The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

monnagran

Floss: I've already suggested this to DIL but it didn't have any response. TBH if 50% of the toys disappeared completely I'm not sure that anyone would notice - except for the empty spaces and the sight of clear floor. I will go on removing things surreptiously and see how we go.

Silvasava: you're on. The Pilot it is. Just give me a bit of notice, I'm on the other side of the village.

Kittie: that hare is gorgeous. Reminds me of the hare in, "Guess how much I love you.

Well, I got everything done that I intended to do and that doesn't happen often. So tonight I get into a beautiful, freshly made bed, and yes, I do iron my bed linen. I think it's well worth the effort. The banana muffins went down well as a post nursery snack and LM felt she should let me know that there was only one biscuit left in the tin and would I be free tomorrow to make some cherry biscuits.
I guess I can fit it in.

x

moneyistooshorttomention

kittie wrote: »

omg I have just made a hare. I thought I would try a completely new craft, needle felting, never done it before. Its fab, relaxing and something to do on my knee. I have seen needle felted things at a craft show but they always looked so complicated. Better than knitting, no stitches to drop and you can add and take fleece away to make the shape. Just involves stabbing a thin felting needle into a blob of fleece sitting on a thick sponge. What amazing present potential key rings, brooches etc

My hare is like the one a few images down

http://jenny-barnett.blogspot.co.uk/

Then perhaps you will know the answer to a thing I've been wondering since moving here. I think I get why the "stones" everywhere (as in Standing Stones/Stonehenge type stones/etc).

But - I also notice a lot of hares around (hare sculptures, hare paintings, etc etc) and I cant help feeling there is some "significance" to these hare images - but haven't got it figured out yet.

Errr...is there a "significance" to these hare images I spot everywhere here and, if so, what is it please?

nursemaggie

kittie never mind present potential did you see how much the woman charges!!! You could make yourself a good business with that. They look fantastic. I expect they can be quite expensive to make.

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moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Errr...is there a "significance" to these hare images I spot everywhere here and, if so, what is it please?

Yes it is moon gazing and strongly to do with paganism

http://phantasypublishing.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-myth-of-moon-gazing-hare.html

easter hare and new beginnings

nursemaggie I have had to order some needles as I broke my one and only, I was getting too keen and stabbing at an angle. They are cheap, about 35p each. Then all you need is some thick sponge and some fleece, I have loads of that. Any sort, merino, native sheep, whatever suits

I am going to get hooked on this, something fun to pick up. I just ordered a book called woolbuddies to get me going,
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=woolbuddies&rlz=1C1SAVA_enGB504GB504&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=599&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE6JG04dnKAhVImBoKHcRfAycQsAQIMA

I`ll use my imagination after that. Just thinking buttons, necklaces for children. Plant pot holders, the wonkier the better. Good luck things for pockets, dangly things for cars, finger puppets

nuatha

kittie wrote: »

Yes it is moon gazing and strongly to do with paganism

http://phantasypublishing.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-myth-of-moon-gazing-hare.html

easter hare and new beginnings

Sorry Kittie, there's a huge amount of twaddle written about Pagans and Hares.
Eostre/Ostara was invented by Bede when he was composing his calendar - there isn't a mention pre-dating him. Modern Paganism has certainly adopted this myth and broadcast it widely - along with claiming the Easter bunny was Eostre's hare, (rabbit was classed as a fish so it could be eaten on Fridays and during Lent) that hot cross buns signify the four quarters of the moon (they represent the crucifixion). That article seems to include most of them.

It is certain that modern Paganism and New Agers regard the hare as being sacred which accounts for a large part of them appearing everywhere.

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I googled because I had also noticed lots of carvings, statues and pictures of hares gazing at the moon. It was a nice story anyway, I suppose folklore from when people sat around fires telling stories

nuatha

kittie wrote: »

I googled because I had also noticed lots of carvings, statues and pictures of hares gazing at the moon. It was a nice story anyway

It does make a good story, hares are magical in their own right, seemingly appearing out of nowhere and disappearing in plain sight. (the wonders of camouflage and absolute stillness), and have long been regarded as special (Brehon law has them as hermaphrodites) and significant in a wide range of cultures.

I suppose folklore from when people sat around fires telling stories

A lot of those fires would have been near festival's in the 60's and 70s. Huge amounts of Pagan history was created around that time

moneyistooshorttomention

I thought it must be something along those lines. Thanks both...

Literally my first few days here came under heading of "embarrassing moments I had" heading - as the friend that helped me move here is an evangelical bible-believing Christian and he duly took precisely hours after walking round the area to go "there's something about this area :cool: - this area feels a bit different" (as in - along those sorta lines) or words to that effect.

Cue for me thinking "I didn't think he'd notice things I had noticed and wondered....".

Doveling

Tinner's rabbits

Found in churches,commonly carved into the roof trusses in medieval times.Sometimes in the vicinity of a carving of the Green Man.
Lots in Devon but found all around the country.Possibly the idea brought into this country via the Silk Road from China. Some connection to Buddhism as well.

I have a copy of a carving from Chester cathedral by my hearth.
It looks joyful and makes me smile.:)
I googled it when Mr.D. bought it for me.

Not sure what they're meant to signify but, as with anything, you can take your own meaning from them.;)

greenbee

Love the thought of rabbits being fish....