Tue 14th August 2012, visit 77

Goodness I didn't mean to neglect this blog for so long but things got in the way. In March 2013 mum had a fall, broke her left femur and smashed her left shoulder. She was in hospital for 4 weeks and 3 lots of anaesthetic, and the shock, pushed her over the edge into dementia. She was no longer able to look after herself so after two months rehab in a care home, there was a vancacy for her in a lovely dementia specialist care home very near me. So I can go and see her most days. She is nearly 89 and I never thought 2.5 years after the fall she would still be with us. The person mum was has been taken by the dementia but she still knows me, and as long as she is still with us I will go and see her.

So on Tue 14th August 2012 my friend Arwen and I went down to Glastonbury for the day. I had a heavy heart as my house had been broken into shortly before, I felt as if 2012 wanted to kick me in the teeth. We did have a lovely day though. We started at the Chalice Well and there were dragonflies everywhere, especially in the meadow. I feel a real connection with dragonflies so it was lovely to watch them flying about.

We went into town and had lunch in Heaphey's, I love to sit outside and people watch. Then we had a lovely long wander round the Abbey ruins. I love going to the nature reserve there and I hope the badgers are safe from being culled there. I love the two ponds as well, there were more dragonflies there too. We ended with cakes at the abbey cafe before heading home.

 With Arwen by the well

 New work by Phillipa Bowers in Star Child

With Arwen at the Abbey

All photos copyright Jackie Jae Fae

Tue 10th July 2012, visit 76

I got up at 5am to go to Glastonbury- the only reason really for getting up at that hour of the still night! The bus was a bit delayed going through the Mendips but I was still down there at 10.30. I went round the market and did some shopping. Then I went and sat in the meadow at the foot of the Tor and did a releasing ritual for the failed friendship. I had a close encounter with a massive dragonfly there, dragonflies are one of my special creatures. I then spent the rest of the afternoon in the gardens.

I needed a day there on my own to reclaim my special place after the bad memories of the previous visit where by the second day I was close to tears most of the time.


My Avalon journal




Wellhouse Lane and the White Spring






(hee hee, by coincidence I am wearing the same top today as I type this!!)














I put lots of photos in my Avalon journal, many of them my own










My Avalon journal in the branches of the faery tree, one of the photos is the lovely Jhenah Telyndru, who I met there in 2009 as she wanted to use some of my photos in the revised edition of "Avalon Within"- and several of them are in there which makes me very happy :)

Fri/Sat 25th/26th May 2012, visit 75

Goodness, I didn't mean to leave it this long without posting, especially as my visits are now almost recorded up to date. I had a blogging block for a while but that has at least cleared.

So- not going to say much about this visit for personal reasons. Overnight stay at Heaphey's, and I thought I had booked a single room for myself and a double for the others but I hadn't. But it is lovely staying at Heapheys. I got to visit Bride's Mound at last on this visit. Also watched sun set from the Tor and went to the gardens on Saturday. People say about Glastonbury that it heightens your awareness of situations and with this visit it was very true for me. I was assertive afterwards as so many things had happened to upset me, and it was the end of a friendship, but all that is personal so not being recorded here. So have some photos


At Bride's Mound on a rare sunnyday for summer 2012


At Bride's Mound


Slightly less than scenic view of the tor!