Lemurian Gypsy Camp

Thank you all for helping to celebrate Pearl Day. The next celebration at the Gypsy Camp will be for Vi’s birthday on November 1. As Vi spent her last birthday in hospital, the gypsies are going all out to make this one special. The Gypsy Chief has marked her dance card and is looking forward to stepping out with her.
be there or be square!

Pearls for Carol and Paul

love

Sylvia

For Carol and Paul on their wedding anniversary : May happiness be with you always, Fran

There are 30 pearls on the string, uniform in neither colour nor shape. They slip through my fingers like a rosary as I chant my litany of memories. The 2 green pearls represent the envy I felt when my sister gave birth to the two children I could never have. The black ones represent the loss of loved ones. The irregular freshwater or baroque pearls – depending on how you look at them – represent the times that things didn’t go according to plan and went completely pear-shaped and the brightly coloured, almost iridescent ones represent the wonderful holidays we have been lucky to have abroad in exotic places. I note with sadness that the black ones are more frequent now. In between are the plainer pearls untinged by sadness or excitement but happy nonetheless. I count my blessings.

Carol

PEARL LIFE

Many treasures are gifted in the name of love;
from ancient Lapis to new creations
forged in a man made sun…

but none are as alive as a pearl,
for if it is not worn and nurtured –
allowed to breath in the essence
and aura of the wearer,
it will slowly flake and die –
returning to the seed of its birth.

So it is with cherish …

Let the pearl match your heartbeat
to the pulsing of the rebirth sea.

Breath whispers of endearment around it,
that it may remember the Goddess kiss.

Bask in its inner light of divine embrace
that, layer by layer builds on faith.

Above all, plant a seed of wonder in another
that love will surround in gentle kindness
and provide a gift of life itself.

papa

You all know Sibyl! She is never one to be coy and shy and loves to make a grand entrance at a party. Personally I think she is wild as tonight. Not sure what she has been sipping in the tea rooms but I most certainly want some of what she is having.

Happy Anniversary Carol.

Raven flew into the Gypsy Camp with his gift for Carol and Paul. Paul will have to be content to admire his wife of thirty years wearing this string of black beauties.

Happy Anniversary Carol and Paul. Let us pop the champagne corks and drink to you having many happy years together.

Thirty pearls:

One for the first sunrise you saw together,
One for the laughter,
One for the tears;
One for the shared private jokes,
One for the comforting arm;
One for the long searching talks,
One for the peaceful silences;
One for discovering together,
One for remembering together;
One for the little things you do for each other.

One for the journey you are taking together,
One for the stumbles on the path,
One for the companion at your side;
One for the word that calms your troubled soul,
One for the soul you share;
One for the gift you still treasure,
One for the joy of having something to give;
One for the dance you started together,
One for the steps matching yours,
One for the music only you and he can hear.

One for the moment it all came together,
One for the trust you place in each other,
One for the faith that keeps you together;
One for the star you follow together,
One for the light that guides you,
One for flame you lit in each other;
One for the warmth you share with each other,
One for the shelter you give to each other;
One for the things that endure,
And one for the things you learned to let go.

Happy 30th anniversary to you both.