MidSummer Approaches!

This is a small section, showing the Muses, of the painting, The Parnassus, by Andrea Mantegna, painted in 1497. 

Ah, this magickal time! MidSummer approaches and with it the turning of the year, the Waning time. I almost breath a sigh of relief. I am very much then waning witch. So, here is to the shorter days, the darkness coming sooner, the dark magick coming more fully alive!

The Queen of the Fay

by Jane Yolen

Four and forty are the braids

That twine about her head.

Four and forty are the maids

That wait upon her bed.

Four and forty are the bells

Upon her horse's bridle,

Four and forty are the jewels

Upon its leather saddle.

Four and forty are the babes

That she has stole away,

And countless are the princes' hearts

That she did break today.

Are you ready for the magick and the mystery? So... let it begin!

Blessings nine!