The Alchemy Garden

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The Mystery Experience

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Labyrinth
Painting by Rana J Rodger:
www.ranapix.co.uk

The Mystery Experience

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Find out about The Mystery Experience at http://www.timothyfreke.com/mystery.php

“When you taste the Mystery Experience you know something which changes everything. It’s like dissolving in an ocean of love. There is such a feeling of relief and well-being. Like coming home. The whole purpose of spirituality is to help us let go into the Mystery Experience. And this is much easier than is commonly believed, because it is simply recognizing our own essential nature, which is always present.” Tim Freke

Wildheart Alchemy

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' "The day came when the pain of remaining tight in bud was greater than the risk to blossom"
www.wildheartalchemy.com.
Juin Gibson will be holding workshops here at The Alchemy garden in 2012


About	Becoming the change we want, dreaming the world into being, co-creating with nature:

	Wildheart Alchemy is the calling of the wild heart. We feel it pulsing deep in the rhythms of nature; the rise and setting of the sun, the ebb and flow of tides, the cycles of life and death, and in the myriad rhythms within our bodies. When we reconnect to nature we come home to ourselves and we feel life pulsing through us. We do not do it alone. Open wild hearts entrain other wild hearts, together we create a resonance which encourages more wild hearts to open. The world becomes openhearted! we change our world by changing ourselves with each breath. 'It is a breath of fresh air to feel an open wild heartbeat The first step is finding acceptance of ourselves. Then through the opening and healing of the wild human heart we sustain ourselves and the Earth which supports us' Tim Walking Bear Goodblood (the plant whisperer).

Wildheart Alchemy is the calling of the wild heart. We feel it pulsing deep in the rhythms of nature; the rise and setting of the sun, the ebb and flow of tides, the cycles of life and death, and in the myriad rhythms within our bodies. When we reconnect to nature we come home to ourselves and we feel life pulsing through us.

We do not do it alone. Open wild hearts entrain other wild hearts, together we create a resonance which encourages more wild hearts to open. The world becomes openhearted!

we change our world by changing ourselves with each breath.

'It is a breath of fresh air to feel an open wild heartbeat The first step is finding acceptance of ourselves. Then through the opening and healing of the wild human heart we sustain ourselves and the Earth which supports us' Tim Walking Bear Goodblood (the plant whisperer).

Colours heal and uplift the spirit

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The colors of friendship

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Roger Scaglia

The Colors Of Friendship

Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. The most important. The most useful. The most beautiful. The favorite.

Green said:
"Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority."

Blue interrupted:
"You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace, you would all be nothing."

Yellow chuckled:
"You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Every time you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no fun."

Orange started next to blow her trumpet:
"I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangoes, and papayas. I don't hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you."

Red could stand it no longer he shouted out:
"I am the ruler of all of you. I am blood - life's blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia and the poppy."

Purple rose up to his full height:
He was very tall and spoke with great pomp: "I am the color of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs, and bishops have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me! They listen and obey."

Finally Indigo spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but with just as much determination: "Think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace."

And so the colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own superiority. Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening, thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down relentlessly. The colors crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.

In the midst of the clamor, rain began to speak:
"You foolish colors, fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me."

Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined
hands.

The rain continued:
"From now on, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of color as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The Rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow." And so, whenever a good rain washes the world, and a Rainbow appears in the sky, to let us remember to appreciate one another.

Adrian Iron Thunder

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb

— with Mae Ria.

Diving deep into nature

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Diving Deep into Nature with Juin Gibson and Rana J Rodger: ( Mon 18th June to Fri 22 June ) at The Alchemy Garden.

See www.thealchemygarden.com Courses

And then the butterflies started to appear...

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38 different species of butterflies were spotted on the lavender bushes...hovering in the blue mist of the borage flowers...

A matter of perception

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It 's all about where we focus our attention...I mean we could focus on all the wars and killings and bloodshed which is so much a part of this now....or we can choose to appreciate a warm fire...a wonderful connection with a close friend...the sound of the wind as it blows through the pine tree and throws dustings of snow to the earth.
It's as if there is no middle way anymore: ' The glass is half full...or the glass is half empty.
It is up to us
And we are the ones who are creating our reality.

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The Alchemy Garden

Sanctuary of nature, wellness, creativity and inspiration...

A place where magic happens naturally

Birth of the Alchemy garden

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Birth of the Alchemy Garden
From out of the ashes...I remember the time before I created The Alchemy Garden....Everything had fallen apart for me as if a rug had been pulled from my feet...

A relationship of fifteen years had come to an end...

I had spent every penny I had saved in building my little wooden eco house up in the foothills of the Alpujarran mountain range of Andalucia and couldn't live in it.

The temperatures that summer in Southern Spain were well above 40 degrees for months it seemed and the five dogs in the neighboring farmhouse barked continuously throughout the night making it impossible to sleep.

I remember driving back to France in my little car with one suitcase like an evacuee.

I returned to the property in France that I had rented out while living in Spain.

The tranquility of the place and the lush greenery were balm to my broken soul, but it was the house I had lived in with my ex partner for 15 years and every stone, every inch of the property was filled with memories of something that had died.

I had rented out the place while we were away and it hadn't been cleaned in all that time...the toilets were black and stank like something terrible. I had to have them replaced.. .....cobwebs hang from the beams , and outside..... not one flower...just cigarette butts thrown in the flower beds and some broken beer bottles.

The electricity in the roundhouse didn't work, a bed was broken, a door was had a gaping hole in it and I had no money, no job, no income.

My 67 year old mother was arriving for her summer holiday and we spent the entire time cleaning an area of the kitchen where she could put up a camp bed.

That was the beginning of The Alchemy Garden and one of the reasons why I gave it that name.

It would have been so easy to just sell it...but something inside me said ' just hold on and trust '.

From out of the ashes..

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...I remember the time before I created The Alchemy Garden....Everything had fallen apart for me as if a rug had been pulled from my feet...
A relationship of fifteen years had come to an end...
I had spent every penny I had saved in building my little wooden eco house up in the foothills of the Alpujarran mountain range of Andalucia and couldn't live in it.
The temperatures that summer in Southern Spain were well above 40 degrees for months it seemed and the five dogs in the neighboring farmhouse barked continuously throughout the night making it impossible to sleep.
I remember driving back to France in my little car with one suitcase like an evacuee.
I returned to the property in France that I had rented out while living in Spain.
The tranquility of the place and the lush greenery were balm to my broken soul, but it was the house I had lived in with my ex partner for 15 years and every stone, every inch of the property was filled with memories of something that had died.
I had rented out the place while we were away and it hadn't been cleaned in all that time...the toilets were black and stank like something terrible. I had to have them replaced.. .....cobwebs hang from the beams , and outside..... not one flower...just cigarette butts thrown in the flower beds and some broken beer bottles.
The electricity in the roundhouse didn't work, a bed was broken, a door was had a gaping hole in it and I had no money, no job, no income.
My 67 year old mother was arriving for her summer holiday and we spent the entire time cleaning an area of the kitchen where she could put up a camp bed.
That was the beginning of The Alchemy Garden and one of the reasons why I gave it that name.
It would have been so easy to just sell it...but something inside me said ' just hold on and trust '.

Embracing indecision

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I remember the time a few years ago when I was living in the Alpujarras in Southern Spain and had separated with my ex- partner. I thought that Spain would be my new home and I had said goodbye to France. I received an offer to sell The Alchemy Garden.
For several months my constant companion was 'Indecision'.
I just couldn't decide what to do...To sell...or to return to France alone and try and manage the property on my own along with all the repairs that needed doing with no income and an 8 acre property and land that needed a lot of maintenance.

It was as if there were two doors of possibility that were equally charged....To sell ..or not to sell ( and I very much needed the money )
For months I battled and fought with the monster INDECISION.
He or she woke each morning beside me in my bed and often kept me awake for hours at night.... Should I ...Shouldn't I...round and round the question rattled in my brain and head until I was so stressed out I just couldn't function.
It was the day that I embraced INDECISION and accepted fully my situation of not knowing and simply 'let go' to what was being presented to me that release came.
The next morning I awoke clear as a bell as to what I would do.
I would stay on in France and somehow make it work.
From then on everything started to fall into place as if I was flowing along a soft river of grace.
I heard about ' helpx ' and support started to arrived from every corner of the planet.

I had people staying from Lithuania to Japan, Ireland, Canada, Italy and many other countries. Each individual bringing their own unique contribution and learnings. From then on it has been an upward spiral of long hours and much wonderful work on the land and repairing and preparing the lodge and accommodation...building raised beds to grow wonderful organic vegetables...planting seeds and making magical pathways, rockeries, clearings in the woods and nature became my greatest teacher.
Waking in the spring to the sound of the cuckoo...working and endless weeding and clearing became my greatest joy...later in the spring the nightingale started to serenade me through the night, the frogs croaked in the long grass...and then the butterflies started to appear.

The birth of the Alchemy Garden....From out of the ashes...

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The Alchemy Garden...A place where magic happens naturally

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Thomas and the butterfly

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“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
― Richard Bach, Illusions

This is my nephew Thomas in the photo. Although the doctors say that he has a rare 'disease' I ve never met a happier person in my life. He lives completely in the moment and when someone is hurting he hugs them with such love and compassion; being with him is like receiving darshan and when he laughs he has me in stitches. He is a ray of pure light and a great gift to this world.

And then the butterflies started to appear...

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And then the butterflies started to appear...

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38 species of wild butterflies were spotted on the lavender bushes

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The Birth of The Alchemy garden...Embracing Indecision

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The coldest winter

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Greetings from France where we are grounded at the moment and the Aveyron river is iced over and the waterfalls have frozen in motion. Quite breathtaking to see but COLD to be out there and an icy artic wind is blowing.
The temperatures have reached minus 19 degrees up here...the coldest we've had over here in the South of France!.
Snug and warm in the ex garage which has been turned into a wonderfully insulated studio. Two cats by the fire and just about to make a cup of tea and some toast.
So grateful for this cosy room.
So many families around here have burst pipes and radiators and are without water

Wildheart Alchemy: www.wildheartalchemy.com

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The Alchemy Garden...A place where magic happens...

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Juin Gibson with her Flower Essences

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Juin Gibson

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Juin Gibson
www.wildheartalchemy.com

Juin Gibson is the creator of Wildheart Alchemy flower essences. She has made this range over the past 15 years in southern Spain. She works with plant spirit, making essences, teaching, writing, giving consultations. She has enjoyed a profound relationship with nature since early childhood, when she lived close to where Dr Edward Bach made many of his remedies, and she has always listened to the whisperings of nature. Her passion is facilitating others in reconnecting, through the natural world to their own true nature.

She worked for many years as a sign language interpreter and developed innovative nonverbal communication programmes for people with minimal language skills, and also initiated a performance art collective with young Deaf people, musicians and artists. She trained as a teacher, councellor, and for some years ran a successful kinesiology practice.

Her work revolves around the theme of facilitating communication channels, whether this is between Deaf people and hearing, humans and nature, or people holding differing viewpoints or speaking different languages. She believes that when we are truly heard, we are then able to listen to others, and acceptance and understanding often follows. Then we have the possibility of creating new and wonderful pathways out of seemingly intractable situations.

She now facilitates workshops and private sessions around the theme of connecting with nature, both within and without, including Sustainable Sufficiency, Embracing Change and Munay Ki.

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Courses for 2012 at The Alchemy Garde

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Courses for 2012 at The Alchemy Garden

With Rana J Rodger, Juin Gibson and Karin Preston

Greeting the Summer with Plant Spirit - Juin Gibson: June 4^th to 8^th

Cleansing your inner Psyche with Karin Preston: June 11^th to 15^th

Diving Deep into Nature - Juin and Rana J Rodger: June 18^th to 22^nd

Walking weeks along the spectacular Aveyron river gorge visiting medieval villages, markets, waterfalls and caves with Rana:

June 25th to 29^th, September 10^th to 14^th, October 8^th to 12^th

Laughter is the best medicine with Rana: 6^th to 10^th August , 27^th August to 1^st September.

Cleansing your inner Psyche with Karin: September 3rd to 7th

Sustainable Sufficiency with Juin: September 17th to 21^st

Munay Ki with Juin: September 29th to 2^nd October

The Joy of Creation: Art weeks with Rana: www.ranapix.co.uk

Ongoing starting Monday October 22^nd

Activities run from Monday to Friday, you are welcome to arrive Sunday pm and leave on Saturday am at no extra charge

During that time you can relax in the gardens, woods or chill out by the pool.

Courses with Rana and Juin are £430.00 inclusive per week and with Karin £480.00

Special reduction of £50 per week for all early bird bookers before 1st May

For more information visit our website: www.thealchemygarden.com

The Alchemy garden 2012

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UPDATE FOR THE YEAR OF FAST FORWARD

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I havnt written for a while.
The days have flown by at a rediculous speed.
Been spending time working in the forest and on the land.

Each day I ve been getting up at sunrise and going out in the van collecting cow pats to mulch the garden.
As we re so high up here on a limestone ridge the soil is thin so I always take thick bags and buckets with me when I m our walking to collect extra soil and dung !

The days have been absolutely glorious.
My mother came to stay and I savoured each precious moment that we spent together.

The forest is transforming daily.
I ve been planting more rhododendron bushes and dozens of bulbs to come up as surprises next year.
New grass seed has been sprinkled on the earth and the cuttings that I have taken from fruit trees and bushes are doing well.

We finally have good news re the bus that is blocking the entrance to the forest and has been unable to be moved as it is so enormous and a bidet stands inplace of a steering wheel.
Its been there for forty odd years and we ve rung every scrappy in the area and no one wants to take on the task of removing it.

Finally we have an answer to our prayers !
Nicola s friend Harold will be arriving mid october all the way from the North of England with his
" JAWS OF LIFE ".......... A devise of fire used to rescue bodies from car accidents.
He works for the ambulance service and at car rallies to rescue people from car crashes and will be carving the "monster " up into pieces so we can clear it and open up the mouth of the forest and let the light back in.
So " Watch this Space ".

Smiling people

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Himalayan Smiles

Source: www.youtube.com

http://blog.chinmaya-dunster.com/2009/09/smiling-people-an-appeal/

UNIVISIONS

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UNIVISIONS

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Smiles from off the road 3 - travels with a hat

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I just wanted to share this video with you all as it so touched my heart.
Its on u tube but I m not sure how to link the u tube with this blog.

Please go to U tube and type in
Smiles from off the road 3 - travels with a hat

and listen.....................................

If anyone can let me know how you connect videos on u tube to blogs please let me know.

PAINTING WITH NATURE SPIRITS AND ANGELS

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In this week we will be spending time in the garden and forest of Igue Que Ratzo.
Gaining our inspiration from nature and stillness we will be leaving our busy minds behind and re connecting with our true creativity.

Inspirational artist Rana J Rodger (www.ranapix.co.uk) will facilitate this week sharing her experiences and connections with nature spirits and angelic beings.

Each day starts with a meditation under the guardian tree.
The studio will be open all day and night with an assortment of various paints, media and plenty of paper.

Please bring an open heart and mind and no expectations.
Have no fear if you have never painted before.
Igue Que ratzo is a safe and supportive space of simplicity, non judgement and unconditional love.

There is an artist inside everybody just waiting to express itself.

TRIBAL ART WEEK

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TRIBAL ART WEEK

With Artist Rana J Rodger www.ranapix.co.uk

The work of artist Rana J Rodger is influenced strongly by her connections with Africa , Australia, Native America and the art and culture of all these regions.

In this week we will be looking at the designs, colour, texture and symbols of these regions.......connecting with the sounds and rhythms and having fun in the studio.

Please bring an open mind and no expectations.
Have no fear if you have never painted before.
Igue Que Ratzo is a supportive place of non judgement, simplicity and unconditional love.

There is an artist inside everybody just waiting to come out.

CREATIVITY / REJUVENATION WEEKS IN THE HEART OF THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE

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PAINTINGS OF THE AREA

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To see more paintings of the local area by artist Rana J Rodger you can visit the website:
www.jennirodger.co.uk

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MORE ABOUT THE CREATIVITY WEEKS

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There is a studio/workroom with a vast range of paints and different media and plenty of paper for when you feel inspired to paint, draw or write.
There are also two guitars and a variety of different percussion instruments and flutes.

There are two "Magical Mystery"days per week ( optional )
where we can visit local medeival villages and markets, go canooing on the beautiful Aveyron river or visit the breathtaking waterfall at Cazals that comes from a spring in a large cave and flows into a crystal pool of ice cold fresh spring water ( great place to visit on sweltering hot summer days )

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ACCOMODATION DETAILS

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One of the most delightful features of the house is the way it opens out through large french doors from every room to give immediate access to the garden,swimming-pool area, the shady verandah and the outside fire-place barbeque.
Surrounded by shady trees, it is never too hot even on the hottest days.

The weekly courses can accomodate one person, or a couple sharing a room.
There is a bathroom next to the bedroom, and a laundry with washing machine.

Three delicious healthy meals a day are provided. Vegetarian or vegan if required.
Most of the vegetables are grown organically from the garden and fresh vegetable or fruit juice is served daily.

CREATIVITY / REJUVENATION WEEKS IN THE HEART OF THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE

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COURSES

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REDISCOVER YOUR CREATIVITY

EMBRACING YOUR INNER CHILD

PAINTING WITH NATURE SPIRITS AND ANGELS

TRIBAL ART WEEK

Igue Que Ratzo

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POOL AND GARDEN

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PHOTOS OF IGUE

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THE LOCATION

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This secluded country house is set in the rugged plateau landscape of SW France.
The delightful " bergerie " has been transformed into a simple but spacious and comfortable single-storey house with immediate access to nature.

IGUE QUE RATZO in Occitan means " the watering hole that flows " and is named from a spring or " source " just off the grounds. " Ratzo " means the "running "of the soul toward true nothingness... and "Igue"... a cavity below ground level. Altogether connecting us with the contents...the flows and sources of life and inspiration always to be found in the unconscious.

It is located centrally on it s own eight acre patch, and there is a 500m dirt track leading up to the house.

THE ENCHANTED GARDEN

The land immediately surrounding the house is unique.
Three lay lines meet at a spot in the woods and the pool has been filled with blessed water.
The garden has been sensitively landscaped with rock features, little stone pathways and beds of beautiful flowers.
There is a stone roundhouse not far from the lodge surrounded by zinnias and marigolds.
35 different species of butterflies and moths have been spotted on the lavender bushes and wild deer occasionally come to visit.
The woods are full of nature spirits, ancient pathways covered in moss and magical shady glens.
From there you can walk out into the countryside for miles without meeting another person.
The whole garden merges seamlessly into the indigenous Oak, Juniper and multitude of other shrubs that make the "garrigue " of SW France so unique.

There are no immediate neighbours other than a lovely French couple who live in a stone cottage at the end of the track.
IGUE is far removed from the intrusion of traffic.
You can enjoy the natural sounds of the cuckoo in spring, and later the nightingale, cicadas in the heat of the summer and a host of other birds to the full.

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Great Spirit.

Help me to be an open vessel through which your love can pour.

Help me to accept the things I cannot change...

To change the things I can...

And the wisdom to know the difference.

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PHWEEEEEW

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............That was quite something trying to work out how to download all those images.
They re all jumbled up by the way so if anyone knows how to change the order of the photos on the blogpage please let me know.
I ll introduce you to a friend of mine ( see next image )

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Welcome to my Blog

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This is all completely new to me.

My first blog and i m blogging my way through all the various stages.

I will introduce myself:

My name is Rana J Rodger. Initially Jenni Rodger from Smarden in Kent England.

I changed my name to Rana about 18 years ago, but that is another story.

I am an artist/singer/songwriter.

You can see some of my work if you go to my website:

www.ranapix.co.uk.

The picture that you see on the front page was taken in Andalucia S Spain where I built my studio earlier this year.
The studio is built of wood and arrived in two flat packs at the top of the dirt track the same day as those raging winds that tore through Southern France and Spain began at almost hurricane level and lasted for over a week.
I managed to get all pieces of my studio and house -to -be loaded into my VW van and down the long steep winding track to the location and anchor it all down just intime before the raging winds set in.

The building took a few months to put up...........the electricity from solar panels and the water from the spring way up in the baranco and arrived to my house by means of plastic tubing joined together by pieces of inner bicycle tube and hollow cana.

I m going to pause now as i have some breakfast but will try and work out how to send photos of the house.

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