The garden can be one of the most magical places in your life. As spring approaches, let’s look at how to plan, create, and grow your magical garden, as well as ways to create specialty gardens, herb plots, and more!
The very act of planting, of beginning new life from seed, is a ritual and a magical act in itself. To cultivate something in the black soil, see it sprout and then bloom, is to watch a magical working unfold before our very eyes. The plant cycle is intrinsically tied to so many earth-based belief systems that it should come as no surprise that the magic of the garden is one well worth looking into.
A lot of people don’t realize you can grow plants and flowers that bloom at night. Cultivating a moon garden is a great way to get in touch with nature, and it provides a beautiful and fragrant backdrop for your moonlight rituals in the summer. If you plant these lovelies close to your house, you can open the windows and take advantage of their aromas as you sleep.
As spring arrives, our gardens begin to bud and eventually bloom. For hundreds of years, the plants that we grow have been used in magic. Flowers in particular are often connected with a variety of magical uses. Now that spring is here, keep an eye out for some of these flowers around you, and consider the different magical applications they might have.
Way Back Wednesday Person: Cindy Wisniewski. Brownie Leader 37th Oshawa Brownies
Picture snapped by: Ron Pietroniro of Oshawa/Whitby This Week
Where: Camp Ademac
Event: Brownie Revel
Month/Year: June 1993
**Please Visit the link below to the see the photo of Cindy. Photo shows Cindy getting a wet sponge in the face at one of the fun activities @ the local event**
Project: Metroland Media Group Durham Region Division: “Way Back Wednesday” project:
Date(s): Every Wednesday
What does it mean?: Every Wednesday Whitby this week will be posting a picture from its archives of people from years gone by. The Purpose: To find out if the folk in the photo’s are still around and hopefully to hear from them and find out where their life journey has taken them… And you never know, reunions could happen too, with long-lost friends and relatives catching up on time gone by. If the folks in the photo’s can be found MMGDRD would love to recreate the photo.
How does it work: Folk are asked to check out: www.durhamregion.com:www.facebook.com/newsdurham: Tweet @newsdurham hashtag #WBWDurham: Here you can see the photo’s and comment on them if you recognize the folk… The above photo is taken from the newspaper, so it’s not too clear, maybe try the website above to view it more clearly. :)
source Whitby This Week: May 21 2014 Edition: Leeanna McLean: lmclean@durhamregion.com
Image from Whitby This Week: Taken in May of 1984 Lakeview Park: L to R: Billy Gordon: Joey Amodeo: Stacey DeMerchant: Lynn Carey: Todd Sterling: Angie Sterling: Tammy DeMerchant
Project: Metroland Media Group Durham Region Division: “Way Back Wednesday” project:
Date(s): Every Wednesday
What does it mean?: Every Wednesday Whitby this week will be posting a picture from its archives of people from years gone by. The Purpose: To find out if the folk in the photo’s are still around and hopefully to hear from them and find out where their life journey has taken them… And you never know, reunions could happen too, with long-lost friends and relatives catching up on time gone by. If the folks in the photo’s can be found MMGDRD would love to recreate the photo.
How does it work: Folk are asked to check out: www.durhamregion.com:www.facebook.com/newsdurham: Tweet @newsdurham hashtag #WBWDurham: Here you can see the photo’s and comment on them if you recognize the folk… The above photo is taken from the newspaper, so it’s not too clear, maybe try the website above to view it more clearly. :)
source Whitby This Week: May 21 2014 Edition: Leeanna McLean: lmclean@durhamregion.com
SGC Admin: Some of us aren’t a huge fan of going to get our nails done, and it can be a waste of money for those who get their finger nails done only to find them chipping a short time later… But we still like to have pretty nails… If you are in this category maybe the following will work better for you… :) Got girlie girls on your shopping list this Christmas? Maybe this will be one of their perfect gifts…
The Pan Am and Parapan Am games will be held in our fair city come 2015… :) Known as the “people’s games” these events unite all athletes and the people who support them…
Children play a big part in the games and the City of Toronto is issuing a (creative) challenge to all Kids to come up with the perfect Mascot for the upcoming games…
Complete the entry form included and send by mail to: Toronto 2015Mascot Creation Challenge, Corus Quay, 25 Dockside Drive, 7th floor, Toronto, ON M5A OB
Entry forms may also be submitted online at: toronto2015mascot.ca
Stay Tuned
Entry Details…
Toronto 2015 Mascot Challenge starts JANUARY 7, 2013
Submissions accepted by mail or upload until MARCH 8, 2013
Only group submissions of at least two member and up to a maximum of six will be accepted.
A winning group will be chosen based on selection criteria and the results of a national on-line voting contest.
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