is the lasting beauty:
its lips give to drink
of the water of life.
Truly it is the water,that which pours,
and the one who drinks.
All three become one when
your talisman is shattered.
That oneness you can't know
by reasoning.
Rumi
The photos are examples taken from the book, which documents his groundbreaking research into the effect of human consciousness on water. The book illustrates how water quality is reflected in its crystalline structure and how the consciousness of water can be affected by exposure to pollution, words, music, photos, and even prayer. When we reflect on how our bodies are primarily made of water, the implications of Dr. Emoto's work are staggering. "
"The implications of Dr. Emoto's work are profound and life-changing. For example, in one experiment, Dr. Emoto wrote to 500 instructors from all over Japan. He told them that he would be placing a cup of ordinary tap water on his desk at a specific date and time. He asked them to transmit their feelings to that water-to send "chi and soul" of love and the wish that the water should become clean. The before and after pictures (shown above) are truly remarkable. As you can see, the "before" photo of the tap water is a mess, whereas the "after" photo shows a gorgeous crystal. This is an amazing finding since the 500 people were not even in the same room, nor even in the same city. This demonstrates that people's thoughts can be gathered no matter how far apart they are. It confirms the power of thought and prayer and further suggests that perhaps we can purify ordinary tap water through our conscious thought and words. " by Felicia Weiss, Ph.D.
to read more of her article please visit Shifting Frequencies
and obtain labels from The Spirit of Water
It also i think it empowers us to know that the words we speak, use and see, have an impact upon us,as our bodies are more than 90% water. This is very much an important aspect in my recovery the use of words in the form of affirmation or prayer,along with intention and invocation.
I have found these labels(as in the top picture) that you stick on glasses of water,so that the water then is crystalised beautifully. I am certain i taste a difference or maybe its just sense a difference. Its what you'd imagine pure water from a mountain stream to be like once you've used the labels on ordinary drinking water or bottled water. Its that sense of it being pure and charged with the energy and vibrancy of its surroundings.
My blog post on water today was inspired by my buying this new mug yesterday in a garden centre,my first trip out in a wile and i really enjoyed it. See its what's inside it, that intrigued me!the words peace and love (and cha cha cha!) are on the base,so its an alternative to the labels on the outside. I know the water i place in it will recieve this vibration and form beautiful crystals,i believe benefiting me so much more.Momiji shop
Further steps along the path of learning about water and the many blessings it gives us,and how we can use it to help ourselves and in the form of sacred blessings and prayers are found following the link below. Isnt this a beautiful Mandala!!
click here to continue with Ripples of Peace and blessings to you Kat x
Please Light a candle tonight 9.15 till 10pm
for Maddie
Supporters of the McCann family,and anyone around the world who's been touched by Madeleine's story, have been asked to light a candle,shine a torch or turn a porch light on between 9.15pm and 10pm-the moment the parents beleive Maddie was abducted-to show she is not forgotten.
please join in if your heart feels the call, and please check what time it will be in your area if you live Overseas.(Though i do feel, if you set the intention before lighting, it will work at 9.15 in your own time anyway as prayer transcends time and distance).I feel this is very much a way for us to send prayers and light and Love to Maddie in her time of need and that she must not be forgotten about. Its also a way to pray for all children in distress whether they have been taken, or are suffering abuse in there own family's (like the recent developments in Austria show all too clearly.)
The LIGHT THE WAY HOME initiative has been organised by Helping to find Madeliene an independant group of supporters.
please pass the word around. thankyou.
Most of us know how beautiful books by Ryland Peters & small are and how evocative their photography is. They produce address books and a limited range of notecards,some of which have proved easier to come by than others. i finally tracked some of the vintage flea market style ones that i've been after for ages,i bought them from a UK website shop Glint. They come in a very useful box and are in a set of 4, here are the other designs...
I treat myself to a new pair of Uggs this week from Love from Australia, in a caramel brown colour. They have ties that wrap around and i'm loving them.I should probably join an Ugg fan club if there is such a thing!
I'd like to recommend a group of 3 female singers and their sweet gentle music. They are called Aurevoir Simone and i've been listening to their album lately...you can hear it on their website.
I've been thinking about saving up for an ipod,and am looking at the new i pod touch,does anyone have one and have any feedback on it? please leave a comment, as i'm interested in how you've found it.its one thing reading reviews but nothing beats a friends recommendation does it.
I made a card today for a family friend Auntie Olive, she is an amazing person, very giving and very much a part of her church and singing in the choir, she has various health problems but somehow never complains and always has an open house and heart for others. She has been very kind to me over the years and never forgotten me during the years when i was too ill to be around. sometimes out of sight is out of mind for people i've discovered, even relatives that you would have thought would remember you,don't always! it can be an interesting experience, and one where you have to just realise that some people seem to have more of a brain wired for considering others feelings and thinking about them, and some don't. It turns out its not a personal thing against you, it just is the way it is. Once i realised this i felt less upset by it.
I still find that sometimes i have to balance out how much i think about people and try not to 'give' too much. I have had to learn to allow room to 'recieve' too. We need to live both roles don't we. On a small scale and on a big one too, like how much we let in the Universe to support us.It has to fill our cup before we can share anything with others....
That kind of leads me full circle back to Auntie Olive who is very much connected to her God and her faith sustains her from the inside. That ease of faith and feeling comfortable with life is very inspiring. Its something i couldnt relate to when i was younger, until i came to know God/Universal Source of Love, in my own way and through my own experience. Now i understand where she gets her Light and energy from and how she manages all she does even at 90 years old! She always seems to trust and know she's taken care of and doesnt seem to live with fear. Her face is always happy and she delights in life. So i wanted to make a special card for a special lady... i used some vintage wallpaper, and vintage lace. With some cream pressed flowers and i tried a new idea of a button closure with a ribbon loop. 
thats all for now, keep in touch,kat xx
Kayo Tamaishi is an illustrator; she was born and raised in Yokohama. I found her work on Moo and ordered some as postcards. This one above is a particular favourite but so many of her designs are wonderful that its hard to choose. Alot feature rabbits too which certainly captured me,being a bunny fan. Here are 2 more of her postcards on my wall,i also got some stickers of hers,i love moo,its just it can get addictive!
This one of the couple together is on my noticeboard,she really should sell on etsy or something but when i 
googled her there was very little that came up. She must sell more in her own Country. I certainly hope her popularity grows so we see more from her. I think she has done some T shirts which would be so cool.
As you can see i have a picture on the board of Leona who i think is Amazing, she is so graceful and i find her so inspiring. Her voice makes my spine tingle when she sings and i love her album. Its the best i've heard since the album of the same name by jewel in the 90's.It was certainly worth the wait from when she first won Pop idol to when it came out last year.i have her song "Better in time" as my ring tone now, replacing Take thats song from the Stardust film. This is what it says on her website at the moment...
'Leona’s debut album Spirit has gone straight in at the top of the American album charts! Not only is she first British female to achieve such an amazing feat, but she is the first British artist in history to debut at number one! '
If thats not inspiring, i don't know what is!! love kat x
Thankyou for all the wonderful anniversary wishes for my blog's 1st birthday. I have used a random number generator and the winner is........Philippa! Congratulations and the butterflies will set off on the journey flying down to you soon.
Philippa has only recently begun her blog,A little place of my own in December last year,she has a beautiful photo of the Angel of the North as its banner,(she moved from here to the South)do stop by and say hello if you fancy welcoming her to blog land.
My health has been a little rocky lately,mainly a dip in energy levels, hence my abscence both out in the real world as much and out and about amongst my friends here in Blog land, if we should call it that ( any other name suggestions, as thats a bit naff sounding!),but it was just so fitting a time to recieve the heartwarming messages you all left for me and it kept me connected and cheered. i hope to be back to myself soon,but as with this illness and recovery from it, its all about just feeling your way and taking things slowly so i can't really tell for now. I just wanted to give a little explanation really for my quietness, i look forward to visiting you more often soon,like i normally do, in the meantime i know you will all understand and are wishing me the best. BIG THANKS ,luv kat xx
p. s. happy birthday emily thinking of you today,here's the notelet set i made for Em's present...
bye for now
a little daffodil in our back garden to put a touch of yellow and sunshine on the blog today and to give that spring feel thats in the air. Thanks so much to everyone for the wonderful anniversary comments you posted. I want to say a special thankyou to Emma Louise who typed out a lovely poem about deer that she said had the same magic as she finds in my blog. I was very touched and tried to respond but it bounced back so i think your email address was wrong, could you, if you read this EmmaLouise, email me(link top left of the blog) or leave another comment. There is another week before the draw for the garland so i will just continue with my posts as usual,then let you know next weekend who's won..
This beautiful spread was in Red magazine this month and i love the way the yellow and turquoisey blue work together
There are yellow and blue flowers in our garden at the mo, nothing fancy just some tubs of grape hyacinths and mini daffodils but they do bring in some much appreciated colour here and there.
The bunnies have been out in their run alot more and soaking up the sun which i'm sure is as good for them as it is us we got them a wooden mini hut that attaches to the side of the run and so they can shelter in
there should the wind get too much or a cat appear! Jasp went in when an aeroplane went over as i don't think he's remembered that they arent a threat.Here's some more photos i took of Whisper (white/girl) and Jasper (grey and white/boy) on May 1st we will have had them one year!
Just to finish here's a picture of some lambs we saw in a field last week,i've never seen any so
close to before,they had little coats made from see through plastic to keep them drier and warmer. Apparently it means alot more of them survive than they do without the protection. The sheep themselves were surprisingly loud!The countryside is not always quieter than the city it seems! But the little ones were extra cute when their tails wagged so fast back and forth when they began feeding.
Here's me down at the riverside last week.
So thats my spring theme update and i will put some more shots on my flickr pages i think. I've been making mosaics up with some of my photos using fd's flickr toys which i discovered when Julie used it for some of hers.its another little addictive thing to do with Flickr and there are other effects you can do to photos with it too.such as blur the edges or frame them in a stamp design, or a film border.Thanks for your company today. have a pleasant weekend,love kat x
Today i'm just imagining sitting here, in this beautiful garden, beneath this blossom and its spring and its a year since Secrets of a Butterfly began and in my heart i'm feeling thankful for everything thats come along since then, and how nice it is to know friends are out there reading this and smiling along with me.
Here's what i said in my first ever post a year ago today....
hi there This is a blog where i can link up with my friends and other crafters and share what i find inspiring. usually by way of things i see ,books or clothes or magazines and recommend places to visit online. be it your standard highstreet shop, or a one off boutique. I intend to share my secrets from the ordinary to the extraordinary, the mundane to the magical. please won't you join me and we'll discover new things along the path. everyday has magic about it in its own particular way. and the best part is sharing that with others. thats what blogs have come to symbolise for me, a way to connect with others on the same "page" of life. blessings Kx
A year (and quite a few more pages)on and i'm pretty sure i've been following my original intentions and having made some wonderful friends along the way i can certainly say that its all been so worthwhile, i've also got to track my health and seen my improvements,as well as how my crafts have developed. An added bonus has been the way writing from my heart to you all has helped my emotional healing journey and how i found through where my thoughts lay and what i was discussing, it reflected alot of where i was at and gave me further pointers as to what needed my attention. a sort of 'writing therapy' through sharing here. So thankyou all for that,cause if it werent for you i'd feel i was writing into thin air.
i love our little community,and the feeling i have of belonging and being a part of something.i like how i can drop by my friends blogs when i want to and find words that touch me and lift me and how i can respond and you recieve it instantly, wherever we are around the world. You are like my fellow butterflies and we, like the butterflies on the garland below, are connected by invisible threads of friendship and care,crafting and an appreciation for the little things, that don't have to cost the earth but make life good and make us smile more often than we frown ( :
Butterfly Garland prize draw
I wanted to give something away to celebrate my anniversary and so if you leave a comment on this Post and with your name(be sure that when commenting that i have your email address to reply to also) then i will add your name into the hat and draw out a lucky winner.you will win this beautiful butterfly garland in pinks, whites and greens. the butterflies are on a clear thread and can hang along a curtain pole or around a mirror.They're from Monsoon and are so pretty. I would ask whisper or jasper to pick a name out(like other people ask their kids) but i think they'd struggle or just eat the pieces of paper! so you'll just have to trust me to be fair, and i think you know me well enough by now to know i will be!draw will close in 14 days,smiles and butterfly wishes,and lots of luck to you if you choose to enter,kat x
hi friends just a short message today to share this angelic quote with you and a little warmth by the fire courtesy of Toast as its very cold just now, ...and a couple of other blue things that have come my way lately. I will be back on the 31st as its my 1st anniversary as a blogger and i have to come up with a special way to mark it, a giveaway maybe....keep you 'posted!'
A new blanket thats wool and a bluey grey. i love snuggling under a good blanket,find a similar style online here
my new jeans i just LOVE them and the little dove on them too, i know i'm gona live in these!!
Bit of a grey day in Hexham yesterday but still nice to be out and i took my umberella, which was needed!
Easter wishes to all my blog friends, i hope you enjoy your easter break and have a pleasant Sunday.
I had to post this picture of Whisper and Jasper,it was taken a few weeks ago as the weather has been colder since and so they havent been out in their run much at all. But it took me ages to get them to be still enough next to each other to get this photo!!
So happy easter from us, love kat
photo from Seasons and celebrations.
