30/07/2026
On Tuesday, Nadia and I met at Hilliers Arboretum. I hadn't been there in over twenty years and did not recognise any of it!
We spent quite some time at the pond watching the fish and the moorhen with her chicks. Nadia spotted the Muntjac deer that seemed unphased by the people nearby.
We took whatever path was the most inviting and found ourselves walking over a bridge where we paused. Below the bridge was a sump that fed the pond and there we had a cleansing experience with a water elemental who lived in a giant clam shell.
She felt ancient, as evidenced by her shell which was covered in moss and other aquatic growth. She looked out at us and communicated that we had something to receive here but that I would have to give a gift a return ... naturally.
She pulled our energetic skins off, as they were wet suits, and took them into her shell where she mended damaged areas. She was like a shelly seamstress, sewing patches and fixing tears. When her task was complete, she covered the skins in a layer of pearl and put them back our bodies. The pearl was to help us reflect to people their good stuff. It helped protect us from other people's negative projections. Instead of accepting those projections, the pearl would reflect only positive things.
We both needed that!
My gift to her in return was a ring I had bought in Wi******er last week. Into the pool it went, and the clam elemental closed her shell.
Later, Nadia searched for the Giant Redwood she knew was there somewhere and found it! It had been years since she had been there too.
The energy-field of the redwood was strong, and we each made our own connections. I walked around it once anticlockwise and made a runic connection with the red arrow. This energy connected me to the core of the tree, feeding it vitality. Nadia was feeling its need for water.
We decided a yearly membership would be a good idea because it was such a nurturing day and refueled us no end!
We'll be back!