…flit into my head as I walk the woodland sanctuary, for it is here that I feel able to simply be, unaware of even myself!
I imagine this is the same for most people, for it is in this state of unawareness that the creative mind begins to flow evenly, unstoppable.
It was in walking among the trees yesterday that thoughts began to emerge about writing and where it all began for me in earnest.
It was of course here at Bealtaine Cottage where I found “a room of ones own,” as Virginia Woolf referred to the creative space.
However it’s not just about space, but time also.
Here I have more time to simply be.
My brother Hugh understands the importance of creative space.
Hugh lives a solitary, happy life, in a small cottage without electricity, where he writes poetry and creates from hedgerow wood and excavated Bog Oak.
Although Hugh had never seen any of the images unearthed by Professor Marija Gimbutas, as she carried out her archaeological work in Old Europe, he was moved by the forces around his little cottage to carve this strikingly similar Bird Goddess image into an Ash walking stick for me. 
Much of the creativity I am immersed in is governed and directed on a deeply magical level by Mother Earth too.
I use the word “magical,” for what I cannot rationally explain.
Are we part of the consciousness of Mother Earth?
I believe we shape the beauty around us with both our physical selves and our conscious minds.
We often hear the statement, ‘seeing is believing.’
I say, believing is seeing.
Belief in the sentient being that is Mother Earth has formed a major part of the energy that has manifested here.
From the very first time I saw this place I envisioned a cottage in the woods, surrounded by the music of Nature and the beauty of life.
The original being Bealtaine Cottage and this website. 
The publication had been taken over and new management did not even give contributors like myself time to download and save our work. 
From that low point came the birth of this website…a place where I could share, in trust, the magic of this sacred little piece of Ireland. 
Recently I have found myself stretched beyond capacity, as I attempted to share more and more on Social Media.
This will not alter my natural capacity to want to share, but sharing will, from now on, be concentrated back where I started from…Bealtaine Cottage website.
I spent some time yesterday in the pond, (waders on) clearing out pond-weed and cutting back on the banks. 
Hard work, so am breaking it up into a three day exercise! 
Meanwhile, the Lughnasadh Garden continues to take shape and is already a lovely place to walk to and enjoy. It’s good for me to have several projects on the go at the same time! 
Nasturtiums are all in flower and the Bees are have a wonderful feast and flurry as they move from one to another. 
And…I’ve spied yet more plants that have self-seeded in the gravel…these Lady’s Mantle are ll to be moved into the Lughnasadh Garden for the Bees and Butterflies. 
I say woodland, because, as you’ll appreciate from the video, that is what it now is. 
The transformation has happened and it is wonderful to behold! 
Many of you have recently bought seeds from the website…I want to say a massive thank you and blessings! 
Many of you have been with me from the very beginning, when I first ventured into the world of blogging and began writing about my journey here at Bealtaine Cottage.
I attempted in a small way, to be a voice for simple living through Permaculture, in my attempts at helping to invest life and abundance into these three acres of Mother Earth…
Making the mistakes, planting land, growing the trees and just trying to get by in between it all! 
Some of you have joined along the way…and many have stayed! 
The subscriptions have kept growing…a bit like my kitchen floor that grew for almost two years! 
Bealtaine Cottage grew onto YouTube…
And then onto Facebook… 
Bealtaine Cottage magical Gardens on FB has just reached 17,000 Likes! 
But tonight I want to say Thank You… 
To all of you who have made this little piece of Sacred Earth reach over ONE AND A HALF MILLION VIEWS! 
I never imagined it possible! 
Thanks for all your emails and good wishes! 
Thanks for all your love and support! 
