The Care Neighborhood Summer Summary

-

Hello Neighbors!

And Happy September! This past season likely had a mix of emotions, highs and lows (feelings and climate); still, we hope that overall you are well.  It's been a full summer for the Gonzalez-Rowley family at The Care Neighborhood.  We celebrated Pride with a local community.  Enjoyed family birthdays...We have so many June Bdays between us!...We got to travel a bit - a trip out east, seeing family and friends by the lake, a road trip to a nearby destination. The end of summer heat invited time for rest and The Care Neighborhood's Celebration of Play!

So, here it is: The Summer Summary...

May

Plant Blessing

June

LGBTQ+ Pride

We celebrated with a nearby neighborhood with to-go Pride Picnics, Window Paintings, and raising funds for a new youth drop-in center.

Birthdays

A little bit goes a long way for someone to feel special on their special day--A bit of cake, decorations, and good friends to celebrate!

There's also occasions to make a splash...A trip to the Cape with my sister for her 40th! 
(after we both got the COVID vax)

July and August

Celebration of Play!

There are so many ways to be playful...

Relaxing with a Treat



Fun and Games



Exploring



Getting lost with a good book...


Or...We love Movies!


Thank you for joining The Care Neighborhood as we find moments of ritual.  We create magic in the mundane things by noticing.  We see our lives are full of small (and great) wonders, especially in moments of creativity, connection, and coziness. I think the summer brought all those things for us, and we're glad to share them with you!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Spring in Review

-
Image
  Beginning the Season with a refresh of the mantle.  Working on our aesthetics and space is part of our usual Spring Cleaning.  Plus this year, I had the added motivation from The Possibility Department GYST with the Pentacle Program.   Back to Florida to visit with family. There may have been some touristy shenanigans too! May Day with a celebration of all the diverse gifts folks bring to our communities at Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation .     Movies and Legos for Mother's Day fun.  I'm celebrating the way the kiddo encourages us to be playful! Such a gorgeous time to notice the lushness of nature. Joanna DeVoe is journeying through the Tarot.  Here's my take on the coloring page.  And this rainbow greeting me on a road trip gives me the same Magician vibes.  Check out Jo's Patreon for more info. After Spring had sprung, we welcome Summer.  May this be a season of warmth and joy! (For our friends in the Southe...
Read more

Plant Blessing

-
Image
Plants bless us in many ways...... The food we eat   How we show someone we love them Sending thoughts in times of Grief Medicine / Herbalism Ceremonial Beauty all around us Mutual sharing of life. They breathe out and we breathe in. Clothing  Protecting  Crafting The joy of blessing plants is the practice of noticing what we might have taken for granted. Seeing how small, simple in the tiniest crevice and how huge it is, complex and woven into everything. To be mindful of the earth, our source, our home. And there can be a justice element - how we care for our plants is how we care for each other. To push back on our greed and our striving, and to reject the ways we might ask others to toil and labor thanklessly for us.   How can we be kind and grateful? To see the beauty and the blessing and not ask for too much.  We remember that every harvest won’t be perfect.    We sit with the sad parts too - hunger, pests, sharing with rascally animals we d...
Read more