Summer Solstice and Full Moon, Combined Ritual

I don't normally do anything really formal in observation of the full moon, but I had started something at Solstice and it seemed like a good time to finish it.

I had lavendar drying on a high shelf in the living room by the chimney -- it had been blessed by summer solstice rains as I collected it. I kept the bowl with the roses in water underneath it between solstice and the full moon, letting the essence of the rose passively infuse the lavendar.

I made little pouches from some of the fabric I've woven this year. In them I put some of the lavendar and the roses. I held them over the incense in the East, then over the candle in the South, then took a few drops of water from the bowl in the West to sprinkle in them, and then some salt from the cauldron in the North, asking for each quarter's blessings, guidance, and protection to be infused into these little sachets. The candle, water, and salt are the same that were in the cauldrons when we observed the Summer Solstice. The incense we're currently using is a mix of dried herbs, so not really possible to use twice.

Then I took thread and needle and sewed each one shut, sealing in these precious energies. There is still some of the lavendar left, which I'm going to put up in Z's room, being the highest point in the house. The water remaining in the blue bowl will stay by the chimney, which is at the center of our activities, until it's all evaporated into the house's environs.

The sachets are currently at rest by the bed, where I keep my current Crane bag and some other special things. We're both working on Crane bags more suited to our persons and our activities; when those are done, we can put the sachets in them.

Hmm. Maybe I need to warp up the Ahrens again, so I can start work on those at the same time I'm weaving scarves for Ashfield Fall Festival. If we work together the warping won't take long, and then we can each have fun building the bodies of our bags.