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witchy trees
Come, my dearies, for a tour of my woods
See, here is the witches' castle
Meet Witch Hazel
and Witch Rowana
Here's Raven
There's our resident treehugger witch.
If you'd like to join in the Samhain edition of the Festival of Trees being hosted at Windy Willow, please email your links by midnight October 26th to silviasalix (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) uk, with “Festival of the Trees” in the subject line.
(PS - Apologies for the artistic liberty with the witches' names. They are not the names of the trees illustrated.)
Marja-Leena | 25/10/2007 | 25 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Blogging, Culture
Comments
witch hazel with knobs
bulging stomach and two breasts -
a halloween tree
Posted by: Olivia Kroth | 23:41 25 October 2007
Wow, very creepy trees indeed!
Posted by: Silvia / Salix | 23:43 25 October 2007
Thanks again, Olivia.
Silvia/Salix - a double thank you for commenting and for hosting this festival! It's going to be a creepy one.
Posted by: marja-leena | 03:36 26 October 2007
What wonderful fun!!
Posted by: Joan Rough | 05:18 26 October 2007
Spooooooooooooooooooooooooky
Posted by: herhimnbryn | 07:12 26 October 2007
the witches' castle
in my woods has splintered trees
pointing to heaven
Posted by: Olivia Kroth | 21:37 26 October 2007
Joan, yes, it sure is!
Herhimnbryn, glad you think so.
Posted by: marja-leena | 21:47 26 October 2007
Olivia, thanks for another nice little poem. You are spoiling me. Does Germany have any Samhain/Halloween festivities?
Posted by: marja-leena | 21:55 26 October 2007
Yes, we celebrate the Celtic festival of Samhain over here. I wrote a chapter on that in my second book, "Time Travels in the Taunus Mountains" ("Zeitreisen im Taunus"), SV Frankfurt 2002.
Your photos of the enchanted witches' wood are gorgeous, Marja-Leena.
Posted by: Olivia Kroth | 04:41 27 October 2007
That's interesting, Olivia. I don't know the Taunus mountains, but the Harz ones to me had a feeling of the ancient spirits in them. My photos are taken from different areas in southwest BC - glad you like them.
Posted by: marja-leena | 08:25 27 October 2007
Meeting these after dark would be heart-stopping
Posted by: Tall Girl | 08:26 27 October 2007
Tall Girl - yes, isn't it amazing how different the world looks in the dark?
Posted by: marja-leena | 08:32 27 October 2007
I love the trees! It's hard to believe it's almost Halloween - I haven't even gotten over it not being September anymore!
Posted by: Jackie | 11:06 27 October 2007
Hi Jackie! Glad you like. To me, in some ways it's felt like November here with all the rain we've had, but yes, time's flying closer towards the end of the year already.
Posted by: marja-leena | 17:50 27 October 2007
Lovely post, though I feel a little chilled to the bone now!
We're preparing for Halloween (The Ragazza) and Samhain (her mother) here in Brittany
Don't you just love this time of year???
Posted by: Mouse | 02:51 28 October 2007
OOh these are fun!
Happy Halloween ML!
Posted by: Lucy | 05:14 28 October 2007
Mouse, did this post chill you? I'm sorry. Have a wonderful Halloween!
Lucy, thanks, and have a happy Halloween too!
Posted by: marja-leena | 11:29 28 October 2007
Those are some scary pics, and that Rowana sure is brazen. I sent a tree to Windy Willow.
Here's a witchy poem for you, one my uncle used to recite to us when we were little:
One moonlit night on Halloween
The foulest witch you've ever seen,
Came riding a broom between her knees,
Over the silver fields and trees.
I hailed the witch,
I heard her shout
Her laugh was wild as she turned about..
"I'll tell you feee and I'll tell you fooo,
I must have salt for my devil's brew,
And the salt shall come from the tears you'll shed
When I tell of the day when the world is dead."
Then he'd send us out to get wood from the shed in the dark!
Posted by: Anna | 16:57 28 October 2007
Oh, Anna, that's scary for you wee ones! (I laughed, naughty witchy me.)
Posted by: marja-leena | 20:13 28 October 2007
Tuttuja metsiä!
Mies on Oregonista kotoisin. Kun tulin kotiin, niin yritin väittää että on olemassa pohjoisia sademetsiä eikä kukaan uskonut minua.
Margaret Atwood sanoo jossain kirjassaan (Kissansilmä?) että saapuminen Brittiläiseen Columbiaan oli shokki, koska sade oli tolkutonta ja jopa etanat täysin mahdottomia. Puuthan voivat olla 100 metrin korkuisia!
Tiesitkö, että suomalaiset metsätyömiehet olivat niitä aatelisia, koska uskalsivat mennä latvoihin huojumaan ja sahaamaan sen korkeimman osan pois. Ilman sitä puita ei voinut kaataa!
Sitten joku muu väitti että myös intiaanit olivat pelottomia.
Ehkä ne olivat vain köyhimpiä kansanosia...
Posted by: Ripsa | 08:28 29 October 2007
Hei Ripsa! Muistan nimesi tuolta Dionysoksen Kevät blogin kommentista. Kävin vilkaisemassa sivuasi ja käyn uudestaan.
Aivan totta tämä Pacific Northwest lännen meren seutu Oregonista Alaskaan on sademetsää. Jättiläspuineen, sammalten, etanan ja paljon muunkin kauniin meren ja vuorten maata. Olen asunut täällä Vancouverin seudulla melkein 25 v.
Kyllä olen kuulut suomalaisista metsätyömiehistä, pari enoakin olivat jonkin aikaa siinä työssä.
Posted by: marja-leena | 20:51 29 October 2007
These wonderful photos awaken memories of rambling as a child, in a "haunted" woods near the small town I grew up in. I had an Irish grandfather who had taught my brother and I to be careful of fairy rings etc. Thank you for this beautiful post.
Posted by: Princess Haiku | 10:55 02 November 2007
Princess Haiku, thank you! You're lucky to have had such a grandfather. Looking forward to exploring your blog...
Posted by: marja-leena | 15:23 02 November 2007
Wonderful, wonderful work! I never cease to be amazed at the magic of your art.
Posted by: Kate Laity | 07:55 05 November 2007
Kate, thanks for your generoisity in calling these photographs 'art'. It was fun putting together a little 'story' from my collection of photos.
Posted by: marja-leena | 09:27 05 November 2007