Here and Now...What's Happening?

[ulli]

Posted by SabreToothMom (here)
Is this still the stream of consciousness thread?

I hear birds outside. The cats are "sleeping" with their ears pricked up and turned like little satellite dishes towards the windows to hear them. The television is on but muted. My book is open next to me, waiting for me to return to it. The sun is shining. We only get about 12 - 16 weeks of halfway decent weather here and i'm missing it. I should be outside right now. I love the sun. I live for the sun. I am sad that I live where we have 15% sunny days in a given year and the rest clouds. Avalon is my sun proxy.

It is and always will be. Plus it allows for mutations.
Worse than not having sunny days is when one has lots of them and loses the appreciation.
That's what has happened to me many times.
Appreciation is easier when there are contrasts.

[Flash]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by SabreToothMom (here)
Is this still the stream of consciousness thread?

I hear birds outside. The cats are "sleeping" with their ears pricked up and turned like little satellite dishes towards the windows to hear them. The television is on but muted. My book is open next to me, waiting for me to return to it. The sun is shining. We only get about 12 - 16 weeks of halfway decent weather here and i'm missing it. I should be outside right now. I love the sun. I live for the sun. I am sad that I live where we have 15% sunny days in a given year and the rest clouds. Avalon is my sun proxy.

It is and always will be. Plus it allows for mutations.
Worse than not having sunny days is when one has lots of them and loses the appreciation.
That's what has happened to me many times.
Appreciation is easier when there are contrasts.

Hum, yes, contrast

This appreciation of sunny days was lost to me when I lived in Mexico. In fact, I did my middle day nap, like most Mexcans, and one day, I just intensely dreamed that I was seeing through a window a huge mountain literally made of very white snow. When I woke up, I told myself "just a Canadian can have such a dream lol" I was missing the cold and the snow lol.

(Like the time I dreamed I was a fur trader from way back, and my then husband, who was European Turk told me "only a Canadian could ever dream that " )lol.

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Had one interview with a head hunter yesterday. He clearly told me that it is age that scared the interviewers. He said most of the time, when receiving people with a big cv, he interviews them and knows it won't work with his client, either they are too stiff, too caught in their views, want to direct things and will ruffle some feathers, etc etc. He said that it is because he spoke to me on the phone and my voice and quick thinking convinced him I should be met. What he told me confirmed my suspicions. Lesson: I have t speak to the recruiters, whomever they are (head hunters or companies recruiters).

But, it went well, he decided I could match his Customer's needs and sent him my cv with recommendations.

I have the second interview this afternoon and right after I am going to my uncle burrial. I am happy it is not right before.

Thank you all for sending me good vibes. I appreciate it. I will still need it because those are only the beginning processes.

[ulli]

Posted by Flash (here)

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by SabreToothMom (here)
Is this still the stream of consciousness thread?

I hear birds outside. The cats are "sleeping" with their ears pricked up and turned like little satellite dishes towards the windows to hear them. The television is on but muted. My book is open next to me, waiting for me to return to it. The sun is shining. We only get about 12 - 16 weeks of halfway decent weather here and i'm missing it. I should be outside right now. I love the sun. I live for the sun. I am sad that I live where we have 15% sunny days in a given year and the rest clouds. Avalon is my sun proxy.

It is and always will be. Plus it allows for mutations.
Worse than not having sunny days is when one has lots of them and loses the appreciation.
That's what has happened to me many times.
Appreciation is easier when there are contrasts.

Hum, yes, contrast

This appreciation of sunny days was lost to me when I lived in Mexico. In fact, I did my middle day nap, like most Mexcans, and one day, I just intensely dreamed that I was seeing through a window a huge mountain literally made of very white snow. When I woke up, I told myself "just a Canadian can have such a dream lol" I was missing the cold and the snow lol.

(Like the time I dreamed I was a fur trader from way back, and my then husband, who was European Turk told me "only a Canadian could ever dream that " lol.

I'm glad to know that your fur trader dream was not a prophetic one.
Most of our dream imagery comes from stored memory, in my opinion.
Except that one time when I was in a helicopter over Argentina with Margaret Thatcher...
years before she was even Prime Minister.
Haven't had a premonition dream like that for decades.
I guess it only served the purpose of showing me that one can move beyond the space/time universe when sleeping...
For seven years I had no idea what it meant, but when the event happened in April 1982
it blew my mind and expanded my belief system beyond that wild dream.

[Roisin]

Posted by RunningDeer (here)

Posted by Tangri (here)
Could you give the original post's link please? (not attachment's)

I believe it’s Aurvandil’s graphic.

Posted by Roisin (here)
Could someone please tell me what's on this link? thanks

Only the graphic appears. Not the link from the post.

For assistance check this: How to create a link.

Could you post a screenshot of Aurvandil’s graphic in that thread? I keep getting an antivirus pop up warning every time I try to access that link/attachment. thanks!

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Roisin (here)
Could you post a screenshot of Aurvandil’s graphic in that thread? I keep getting an antivirus pop up warning every time I try to access that link/attachment. thanks!

All set, post #263.

[Roisin]

Wow! Thanks Paula! What a lovely image too!

[Sierra]

Posted by Flash (here)
Had one interview with a head hunter yesterday. He clearly told me that it is age that scared the interviewers. He said most of the time, when receiving people with a big cv, he interviews them and knows it won't work with his client, either they are too stiff, too caught in their views, want to direct things and will ruffle some feathers, etc etc. He said that it is because he spoke to me on the phone and my voice and quick thinking convinced him I should be met. What he told me confirmed my suspicions. Lesson: I have t speak to the recruiters, whomever they are (head hunters or companies recruiters).

But, it went well, he decided I could match his Customer's needs and sent him my cv with recommendations.

I have the second interview this afternoon and right after I am going to my uncle burrial. I am happy it is not right before.

Thank you all for sending me good vibes. I appreciate it. I will still need it because those are only the beginning processes.

Yes, intending fiercely for you Flash.

The interview process is like the Grand National, just one damn jump after the next...

[dan33]

OK, ULLI. Rumbo a Costa Rica. Reading the line.... and, bending it. ... and , land CR.

[Roisin]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by Mikelodium (here)
Hello villagers!

I'm already in the hospital, waiting in the room for my mom to come and in about 3 hours all this surgery dance will start.
Thanks all for the kind words and energy. I will update as soon as I can once I wake up from anesthesia.

Here and now, enjoying some psychedelic space rock music, less nervous than I thought I would be.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ed8HAhzT7Pc

Peace

Hey, Mikey, these waterfall cities look a bit like what I had in mind for the Village Emblem.
Just look at those cute cottages!
Thanks.

If they let you talk to the anesthetist ask him/her for the coolest stuff they can think of.
Good luck, and as they say in the theater world: "break a leg!"

I've been working on an emblem for the Village that's somewhat reminiscent of that village image in that video but in a completely different style. The village has to be close-up enough to be able to identify it as such as opposed to a cluster of houses/village seen on the edge of a mountain way off into the distance. Don't want people to have to squint to make out what's out there but a waterfall is a real "must" for an enchanting landscape. Mountains too.... in the background including a dramatic sky with airships flying around to keep within the steampunk context.

But the scene has to be infused with spirituality too. It's got to be uplifting and not dismal and gloomy in any way, shape or form. So color will be integrated into the composition too.

[Violet]

Posted by Roisin (here)
Project Avalon SteamPunked... Series 1_1

This belongs here because it's a kinda funny and sort of a parody of that design style. It's a montage of found images on the web .... they are the usual kind of things one finds in SteamPunk fantasy and Sci-fi digital artwork. It seems like everyone is tweaking the same images to fit their compositions so it's all rather boring in that respect but nevertheless, SteamPunk and its derivatives are where its at now on the design scene so put this montage together for P.A. Had this posted in the "motif" thread here for 2 minutes before I deleted it.

Is that Laputa up there?

[Guest]

Posted by Nora (here)

Posted by ulli (here)
Some good news:
From my Barbados friend...her campaign to free this innocent man was a success.
Her Skype message just now:

"WE DID IT - Jeffrey Joseph has been pardoned and is now a FREE MAN from 13th May, next week!!!! THank you all so VERY MUCH for all YOUR PRayers!! There is a GOD!!!!!"

Here was the original notification of this case.
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post958360

Love and hugs to you and your friend.

Teary eyed






Love

Nora


Ulli Thirteen people thanked your OP

Posted by Violet (here)

Nora, my new neighbour's (the guy from that other post) license plate number adds up to 13. First three letters of same license plate number, beginning of my email. What does 13 mean to you?

The number 13 itself didn't have much meaning in this case -it could have been 11, 12,.... 23...etc.
I saw it as a synchronicity of Love that we are all supported by the Universe. A sign we are connected. Not that I need it (or maybe I do) , I'm aware of it -taking notice, thanking and acknowledging the Power that Be. Jeffery's release is awesome -beautiful bittersweet as it is. Humbling.

Listening to R.E.M this morning

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tOzUZDL5ngs

Love

Nora

[Roisin]

Laputa.... had forgotten all about that one and thanks Violet for bringing it up! The original floating island if there ever was one and the best of the best of imaginary enchanting mystical places!

[RunningDeer]

Yesterday, I tried my hand at rock balancing. I went back today with my rubbers so I could get right in the middle of things. I made about eight more. It’s tricky walking about because it’s slimy-slippery. The one from yesterday still stands minus the top rock.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sQUUU6Gls2A

The tree featured in the video is a sycamore. It has a unique character. It was inspiration for the graphic below made from photos I took years ago.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=82Go_H4NTRo

[RunningDeer]

Boy and Puppy

A family in New York began visiting shelters to look for the perfect pup. After a few weeks of searching local shelters, they found a puppy that they fell in love with - Theo. He craved human friendship and attention. Three days after coming home with them, he joined Beau for his daily nap. Beau's mother took a picture and now they are warming hearts around the world.

[Sierra]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Two miracles.

David gets unemployment.

It just down poured heavy rain for ten minutes. I stood on the deck saying thank you over and over. Bird sitting on the railing eating seed didn't even move, just watched the rain with me.

Red sun cresting the last ridge now. Clouds of all colors. The air is so fresh. Golden light everywhere. Birds yakking. Towie on the rail chirping back and forth with me. Hubby happy.

I'm so lucky.

Love, Sierra

[Jean-Marie]

I finished the blanket for my friends grandchild!

[Mikelodium]

Good morning Village,

Surgery was a bit longer than expected, almost 4 hours. But I think all went ok, I'm not suffering too much pain. Waiting for the doc to come to tell me if I can go home or I need to stay at the hospital one more day. Crossing fingers...

Hugs!

[Violet]

Posted by Nora (here)
The number 13 itself didn't have much meaning in this case -it could have been 11, 12,.... 23...etc.
I saw it as a synchronicity of Love that we are all supported by the Universe. A sign we are connected. Not that I need it (or maybe I do) , I'm aware of it -taking notice, thanking and acknowledging the Power that Be. Jeffery's release is awesome -beautiful bittersweet as it is. Humbling.

Listening to R.E.M this morning

[video]

Love

Nora

Thanks for taking the time, Nora. I noticed that car 13 just a bit before reading your thirteen. Adding to the sync list. 13 is a long story, cut short: wherever I go, some 13 (and capricorns too). There's a thin line that between meaningless coïncidence and meaningfulness (which may also take the form of a coïncidence) that I walk, always pondering...Which one is it?

For Jeffrey to be released on that day is no doubt "meaningful" in itself, and perhaps also matching the numbers, 13 is also the number of death and endings. It's the end of a long and painful experience. And notice that the plea was dated 5th. Number 5...I buckle up. Driving in a car that could swing either way.

Post-update

Posted by Mikelodium (here)
Good morning Village,

Surgery was a bit longer than expected, almost 4 hours. But I think all went ok, I'm not suffering too much pain. Waiting for the doc to come to tell me if I can go home or I need to stay at the hospital one more day. Crossing fingers...

Hugs!

That is great news! (that it went ok!)

(We need fruit smileys for hospital visits)

[Rollo]

David Cameron's RAP song about his ideas for Britain and the world.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0YBumQHPAeU

[SabreToothMom]

Drinking coffee with a cat sprawled out next to me, pressed up against my leg. I can hear birds again, and the sound of the pool pump trying to clear the winter debris. The wild dewberries on the hill have been staked up, the organic vegetables are sprouting in their pots, and the trees are budding with little leafbuds. Spring is finally here.

Lately when listening to my favorite musical artists (music is my first ... no, second love, after the sun) I have been noticing a great many themes in the music which I never picked up on before which all have to do with PA-type stuff... I'm particularly fond of this song (always have been).... (which I didnt' realize was titled after a famous Heaven's Gate speech/writing until now but probably should have)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XvmFbMxJ8z4

(video has no content aside from the song playing - the image is stationary)