AJC 2011 May Adventure Quest: PORTALS

My Journey to become a Brighidine Flame Keeper

May will always be known to me as the ‘Transformative Month’, for it was on May 8th 2005, that I achieved the goal of a 19 year search: to not only find the location where Brighid’s Flame was burning, but to have my candle lit at Her Altar and in turn carry Her Flame back home with me.
I had journeyed to Ireland, and on that incredible day in May, my dear friend Carmel drove me to Kildare and together we found the house where two Brighidine Sisters in 1993 had brought back Brighid's Flame and kept it burning on their small Altar.
Gracious and welcoming, Sister Mary ushered me in and after learning of my search, blessed me and lit my candle with the Flame.
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Credits and Kits:
Page contains the following (except where noted) from my own collection of travel photos:
Brighid Crosses (4 armed and 3 armed)
A picture of my candle burning on Brighid’s Day: February 2 2011
Brick Portal: Lussan France
Dublin Fanlight
Doorway with hands: St Brigid of Kildare Ireland’s church entryway
Galaxy photo: Chandra Observatory C800
Wordstrip: Tangie’s AJC Parcel 16 – Emily wordstrip
2nd wordstrip: my own font

AJC 2011 Itinerary 18: Verb: ACHIEVE

On May 2/11, I exercised my right as a Canadian ‘person’ to vote.

This is my tribute to those who through their beliefs and achievement made it possible.
The top left corner is a composite photo of the Valiant Five
In 1928 these women successfully fought for the right of all Canadian women to be deemed as ‘persons’ in the eyes of law (after the Supreme Court of Canada said ‘no’) and convinced the British Judicial Council of the fact.
(No mean feat!)
They are:
Emily Murphy (the British Empire's first female judge);
Irene Marryat Parlby (farm women's leader, activist and first female Cabinet minister in Alberta);
Nellie Mooney McClung (a famous suffragist and member of the Alberta legislature)
Louise Crummy McKinney (the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, or any legislature in Canada or the British Empire)
Henrietta Muir Edwards (an advocate for working women and a founding member of the Victorian Order of Nurses).
Because of what the ‘Famous Five’ accomplished, other Canadian women were able to achieve the following:
Small black and white photo: Eileen Day – Canada’s First Aviatrix
Lower left black and white photo: Marion Orr: First Female Flying School Instructor and WWII ferry pilot.
Her favourite plane to fly was the Spitfire!
Colour photo centre: Captain (now Major Ret.) Dee Brasseur:
one of two First Female Fighter pilots (F-18’s) in the world.
Right top: Dr Roberta Bondar: Canada’s First Female Astronaut, First Neurologist In Space
and First Girl Guide in Space (she even took a box of Girl Guide cookies on her trip!)
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Credits and Kits:
All photos c/o the net – publicity archive shots
Background photo: Discovery Launch c/o NASA
Paper Frame Border: AJC11 Parcel 11: Being Me
Font: Tangie’s mockturtle

AJC 2011 Itinerary 18: Simply Started: THE FUTURE WAS...

…unexpectedly InTeRrUpTeD when Sophie decided to take the Unlocked TARDIS for a spin!
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On a quiet Sunday morning, a strange whirring and clanking sound followed by a loud THUMP! was heard in a nearby field.
Naturally Sophie had to investigate.
This is what happens when a forgetful Dr Who leaves the TARDIS unlocked!
Nothing is safe from an overly Curious Cowichan Camel!
Apologies to all who are experiencing Déjà vu’s this last week.
Our Regular Future will resume shortly once Dr Who has returned.
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Credits and Kits:
The TARDIS (disguised as a UK Police Callbox) c/r the net
Background field photo: mine
Galaxy photo: Tangie’s AJC10: Parcel 48
Vintage Watch Faces: CU Mzimm
Hourglass: Tangie’s AJC2011: Parcel 05
Fonts: All Tangie’s Fonts: tweedledee, fivesevenandtwo, mockturtle

AJC 2011 Itinerary 17: Verb: CYCLE

Or “Embrace the Goo”

The Butterfly is often depicted as a symbol of Spiritual Transition, going from a seeming ‘death’ to a glorious new Life form.

..” Before a caterpillar can become a butterfly, it must become goo.
Yes, goo.
Within the cocoon, the form of the caterpillar totally dissolves into a liquid that is rich with nutrients and potential.
It's super goo.

From this super goo, the butterfly is formed.
Aside from the goo there are, imaginal cells.
These cells contain the image, the genetic template of the butterfly.
The goo feeds these imaginal cells and as the goo is digested, it transforms into a butterfly.

Only by letting go of the old forms can you make space for something new to be born.
In spiritual literature. the goo, is called the dark night of the soul.
If you're longing to fly, to deepen your life, to expand your horizon of awareness - embrace the goo…”

Excerpted from the March 04/11 newsletter produced by the wonderful folks at Wisdom Heart. to whom I give a Grateful Thank You for continuing to inspire me (especially when I'm stuck in the 'goo'. lol)
Blessings
Shanti

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Credits and Kits:

Monarch Butterfly life cycle photos: c/r free Wikipedia
Background paper frame, Polaroid photo frame, Buttefly chrysalis, caterpillar, butterfly stamps: all from Tangie-Decrow Parcel 17
Sample Envelope: Tangie’s FieldNotes (Spring)
Fonts: Tangie's Tweedledee, Jefferson and me own

AJC 2011 Itinerary 17: Simply Started: BREAKING FREE

What if stars were born from Galaxy Chrysalides? NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured a glowing stellar nursery within a dark globule that reveals the birth of new protostars, or embryonic stars, and young stars never before seen. The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is an elongated dark globule within the emission nebula IC 1396 in the constellation of Cepheus. Within the globule, a half dozen newly discovered protostars are easily discernible as the bright red-tinted objects, mostly along the southern rim of the globule. These were previously undetected at visible wavelengths due to obscuration by the thick cloud ('globule body') and by dust surrounding the newly forming stars. The newborn stars form in the dense gas because of compression by the wind and radiation from a nearby massive star (located outside the field of view to the left). The winds from this unseen star are also responsible for producing the spectacular filamentary appearance of the globule itself, which resembles that of a flying dragon. Credits and Kits: Butterfly Chrysalis and Branch: Tangie-Decrow: Parcel 17; coloured and re arranged by me) Background: Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/W. Reach (SSC/Caltech): Flying Dragon part of the Elephant Nebula