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Sarah Alden
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Just me, in the boonies of New England. Very ADHD, often awkward, always genuine. She/Her
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Here’s the tiger eye prayer beads! The main beads are faceted honey tiger eye. The decade markers are blue & brown tiger eye. The end is a Montana Agate, also faceted. I’m really loving how it came out!
A white background with a series of light, yellow and brown colored beads knotted on brown silk laid out in a spiral. The light on the facets makes them shimmer, and the matte beads look almost like wood.
February 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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I made a new set of beads today! There are 28 Fancy Jasper beads, big 10mm. Cream colored silk cord, knotted between each bead. The colors remind me of the ocean, the tides. Ebb & Flow. The end has a large faceted rondelle of Montana Agate. Reminiscent of the full moon or the frothy surf.
Against a wooden background are deep green beads continuing around toward lighter and bluer green, cream colored knots between.. At the end is a creamy faceted bead. Aqua and green beads, close up so you can see the cream colored knots between them. Set on a wooden board, they twist around to where you can just see the creamy faceted finish bead. Lower left deep green beads, and moving toward lighter green and aqua. Cream colored knotted silk cord between each bead. On the left is the end bead, a creamy Montana Agate.
February 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I woke up from a sound sleep to this gorgeous sky this morning. Thank you New England.
A photo of this morning’s sunrise with darkly silhouetted, tall pine trees on the right, deciduous trees on the left. Behind them orange fading upward to pink fading upward to a blue gray sky with deeper bluish, gray purple clouds.
January 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Full moon and a bluebird sky
A close up of branches creating a triangle and in the edges the full moon against a pale blue sky The trunk and curly branches of a large leafless oak tree against the bright blue sky
January 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Playing around with abstract shapes - early going (having the patience to let things dry so I can make it look the way I want is HARD). I’m playing around with making cards from these, but then I’m hesitant to put words over them. 😂
Abstract blobs and swirls of black ink lines and watercolors sap green, cerulean, yellow, and pink Jagged black in lines creating jagged strips. Some are colored in with green or brown watercolor.
January 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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A Rosary with mixed Rutile in Quartz hand knotted on light brown silk. There are faceted clear quartz as well as faceted Black Tourmaline.
December 23, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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Six mm Rainforest Jasper with Smoky Quartz, Matte Onyx, and 8mm Rainforest Jasper marker beads.
A rosary with a Smokey Quartz faceted oval in place of a cross/crucifix. Hand knotted between each bead with cream colored silk. The main beads are 6mm Rainforest Jasper with greens and browns, hints of orange and cream. The marker or “Our Father” beads are larger, 8mm, Rainforest Jasper. There is a matte onyx bead at the Y. The beads are laying in a worn wooden windowsill. A close up of the rosary beads showing the swirly patterns of green, brown, and orange with the cream knots between the beads. A close up of the Onyx bead and the start of the main part of the Rosary. A rosary with a Smokey Quartz faceted oval in place of a cross/crucifix. Hand knotted between each bead with cream colored silk. The main beads are 6mm Rainforest Jasper with greens and browns, hints of orange and cream. The marker or “Our Father” beads are larger, 8mm, Rainforest Jasper. There is a matte onyx bead at the Y. This is an overhead view of the Rosary swirled into a spiral on the rough wooden backdrop.
December 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Rosary beads of matte rose quartz with larger rose quartz for the Our Father beads. Hand knotted on pink silk cord. Black onyx rosary with a faceted clear quartz where the crucifix would traditionally go. A rosary of southwest Jasper that goes from a buttery yellow and moves through darker shades of mustard to a russet or earthy brown. The Our Fathers are matte black onyx. In place of a crucifix is a rectangular tigers eyes. Hand knotted on cream colored silk cord.
December 13, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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I listened to The Way of the Rose a while back and it resonated in a way I didn’t expect. Having made many malas, I made some rosary beads. These are not what I would call “religious” in that there’s no cross or crucifix. I also made some prayer/meditation beads. More in the comments. Thoughts?
Upon a wooden background are a set of hand knotted rosary beads. They have two large oval beads of Prehnite with epidote and then 8mm beads of the same as the Hail Mary beads. The Our Father beads are 8mm faceted amethyst . Prehnite is a translucent green and the epidote is like deep green needles within. A close-up of some of the rosary beads of Prehnite with epidote and one of the faceted, deep purple amethyst stones. In the close-up, you can see the knots between the beads of the light purple silk cord. 6mm beads which alternate through the phases of 13 moon cycles. The full moons are marked by rainbow moonstone and the dark moon are black tourmaline. Between them are tourmaline in quartz. They are hand knotted on black silk cord and the beginning/end is a larger faceted quartz bead. On a wooden background. 28 10mm beads of tourmaline in quartz go from darkest to lightest and back to dark to mark out a single moon cycle. The end/beginning is a matte black onyx beads. They are hand knotted with grey cord. They are sitting on a wooden background.
December 13, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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When you need a sign and this perfect snowy heart is there in your path….
In the center of an image of dark wet pavement is a small clump of Pineneedles and up to the right of that is a perfect white heart made of snow. A close-up of the pavement a few Pineneedles thrown around and then a perfect heart made of snow.
December 6, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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I managed to get a six mile walk
in today, just ahead of the rain. I saw 2 rainbows (here’s the second one). I loved the light on this big white pine and the deep dark sky behind it. I brought along the little Ocean Jasper one decade rosary I made too. I love the feel of the beads in my hand.
The edge of the forest with a field in front. Behind the trees is a dark gray sky, and a very slight hint of a rainbow. At the edge of the same field is where the forest starts in the center of the photo is a very tall white pine. it’s bows illuminated by the sun behind me. The sky is a dark gray.
November 22, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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Side quest on my four miler today… under a bridge like a happy little troll!
View from under the bridge where a brook usually fills the space in the rainy months. In the back are various trees including pine and hemlock. There are many large dark stones, smoothed by the passage of water, between them is the dark water of the brook. There are tree limbs, removed of bark and collections of leaves in nooks as well. Looking down among the water worn boulders to where a cylindrical hole is fu of water from the little bit of the brook coming through. If you have a brook with dark water on either side or large boulders, smooth by the water, some have Moss on them still along the sides are hemlock and pine. A view of very large glacial, erratic boulders stacked as the brook goes between them. You can see how the water has smoothed out some of the stones over the years.
November 19, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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New goodies from the weekend trek to Norwich Bookstore! Such a welcoming vibe! Never a worry I’ll get a weird look ordering or picking out witchy books. @norwichbooks.bsky.social
A new tarot deck and a new oracle deck, stacked on the wooden, worn, windowsill. A book to the left out of shot. Two wee brown tabby paws are atop the oracle deck, because Sage says she can be witchy too. New oracle deck, Forest Magic (white background, oval drawing of a forest glen and a white figure moving through. To the right, a larger dark blue box, Tarot of the Divine, shows a long, dark haired figure crossing a red bridge as the full moon above reflects in the water below. Two new books, The Witching Year and Protection & Reversal Magic, with Norwich Bookstore book marks sticking out of the top.
November 18, 2024 at 11:52 PM
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Six miles. Absolutely underestimated how quickly it would get dark. It was like 50°F so didn’t want to wear my reflective jacket. Not my best move.
Dark outline of pine trees with sunsetting behind them. Clouds are pink near the tree line and get darker grey purple in the middle to grey blue near the top. Dark outline of pine trees with sunsetting behind them. Clouds are pink near the tree line and get darker grey purple in the middle to grey blue near the top.
November 18, 2024 at 9:55 PM
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Errands took longer than I’d intended, but wanted a walk so went around the lake after sunset. Only 2ish miles but so pretty. I actually like walking at dusk (with reflective jacket). Lots of geese and ducks still.
November 16, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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I love how the light plays with shadow this time of year.
Blue sky at dusk, looking upward at the oak tree branches about with only a few leaves remaining. The waning sunlight making the edges of the branches look golden.
November 16, 2024 at 1:54 AM