The most precious gift

While at the Australian National Rainbow Gathering I got to spend time with my dearest long time friend Charlotte. I met Char way back in the day when I was (supposedly) studying at Melbourne University.

It has been so long since I have spent time with her. So it was awesome to be rainbow neighbours for a few days and to chat over many smokey cups of tea brewed in the billy by the fire. It was amazing to watch our children playing together (who'd've thunk it all those years ago that we'd be watching our kids shoot each with guns that fire rays of love!)  

We even managed a couple of child free hours together to chat and hang out and take a day trip to the closest town to the Rainbow, to browse in Op shops and second hand stores. And we even managed to be home by tea-time, no disappearing into Rabbit holes for these responsible grown-ups ;)

In one shop, a veritable wonderland of odds and ends and treasures, Char bought me this wonderful set of tea cups and saucers, they are just soooo damn cute!

When finally my dream Tea Shop becomes a reality I will serve you a fine English high tea from these very cups Char :)

But the most precious gift of all is not the tea set, it is the wonderful gift of friendship you have given me. The years of love and understanding, fun and mischief we have shared.

Thank you

Char blogs over here check out her amazing art, clothing and beautiful words.

♥

From Rainbow to Rainbow

We just got home from the Australian National Rainbow Gathering in Queensland and now we are back at the Rainbow Temple.

We had a beautiful time.



The kids loved this slack rope someone had put up in a tree.




Rain on the rope





Tipi in the morning mist




the family





Full moon face painting



me at full moon, call me moon face!



main circle




and of course...a rainbow



More Rainbow Pics

Kids on top of the mountain

Tui and Peace

Rainbow kids in the river

Hail! We had all types of weather at Rainbow, hail, sun, thunder storms and the threat of flash flooding!

Circle

Gaint swing in a tree

Cave in the clifts

The Living Light Theartre Company came out to Rainbow to give a preview performance of their next producion.

Kids making a camp fire.

Australian National Rainbow

We just got back from two weeks at the Australian National Rainbow Gathering. It is still going now but unfortunately we could only spend two weeks there.

It was held in this most amazing valley in the Wollemi National Park. Peace took this photo when he climbed up the gorge one day.

A closer view of the valley and the camps.

The kids all had a great time. There were a couple of other unschooled kids running around and they all had so much fun being able to play with other kids all day everyday. Somedays I hardly even saw Mr T and Rain. The sence of family and community is amazing. The Rainbow tribe feels so right!

The kids and I made some faerie crowns.

A Rain faerie and a Littletree faerie...

I got to spend a little bit of time with the most amazing, gorgeous, wonderful Majikfaerie. But it wasn't enough.

Mr T and Peace went exploring the nearby ruins of an old mining site.

Tui and I crossing the Capertee creek.

Tui and a teepee...

I'll have to post more photos another time. I took hundreds:)

Spring and Rainbows

With the warmer weather we've already been spending more time near and in the water.

The local swimming pool...

Rain at the beach...

Tui and Daddy at the beach...

Crocheting while watching the kids splash in the Mary River...

and now we are busy getting ready to go to the Ausralian National Rainbow Gathering. We'll probably be away for a couple of weeks. See you all when we get back:)