Witch Krafting with Kat

Herne the Hunter Cernunnos Digital Art by Angela Jayne Latham I had a lovely Winter Solstice article ready to post up and instead of posting it I accidentally deleted it! Lol! I didn't have time to repost as I had to travel down to meet up with my Mum. We spent a lovely Winter Solstice day at Charlecote Park which has a beautiful Elizabethan house and deer park. A really beautiful place and even though it's the Christmas holidays it was quiet enough to grab some peace and quite and a hot cup of tea! The house though closed for winter still was interesting to visit as are the surrounded countryside. A wonderful area for long walks, photography and getting inspired for painting. They have a large deer park and we were delighted to spot three White Hart's! Which are quite rare and are a very magical sight! Funny enough in the morning before we headed off I watched an episode of Robin of Sherwood. Those of you who have seen this series will know the character Herne the Hunter o...

Joan's Cottage at The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic Boscastle Cornwall.  I found a video on YouTube totally by accident of Cassandra Latham Jones who was the original voice of the witch Joan's Cottage at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic from 1997 to 2015. I often visited during this time so was delighted to hear her chants again online and see the lady herself.  The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic now have a new soundtrack to Joan's Cottage voice by  Elaine Gill. To see Cassandra version please visit YouTube link below.  https://youtu.be/wisewomanspellsandcharms The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic is a fabulous place and even though they are shut for the winter their website is still a great source for information and for studying the arts. Please visit  https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/

To all my blog readers happy Krampusnacht! I hope you all been good boys and girls or you might get taken away in a basket!   Here are some fab images I found online as you can see there are various images of a Krampus some frightening and others more laced with humor.    For more information on Krampus please visit this link https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus