Eir the Healer & Crystals

I generally don't look up names of Lego minifigures, but I was curious as to the real name of this one. She is used in the Lego Dungeons and Dragons set of characters. She is a Tiefling Sorcerer. [I have no idea what that is!]

I've had this character nearly all summer but haven't really found a 'use' for her until I picked her up and took her to the forest.

I hiked up and down and through the creek just peering at things. During the winter, the creek always has beautiful green grasses growing along its edge. This is a creek that is fed by multiple small springs. The water temperature is almost always near 45 degrees F. 

I photographed her in the creek. What would she be so intent on?

I still wasn't sure what she was doing until she got to a mossy area.

She had to be a healer, she seemed to be collecting items for medicinal purposes. That had to be it.

I looked up names that meant Healer and found a Scandinavian name that fit the bill.

Here she is, Eir, the Healer.

What a find! Scarlet Elf Cup!

I couldn't spend too long in the forest as the winds picked up with 40mph gusts. I heard too many trees creaking and saw too many swaying.

I headed indoors to see how my crystal experiments turned out.

Tiny branches...

A bizarre tree made out of pipe cleaners. It looks much better painted.

And...it seems like my Druid and Eir seem to like the crystals just fine!

But last but not least, a fun little shot of my table where the crystal forest is taking shape.

I strengthened some of the integrity of the crystals with an adhesive spray and then used some clear glue on other pieces. If handled a lot, the crystals will fall off. In the mean time, I will enjoy their colors.

But golly I am having so much fun!

Taking a Moment to live in the moment

This is how I can live in the Moment. For whatever reason the other day, I opened up my video stuff and this came up. 'Wisdom at 96: Life Advice'. 

I thought, why the heck not? I decided to watch it. The lady was calm and interesting. No advice on living the right way but living in the moment. I just liked what she had to say and I found her so calming and so inspirational in a quiet way. 

The next morning, the winds howled the rain slashed the windows and it was cold. I thought "What a horribly yucky dismal day."

But after chores and cleaning and getting stuff out for supper, I decided to go live in the moment and do something that would use up all my brains cells. Something that wouldn't allow for outside world distractions and worry.

Can you make something out of nothing? 

And so the toilet paper tree began.

So in truth, it all started with an empty TP roll and some cheap foil.

Hubby walked into the room and gave me the side eye. 

'And what are you doing?'

Obvious! I am building a tree!

He shook his head, 'And I am the one they say has dementia and mental health problems.'

Well with twisting and shaping pieces of foil and a bit of hot glue, I made this odd looking tree with curly cue roots. I was/am hoping to make it into a fantasy tree that is small enough to use with Lego People.

And she seems to fit in there just fine. Since the top of the tree doesn't matter, I didn't put branches on it.

Now, how to make it look -- tree-ish. I wanted it to be a dead tree. So the first thing I should have done was spray paint it black.

But with howling winds and driving rain, I opted to just paint it with a mix of Modge Podge and black paint.

Hmm. What now? I know! Try to add some color and texture with some brownish, orangish, reddish mixed paints.

Ewww, it looks nasty and ugly.

The cool thing is, I can bend the foil a bit to reposition it. 

And perhaps with the right lighting and background it may even look cool instead of butt ugly.

However, Wanda seems to like it.

Later in the afternoon when the sun came out, hubby had placed her on a spot at the top of the tree. 
Actually this looked really cool in the bright sunlight.

Well now. She needed to have this tree in a haunted forest.

What do witches need? A pot to boil stuff in. A creepy forest. A creepy tree. Magic crystals.

What? Magic Crystals???

Back to the thinking box.

Wanda needed magic crystals. [See how this mind works? It isn't ADHD. I have flights of ideas....I prefer to call it: positive constructive daydreaming]

If Magic Crystals are involved, then dragons must be involved, if dragons are involved, sorceresses must be involved...if good is involved, then evil must be involved...if....then there must be wizards too, right?

Phew. I had to put on the brakes and prioritize.

The Old Creepy Tree, a weird forest. Crystals... 

Did you know you can 'make' crystals with Borax and water? 

The smaller ones are coiled pipe cleaners. The large one is an actual rock.

Maybe the forest needs a couple of crystalized trees?

Stay tuned! 

Wanda is really quite happy!