As seen in the Mediaeval Cats with Crowns calendar for 2026. Rock on, kitteh!

“Moominmamma cooks a real magic potion following Grandmother’s infallible recipe”, by Tove Jansson, as used on the cover of 1989’s exhibition catalogue of Jansson’s work as shown at Finland’s Tampere Art Museum.

Krampus!!!

Shimmer at home.

Mercury goes Direct today in the "balanced and diplomatic sign of Libra," as it says in the Times of India. Patience is a virtue and a helpmeet.

There are Faeries in the Garden of my Bottom. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0riW...

Myself in New York around 30 years ago.

"The mischievous Mari Lwyd visiting Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire." National Trust (employing photographer Paul Harris) publicity pic for upcoming Mari Lwyd events in Newton House, Llandeilo, Wales, on 31 December & 3 January (6pm - 7pm).

This archival selection from the BBC dated 1976 includes interview footage with Dr Anne Ross, author of the book Pagan Celtic Britain, which had a significant impact in the period of the 1960s and 1970s. It was on many coven reading lists even in recent times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4WX...

Boudica's Revenge as embodied by Clan An Drumma. I'd love to fling about with a couple of these laddies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhcr...

Hail Elen of the Ways! I feel Her Presence in this Fallow Tide. Art by Chesca Potter.

Standing in solidarity on this Transgender Day of Remembrance. Speak their names, hold them in your heart, fight for justice.

Yep, this is me. This is how I sit down. I stay like this until I choose to gently slide down onto a surface. We are all different, aren't we? #Hedgewatch #catsofbluesky

Thelemic (OTO) altar created by artist Steffi Grant, the real talent in the Grant family. It is said to be based upon a description written by Aleister Crowley.

Shimmer in the kitchen.

A friend found this. She speaks my mind. And Old Hallows approaches, 11th day of the 11th month.

So much love for this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Xv...

@butserancientfarm.co.uk has been book Festivalling like only Butser Ancient Farm can. 😍🤩

Loreena McKennit inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame playing "The Lady of Shalott" with some talented friends a few evenings ago. Magical. Legendary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N4c...

Witchcraft in 1960s rural Norfolk. I'm not familiar with F. R. Buckley's work. It mentions that he was a screenwriter, and he clearly had quite an imagination. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWTw...

@crimsonleather.bsky.social, Vancouver, 2023. Happy Halloween! #man #male #dudeoir #portrait #photography

Samhain for me is a season and a tide, not a day. But tonight is special for so many. Hope those who seek may feel the Blessing. I love this photo of my German Craft brother Kevin's Samhain altar from 2021.

Witch Hazel wishes everyone a Happy Halloween!

Photo by @3dbill.bsky.social . Magic, beauty, joy.

Lady Olivia Forbes-Robertson, Isis Oasis, October 1997. May her memory be a blessing.

I am very proud to be a contributor to this book.

Wear your love like heaven

Coming/cumming soon--Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling. Kinky! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFtp...

Meanwhile, back at the Soiled Dove. Courtesy of Mr Edward Gorey.

It was a beautiful October 12.

Green Man of Autumn.

I feel in me immortal longings.

Saint Joan of Arc. Detail of stained glass window salvaged from the convent of the Sisters of Jeanne d'Arc, Ottawa, circa 1900 (?). Bill Staubi collection, "The Grotto," currently on view at the Ottawa Art Gallery.

Chiaroscuro Claude, last Sunday evening.

Chateau Laurier yesterday in Ottawa. The wonderful Peace Garden restaurant nearby has great veggie food. I enjoyed a very nourishing and yummy lunch there.

This was the best weekend of the year.

Lovely hydrangea spotted today. One of my late mother's favorite flowers.

This new book sounds interesting. www.amazon.com/Magic-Roman-...

October 5: Apologies for the bad news, but today is one of the 3 unluckiest days of the year in the Roman calendar. Definitely let people know that the underworld opens up to the living today (mundus patet) and so you just can’t leave your house, especially to sail (also on August 24 & November 8).

Edward Gorey drawing currently on exhibit at the Houghton Library, Harvard. It is untitled--I think of it as "jeux d'esprit."

Posing with a fu dog... and recalling life in the Eighties.

It is October. But the sunflowers persist. And so do I.

Where Alph, the sacred river ran Through caverns measureless to man... Marjorie Cameron as The Scarlet Woman in Kenneth Anger's Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.

Words for white folks to ponder.

Amazing work from Tourmaline. An honoring of and engagement with Holy Life Force and a sacred remembrance of pioneering queer radical Marsha P. Johnson. This work will have an installation in the Carpenter Center in Cambridge Mass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd2x...

Missing my friend Rand today. His birthday. He left this world back in 2017.

Faun by Sidney Sime.

Birthday remembrances for Cyril Scott, born Sept. 27, 1879.

The Witches are Calling, Yoo-Hoo! Cauldron of Calgon, TAKE ME AWAY!