A Little Wildharvesting, A Little Ranting

We have been wanting to replant our dragon’s blood trees for a long while – I love them, but we couldn’t allow them to stay in a small pot any longer. So today, since it was very sunny, we went to one of our regular wildharvesting spots to give them a better place to grow. [...]

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Wildharvesting Week Activities

With so many hours already gone on preparing the new website this week, we have felt a deep urge to go outside after the work of the day is done – there has been a lot of wildharvesting and a lot of relaxing, perfect moments to renew energies and connect with something a little more [...]

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Bones, Incense Pellets And Salvaged Furniture

All the bones found at the mountain were cleaned and will be drying under our unforgiving sun for a few days, before starting an amulet-making storm for the shop :) The incense pellets Fernando made are already listed and being sold and reserved as hotcakes! We have name it The Wanderer in honour of our [...]

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Offerings

We didn’t have any appointments on Wednesday, so we decided to go early in the morning to our beloved mountain of Las Mercedes to make an offering, something we had been delaying for a while. We made a gofio ball with gofio, honey and milk and filled a small bottle with rum; we gathered scissors, [...]

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Holy Week Images I

There are so many pics of our blogging break that I’m breaking them into several posts for this week. Monday: Odin’s altar was set on our studio, as we both felt it was the place where he wanted to be. Not finished still, but already glowing with the warmest energy. I never thought Odin would [...]

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Winter Solstice 2010 – III

Fernando went yesterday to Anaga to spend the day with his parents, and took these beautiful pictures. These places were his playground when he was little. We will be back on Monday – for all those of you who celebrate it, Merry Christmas!

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Finding A Little Silence

Once again, we went to the mountain of Las Mercedes to give offerings to the spirits of our Guanche ancestors. This time we went to another zone, La Cruz Del Carmen, and took this beautiful pics of the prehistoric forest and the beautiful viewpoint that has been built there. It was really foggy so there [...]

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Trip To The Prehistoric Forest

Today we left off to the mountain of Las Mercedes for some foraging. We always go during work days to stay away from sunday campers, and once again it was a pleasure without words to describe it. Not only it was a place considered sacred by the Guanches (so it is sacred for us), it [...]

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Ancestor Protection Charm Bottle – With Moss From A Guanche Sacred Place Of Power

For the Guanches, the mountain range of Anaga in Tenerife was the Land Of The Dead; more specifically, the mount of Las Mercedes. We go regularly to this mount to offer our respect and offerings for our ancestors. Since it is a protected area, we only wildharvest plants and other elements in really small amounts. [...]

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A Day Out In Anaga

Yesterday we went for a visit to my in-laws, who live in the Anaga mountains – great pics are always assured as the landscape is fantastic :). December is the best month to take pics of this gorgeous valley, when everything shines with greenery. We got lots of fresh air, Fernando harvested enough vegetables for [...]

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