Whereas I … aw, I see miracles happen every single day.
This summer, I’ve watched the baby squirrels born in the tree tops, in the garden of Cobweb Cottage, leave their nest, with mommy in attendance, and learn to carefully scramble down and back up the tree again. I watched them day after day, slowly learn to race up and down the huge, tall pine trees, and laugh and cackle and ‘bark’ at each other as they’ve learnt to jump the wide spaces from one tree to another. All the time they were keeping an eye on Miss Maisie the Cat who cannot understand how these strange, chattering creatures can move so fast! And there I am, stood in the garden, giving thanks for being in the right place, at the right time, to witness the miracle of baby squirrels growing up and learning how to do what they were doing, and smiling all the time, feeling blessed, because I was watching this miracle of nature.
I’ve sat in my craft room in the garden, and watched a Magpie learn how to play and get a bit of fun by standing on the high ridge of the Cottage and drop a pebble so that it bounces over and over down the roof and then finally hits the conservatory roof and flies off onto the decking where it makes a combined noise of ‘PLOP’ and ‘CRACK’. And that Magpie LOVES his game. So much so that he pops off, finds another pebble then comes back and goes through the whole game all over again. Now … call me daft, but in my mind, him teaching himself this game is a little miracle to me, and I watch him in wonderment, all the time grinning like a fool – so much so that my face begins to ache!
I’ve heard baby birds in our nest boxes, emerging from their eggs and screeching for their food, when they hear the mommy bird land on the nest box with a beak filled with wriggling insects. The miracle of life. Nature. Every day! FREE!
Nature sends us Postcards all day every day, but unless you look up and see these Postcards then you’ll miss them and not see the Miracles that these Postcards hold.
And likewise … Acorns are, for me at least, a Postcard. And these Acorns, are my version of those postcards. My interpretation, if you like.
Each one has a completely different, uplifting, positive, word of encouragement and meaning. No two are the same.
They can be popped into your bag or your pocket and taken with you wherever you go. Or, because they come with a ribbon on them, they could be hung on a Christmas Tree, or a metal hanger, or maybe one of those crocodile grip/note holders on your desk. Or simply put somewhere you want them to be, so that you see them now and again and they remind you of their message.
I have to admit that these weren’t a quick make. I’ve been making these over the past few weeks, doing a bit now and again, then waiting until I can get to the next stage. I knew how I wanted them to look so had already planned out how to get there. But … they did take rather longer than I would have liked.
What’s that thing Confucius said about going slowly? … … …
“It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.”
Yeah …. that about sums up life here in Cobweb Cottage. 🙂 Wise man, that Confucius.
Well, that’s me done and dusted. Now let’s get to the important bit . . .
How the dickens are you?
Is life treating you kindly? Is everything fine and groovy in your world, or is something causing you a bit of trouble? Feel free to unburden yourself and if I can help in any way, or suggest something you might not have thought of then I will. If I can’t help then I’ll sit with you and just hold your hand.
If someone is bothering you, then you tell me who they are and I’ll put on my boots and come and sort them out!! I might be little, but when I’m roused I am MIGHTY! (and I can control a classroom of noise makers even when their own teacher can’t – simply by saying ….. “ERMmmmm Excuse ME??!!!!!” In the right way, right tone, and right volume. And yet … they all still love me afterwards. LOL! – yes, it’s really true!). So coming and sorting someone out for you will be a walk in the park!
BUT … if life is treating you kindly and you’ve won a few pounds on the lottery (or couple of dollars), then do tell because I can then laugh with you as we plan your spending trip! Maybe you’ve made a new friend? Got a new job? New baby? New House? (Rabbit 🙂 ). New car? Old car back from the garage but with a lower bill than you expected?
Whatever it is, if it’s happening or on your mind, then share and/or unburden and we’ll have a coffee together and chew it over. Oh… and I have biscuits – so we can chew on those too!
For now, I must thank you so very much for coming, and for spending a coffee moment with me. I’m so happy to see you here. Seriously so. You make the internet such a great place for me to be . . . and I know that for some folks, it can be a bloomin’ nightmare! So thank you. You’re amazing.
Sending much love to you my fabulous blog friend, and wishing you a truly wonderful day.
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