Halloweenie Super Decant Circle
Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know I'm shutting this down as of today. I've ordered the bottles for those that have signed up, and I'll leave them here so others can still order them, but I'm taking out most of the bottles with no takers. I'll let you know when we have a CnS! :)
UPDATE 10/8/08 Most bottles received...miri_me's package shipped.
So we opened this journal to make it easier for both of us to edit posts. Don't worry, it's still us and we still love you! Don't forget about our other current circles! We always combine shipping!! Currently open:
TAL Love Circle Black Moon Circle Harvest Moon Circle
** All payments need to be in by the end of the day on August 30th when we will place the order.
**PLEASE NOTE that if we don't get at least 3-4 people signed up for a bottle, we will not be ordering it.
** Reply to this entry only with what you want, whether you are paying with CC or non-CC paypal and whether or not you are in the US or International. This will facilitate ease in giving you your total and the correct address.
** When you send paypal, PLEASE include your LJ username and what you are ordering. If you have not done this, we will have to spend time hunting you down and it will make us want to hurt you. Please don't make us want to hurt you.
** Please don't pay until you are given your total.
Decants are $3.75
Domestic shipping is $2.50 and International is $3.50 for any amount
Non-CC paypal - phxcircles@gmail.com
CC paypal - desertdreamscircles@gmail.com
A Blade of Grass
Said a blade of grass to an autumn leaf, "You make such a noise falling! You scatter all my winter dreams."
Said the leaf indignant, "Low-born and low-dwelling! Songless, peevish thing! You live not in the upper air and you cannot tell the sound of singing."
Then the autumn leaf lay down upon the earth and slept. And when spring came she waked again -- and she was a blade of grass.
And when it was autumn and her winter sleep was upon her, and above her through all the air the leaves were falling, she muttered to herself, "O these autumn leaves! They make such a noise! They scatter all my winter dreams."
Autumn leaves scattered among blades of grass.
1. miri_me
2.
3.
4.
5.
Autumn Coolness
Heat lingers
As days are still long;
Early mornings are cool
While autumn is still young.
Dew on the lotus
Scatters pure perfume;
Wind on the bamboos
Gives off a gentle tinkling.
I am idle and lonely,
Lying down all day,
Sick and decayed;
No one asks for me;
Thin dusk before my gates,
Cassia blossoms inch deep.
The scent of wisteria, Cymbidium, lotus blossom, and cassia buds drifting on a breeze through gently swaying bamboo reeds.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Chant D'Automne
[I cut the poem because it was just too long! But it's pretty!]
The scent of the year's fall and the setting sun, ominous and foreboding: dried leaves, charred wood, blood musk, amber, khus, and Nicotiana tabacum.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Day of the Skulls
In Bolivia, many people hold to the tradition of keeping the skulls of their ancestors with them in their homes, caring for their remains. It is believed that each person has seven souls, and one of those souls stays with the skull after death, enabling a spirit to grant protection and prophetic dreams to their descendants, and to bless their families with good health and prosperity.
The Bolivian Fiesta de las Ñatitas, or Dia de los Ñatitas, is a day of honor for these ancestors. Their skulls are dressed with fragrant blossoms, and offerings of cocoa leaves, alcohol, and cigarettes are made.
White sandalwood, beeswax, and frankincense crowned by hydrangea, rose, and kantuta blossoms, dressed with tobacco, cocoa leaves and flowers from the sacred Cactus of the Four Winds.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Huesos de Santo
On All Saints Day, Spanish families visit their loved ones in the cemeteries, keeping vigil throughout the evening, saying prayers for the dead. Family burial plots are cleaned and tended, and graves are adorned with gladiolas, chrysanthemums, and roses. Bone-shaped pastries called Saint's Bones, or the Bones of the Holy, are baked and shared in honor of the souls in Purgatory, and to remind us of those who no longer share our repast, but with whom we one day hope to be reunited with again.
Orange-glazed cake, dotted with anise seed, and filled with custard, set beside a bouquet of celebratory funeral flowers.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Mictecacihuatl
Known as the Mistress of Bones and the Lady of the Dead, she is the Queen of Mictlan, the Aztec Underworld, who still presides over today's Day of the Dead rituals. Sometimes known now as La Huesuda, she brings peace and joy to the spirits of the deceased, and blesses the living who do honor to those who have passed before them.
Copal, precious woods, South American spices, agave nectar, cigar tobacco, and roses.
1. malabar
2. miri_me
3.
4.
5.
Samhain 2008
Truly the scent of autumn itself -- damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein.
1. malabar
2. miri_me
3.
4.
5.
Sticky Pillowcase
Terminal sugar rush. A little goblin's candy bag, upended.
Smushed candy corn, rock candy dust, marshmallow gunk, strawberry goo, spun blue sugar, globs of salt water taffy, and lint.
1. miri_me
2.
3.
4.
5.
To Autumn
[poem also deleted to save space]
Mist and mellow fruitfulness: mist-swirled, moss-covered bark and dry red leaves, apple pulp and knotty galangal, with poppy juice and nutmeat.
1. malabar
2. miri_me
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin I
Pumpkin with mango, persimmon, coconut, and myrrh.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin II
Pumpkin with black musk, leather accord, tonka, teak, orange wood, and opoponax.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin III
Pumpkin with pink grapefruit, lemon verbena, yuzu, lime, parsley, and mint.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin IV
Pumpkin with white sage, cherry tobacco, honey, smoky vanilla, cedar, and pine.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin V
Pumpkin with cranberry, strawberry, red musk, red rose, rosehip, frankincense, fig, jasmine, and carnation.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Churchyard
Overgrown dark green bullrush, midnight roses, dwarf St. John's Wort, frankincense, blackberry leaf, and moss-covered, half-buried tree bark.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ichabod Crane
Dusty black wool, tea with cream, black pepper, muguet, and beeswax candle drippings.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Fearful Pleasure
Dried orange peels floating in simmering cider, roasted apples, smoldering firewood, chimney smoke, sassafras beer, warm hawthorn wood, and oakmoss.
1. malabar
2. miri_me
3.
4.
5.
The Goblin Rider
The scent of fear, and terrifying pursuit: wind-whipped, chilly night air, oppressive black pine, globs of dark opopponax, and bleak cedar, and distant, unreachable church incense.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Witching Time of Night
Moonflower, night-blooming cereus, white hellebore, English ivy, monkshood, angel's trumpet, oleander, and eastern hemlock.
1.malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
That's it! *falls down dead*
UPDATE 10/8/08 Most bottles received...miri_me's package shipped.
So we opened this journal to make it easier for both of us to edit posts. Don't worry, it's still us and we still love you! Don't forget about our other current circles! We always combine shipping!! Currently open:
TAL Love Circle Black Moon Circle Harvest Moon Circle
** All payments need to be in by the end of the day on August 30th when we will place the order.
**PLEASE NOTE that if we don't get at least 3-4 people signed up for a bottle, we will not be ordering it.
** Reply to this entry only with what you want, whether you are paying with CC or non-CC paypal and whether or not you are in the US or International. This will facilitate ease in giving you your total and the correct address.
** When you send paypal, PLEASE include your LJ username and what you are ordering. If you have not done this, we will have to spend time hunting you down and it will make us want to hurt you. Please don't make us want to hurt you.
** Please don't pay until you are given your total.
Decants are $3.75
Domestic shipping is $2.50 and International is $3.50 for any amount
Non-CC paypal - phxcircles@gmail.com
CC paypal - desertdreamscircles@gmail.com
A Blade of Grass
Said a blade of grass to an autumn leaf, "You make such a noise falling! You scatter all my winter dreams."
Said the leaf indignant, "Low-born and low-dwelling! Songless, peevish thing! You live not in the upper air and you cannot tell the sound of singing."
Then the autumn leaf lay down upon the earth and slept. And when spring came she waked again -- and she was a blade of grass.
And when it was autumn and her winter sleep was upon her, and above her through all the air the leaves were falling, she muttered to herself, "O these autumn leaves! They make such a noise! They scatter all my winter dreams."
Autumn leaves scattered among blades of grass.
1. miri_me
2.
3.
4.
5.
Autumn Coolness
Heat lingers
As days are still long;
Early mornings are cool
While autumn is still young.
Dew on the lotus
Scatters pure perfume;
Wind on the bamboos
Gives off a gentle tinkling.
I am idle and lonely,
Lying down all day,
Sick and decayed;
No one asks for me;
Thin dusk before my gates,
Cassia blossoms inch deep.
The scent of wisteria, Cymbidium, lotus blossom, and cassia buds drifting on a breeze through gently swaying bamboo reeds.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Chant D'Automne
[I cut the poem because it was just too long! But it's pretty!]
The scent of the year's fall and the setting sun, ominous and foreboding: dried leaves, charred wood, blood musk, amber, khus, and Nicotiana tabacum.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Day of the Skulls
In Bolivia, many people hold to the tradition of keeping the skulls of their ancestors with them in their homes, caring for their remains. It is believed that each person has seven souls, and one of those souls stays with the skull after death, enabling a spirit to grant protection and prophetic dreams to their descendants, and to bless their families with good health and prosperity.
The Bolivian Fiesta de las Ñatitas, or Dia de los Ñatitas, is a day of honor for these ancestors. Their skulls are dressed with fragrant blossoms, and offerings of cocoa leaves, alcohol, and cigarettes are made.
White sandalwood, beeswax, and frankincense crowned by hydrangea, rose, and kantuta blossoms, dressed with tobacco, cocoa leaves and flowers from the sacred Cactus of the Four Winds.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Huesos de Santo
On All Saints Day, Spanish families visit their loved ones in the cemeteries, keeping vigil throughout the evening, saying prayers for the dead. Family burial plots are cleaned and tended, and graves are adorned with gladiolas, chrysanthemums, and roses. Bone-shaped pastries called Saint's Bones, or the Bones of the Holy, are baked and shared in honor of the souls in Purgatory, and to remind us of those who no longer share our repast, but with whom we one day hope to be reunited with again.
Orange-glazed cake, dotted with anise seed, and filled with custard, set beside a bouquet of celebratory funeral flowers.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Mictecacihuatl
Known as the Mistress of Bones and the Lady of the Dead, she is the Queen of Mictlan, the Aztec Underworld, who still presides over today's Day of the Dead rituals. Sometimes known now as La Huesuda, she brings peace and joy to the spirits of the deceased, and blesses the living who do honor to those who have passed before them.
Copal, precious woods, South American spices, agave nectar, cigar tobacco, and roses.
1. malabar
2. miri_me
3.
4.
5.
Samhain 2008
Truly the scent of autumn itself -- damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein.
1. malabar
2. miri_me
3.
4.
5.
Sticky Pillowcase
Terminal sugar rush. A little goblin's candy bag, upended.
Smushed candy corn, rock candy dust, marshmallow gunk, strawberry goo, spun blue sugar, globs of salt water taffy, and lint.
1. miri_me
2.
3.
4.
5.
To Autumn
[poem also deleted to save space]
Mist and mellow fruitfulness: mist-swirled, moss-covered bark and dry red leaves, apple pulp and knotty galangal, with poppy juice and nutmeat.
1. malabar
2. miri_me
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin I
Pumpkin with mango, persimmon, coconut, and myrrh.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin II
Pumpkin with black musk, leather accord, tonka, teak, orange wood, and opoponax.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin III
Pumpkin with pink grapefruit, lemon verbena, yuzu, lime, parsley, and mint.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin IV
Pumpkin with white sage, cherry tobacco, honey, smoky vanilla, cedar, and pine.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pumpkin V
Pumpkin with cranberry, strawberry, red musk, red rose, rosehip, frankincense, fig, jasmine, and carnation.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Churchyard
Overgrown dark green bullrush, midnight roses, dwarf St. John's Wort, frankincense, blackberry leaf, and moss-covered, half-buried tree bark.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ichabod Crane
Dusty black wool, tea with cream, black pepper, muguet, and beeswax candle drippings.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
Fearful Pleasure
Dried orange peels floating in simmering cider, roasted apples, smoldering firewood, chimney smoke, sassafras beer, warm hawthorn wood, and oakmoss.
1. malabar
2. miri_me
3.
4.
5.
The Goblin Rider
The scent of fear, and terrifying pursuit: wind-whipped, chilly night air, oppressive black pine, globs of dark opopponax, and bleak cedar, and distant, unreachable church incense.
1. malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Witching Time of Night
Moonflower, night-blooming cereus, white hellebore, English ivy, monkshood, angel's trumpet, oleander, and eastern hemlock.
1.malabar
2.
3.
4.
5.
That's it! *falls down dead*