Challenge Entry
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So if you see an edit from me thatās what I did to make it larger & bold.
Like this:
Anywho, so itās definitely the Autumn Season 
hereā¦ I think 
Mother Nature has settled on it being Autumn 
now 
We have large oak trees 
& because of the weather patterns changing here, my husband went & was puttering while I was doing somethingā¦ I collected fallen leaves & acorns. Then we cleaned the patio & reset my Pentacle chandelier by the firepit (Iām not sure what else to call it). Then we had our first fire 
in quite some time due to drought conditions previously. Both of us worked together to keep the coals hot & burning so we just kept adding to the fire as it would get down to smoldering.
However, Iām me 
so because we hadnāt used the pit in a while & I know that I will be out there for Samhain (once the trick or treating ends for the night 
) I unraveled a cleansing bundle of cedar, juniper, & rose petals. Then I separated the leaves & such to sprinkle over the smoldering coals just enough so they were burning but able to smoke & cleanse that fire pit out before I start using it for anything to do with Samhain 
Since we have some, frisky 
and brave squirrels 
(honestly I think they each have a slingshot & are just firing acorns towards the house & over it 
) They are like shot at the roof & cars So I cleaned some of them up (while dodging the ones coming up & over or across) 
& I have about a handful of complete ones for my work with The Morrigan on Samhain.
We continued to kind of clean up the yard & get it ready for the upcoming seasons & changes. New England weather on the coast is a good time, wait 15 minutes, and it will change 
I havenāt gotten it all put together the way I would like because itās been nothing short of a rollercoaster 
for a good couple of weeksā¦ that being said, I did receive my Connecting with the Morrigan box from @SilverBear that I am absolutely in love 
with & I canāt wait to do that ritual 
& I have the items with my other Morrigan things but plan on using them for Samhain on the table in front of my fire pit with my chandelier lit using tealights. Iām also going to make sure that on a section of the table is a setting for my loved ones that I have lost to connect with them using my copper & quartz pendulum & large mat that has letters, numbers, runes 
, yes, no, maybe, rephrase, hello 
& goodbye. (Itās the size of an altar cloth, black with white writing & the only time I use it is on Samhain )
Itās also a part of Scorpio 
season & my Sun 
sign is Scorpio so I plan on using items that connect with the Morrigan 
& Scorpio Season on Samhain 
ā¦ all 3 
of them go right along with each other nicely. The only thing that will be excluded this year is Shadow Work, so instead I am going to do some regular journaling 
about how far Iāve come in the last 4 or so weeks & anything that seems to stick out from my ritual & connecting with my ancestors & loved ones this year 
Iāve been pretty busy looking around my area for things that kind of say:
- āHey, itās Autumn on the Cape!ā
Things like:
- Driving the road into Woods Hole & watching the different colored leaves float to the ground, going through the old bridge surrounded by the trees & foliage of the area before the coastline. Iāll be honest one of my daughter & Iās favorite things is driving or walking & there are leaves slowly drifting to the ground in different shades of yellow, green, red, brown, orangeā¦ itās so pretty to watch & relaxing/calming. I will drift off
somewhere peaceful 
watching it happen if we are watching from our backyard Like watching the snow drift to the ground or blow around before itās been touched & is a perfect white blanket on the ground & trees & plants. When we would go to NH in the mountains 
the foliage is just gorgeous & covered bridges or walking through or up a mountain 
or looking over the landscape 
ā¦ I canāt even express in words how gorgeous it is to see & watch the changes for this time of year. - Collecting acorns & leaves from the yard
- Fires & hanging out with my friends & family by it. Sometimes that leads to helping them when they donāt necessarily know that is what you are doing.
If you made it this far! Thank you! It is much appreciated! If I can grab some pictures today when itās not so early in the AM, I definitely will add them to the post. Yesterday afternoon & then during the night I kind of unplugged & just connected one of my playlists to the speaker & put my phone 
on āDo Not Disturbā while we were out back yesterday afternoon & then put my phone away again while we watched a movie together & got to spend time with my daughter, oldest son, & a large beach ballā¦ in the living room
My husband & I being able to have some time where it is just us 2 is something we are working on more of since our kids are all pretty independent & have plans or work on the weekends. We go through moments of:
- āWaitā¦ we have no kids around us? What do we do with ourselves?ā
