It is funny how life works...I did not plan on sharing this story, but the way the events happened left me
with such amazement that I thought you might appreciate hearing about it.....
Over a week ago I was at my favorite thrift store and came across this beautiful matted fox picture.
It is rather large and it is an actual photo someone took. The picture was so striking and I immediately thought of my daughter who loves wolves. So, for a small price I took my prize home and gave it to daughter number 3.
daughter # 3 and wolf friend (edited in)....
Fast forward to this past Friday 6, 2012....
My son and I are driving early in the morning and out of the woods dashes the most beautiful Red Fox I have ever seen. It ran right in front of us and leapt safely into the woods on the other side.
It was rather majestic and large and strong for a fox. It looked like the picture of the fox above except it had a black and white band toward the tip of its tail.
On Saturday 7, 2012 I go to my favorite New Age type shop and I walk around slowly
looking at each thing and I get to the back of the store and find a parchment with a Fox Prayer
written on it.
It calls upon creator to allow the essence of what fox represents to become
a part of who is praying.
sample:
...........
"Gift me your keen senses
That I might see more of what is around me and use it to accomplish my goals.
To bring discernment into my life.".....
I quickly bought the parchment and brought it home.
Also early Saturday morning I was looking through some of my favorite art and saw a FOX!
(it is at the bottom of the picture.)
I decided I would honor fox by creating a quilt piece:
The fabrics surrounding fox are African, but remind me of Native American symbols.
The flute player to the left reminds me of the Kokopelli.
Among the Hopi, Kokopelli carries unborn children on his back and distributes them to women; for this reason, young girls often fear him. He often takes part in rituals relating to marriage, and Kokopelli himself is sometimes depicted with aconsort, a woman called Kokopelmana by the Hopi.[1] It is said that Kokopelli can be seen on the full and waning moon, much like the "rabbit on the moon".
The fellow on the right reminds me of the Anasazi Tribe.
A very ancient Native American Culture.
I have been listening to this earlier in the day before I began the Fox piece:
R. Carlos Nakai - Canyon People (Canyon Trilogy Track 7): via
I continue to work on the corn.....
The leather for the rattle hung in the full moon.
I wet the leather and filled it with sand.
It is in the house now because it is suppose to rain and it needs to dry and stiffen.
I brought a cup of tea to my desk and at one point stopped stitching and looked at my cup and realized there were words on the tea back paper!
Another fun surprise/message to me...
Love it!
Have a great week!
<3
