Two years ago my husband and me celebrated Imboc with a lot of light and love and 10 month later we welcomed our son. I struggled with fertility for five years. ❤
@melissaholman6909 I cross Fingers for you. Do something for Brigit, as she loves when there is something artistic done for her. We also had a lamb stue and met wine.
12:19 As an American, I second this. I was amazed (and shamefully a tiny bit jealous) when I learned about the maternity leave other countries give. Thanks for such a fun video. Happy Imbolc! 🌼 🌞
It's not just the maternity leave, it's also the paid vacations, healthcare. European countries just seem to understand how important it is to have time to reflect, rejuvenate, and reboot. The states are terrible about self care, it's just about running yourself into the ground. That is why we need to have a solid self care routine. To take care of body & spirit!
I grew up in France in a non religious family but my mum always cooked some french crepes during this time of the year. It's known by the name of Chandeleur. Now I'm living in Ireland and I love to reconnect with those ancients believes all around the world (and still cook french crepes for my little ones too 🤤)
Flip the pancake with a coin in your flipping hand for prosperity all year long!!Chandeleur! Trop bon 🤤 Ma grand-mère a une chanson: la veille de la chandeleur l’hiver s’en va ou prend rigueur. Si tu fais bien tenir la poêle, à toi l’argent en quantité, mais gare à la mauvaise étoile si tu fous la crêpe à côté!
I always loved you but girl now I really do! Thank you for being brave enough to share your hordes of mess and making us feel more normal for having the same issue! Mine is the dreaded " back room" where everything gets thrown and the door kept closed. I promise it's on my new years to do list! In the meantime. I will rewatch this delightful video one more time before heading into the kitchen to bake. Thanks for keeping it real. Xo
I had never heard about the Imbolc rituals concerning female fertility and rejuvenation. Gives me a different way to look at the holiday, more self-care focused. I always learn new things when I watch your videos, and I ALWAYS feel better after watching them. Your energy is itself a tonic. Thank you, Lovely 😊
Oh I hope the blizzard isn't destroying too much!! Here it also feels wintery still (except the lack of snow) but I am definitely ready for the grey skies to lift 🌱
Rhode Island ,U.S is in a lovely Winter wonderland. Better notice a blizzard.. the only good thing is this snow is light and fluffy. Good snowman weather, and good snowballs..lol been out to feed ,water my chickens and rabbit..
I am definitely appreciating your Sabbat videos with the history. I have been new to being in the witch community since mid last year and this is my first complete Wheel of the Year (Samhain 2021 to Samhain 2022) where I’m just learning about what each Sabbat is about. So I definitely appreciate your knowledge. I also just enjoy your lighthearted and fun videos. I also appreciate the fact that you were super transparent with us. So many TH-camrs show their homes and it seems like their homes are Always neat and organized, unless that’s what the channel is truly about. So I’m glad I’m not the only one with a chaotic at times looking house. Haha! And the *unmentionables* was a very brave thing to show. Haha! Thanks for the disclosure as I had my toddlers watching with me on what Imbolc is all about. 👍 Anyways, I’m loving the channel and appreciate your hard work, especially being a busy mom of 2 young kids in your household. Thank you! And yes…the American Government could learn a thing or two about maternity and paternity leave from Europe. We definitely don’t get long enough to be with our children to enjoy them those first couple of years, when development happens So rapidly!
I really enjoyed the fact, as you say that our host is all over the shop as well as us! Honesty to the hilt, much appreciated here also. Gives me hope I can finish my clear-out too. XXX
So much respect for you pulling the curtain back and showing us you’re a normal person with clutter and mess too. So many of these types of videos leave me feeling like a chaotic trash heap.
I’m from Pennsylvania, and I never knew the historical connection to groundhogs day. To me it was always just a big street party of dancing and drinking to stay warm waiting for Phil to come out of his den. 😆 As a kid, Punxatawney Phil came to my school and was paraded around for us to see. Haha I am so grateful for your channel! It has helped me connect with my ancestors and explore the traditions that weren’t able to be passed down. Thank you!
My basement is my junk area. Have been cleaning it out. Like your little helper. I love that you also tell the history. I also have a box of…..”toys” lol.
I went into labor with my son, and only child, on February 1st. His father was abusive and I left on Memorial Day. It's a bittersweet day for me. I don't think I could get through it without the addition of Imbolc and Brighid. It's how I get through and celebrate what was a very dark time for me.
My wife has been watching a lot of tarot & practicing witchcraft videos, & I have been supporting her and watching along. When we got to the part of the video where you show your whip, I can say I'm 100% behind this possible lifestyle choice! Seriously though, this was a very informative video and nice glimpse into your life.
I just discovered your channel yesterday and binge watched while cleaning my hearth til 2AM! I love your energy and content. Thank you for providing me inspiration and sustenance while we get dumped with two feet of snow! 😆❄️ And blessed Imbolc to all! 🕯🔥🌼💖
Ahahah I am sooooo glad to hear I was not the only one suffering through the spring cleaning 😅❤️ welcome to the channel and so happy you enjoy it!!!! Have a wonderful Imbolc
Descendant of German settlers in PA here! Yep, Groundhog Day is a Big Deal! A local wildlife rehab center, Raven Ridge, has a groundhog named Poppy who starred with Bill Murray in a TV commercial a few years ago!
I'm so proud of you for decluttering so much!!! We keep decluttering and we're still overwhelmed! I'm considering waiting until it gets a little warmer, maybe April or May, and just getting rid of nearly everything I own. Go minimalist. I have a small 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house and a family of 4. I can't move soon enough! LOL Maybe if I get enough decluttered, the eventual move won't be so daunting.
Decluttering and downsizing can be such a daunting task honestly, especially if you own a lot of stuff. I live with my fiance and our two cats in a small two bedroom, one and a half bath trailer and it's insane. We would probably have more space if we were properly utilizing storage bins or something to that affect but we aren't and it's getting out of hand. Wanted to have gotten the yearly cleaning out of the way last week, we even took off for it, but we only managed to deep clean our bathrooms and we rested the rest of the time. We both work 10-13 hrs a day so, not much time left for cleaning except daily upkeep.
Thank you so much for sharing your upstairs with us! I found this a great comfort! Because I tend to be too harsh and critical of my own clutter it's nice to see others have it too. Thank you for being real! May your Imbolc be very blessed! 💝🎶🧚✨💝🍀💫
The reveal of The Space was the most validating thing I have ever seen. Please don't take this the wrong way, but seeing something as bad as my "Space," 😂😂😂😂😂... It was so reassuring that I am still a good mom and human. We have another entire room full of things from renovations and whatever else, that is now referred to as Hell Room. I have been tackling all of these things myself the past week, unknowingly in the spirit of Imbolc. 🌚
I really love how you combine the spiritual world with your daily life. It's inspiring! A d I love the winterling too. It's the first flower of spring and it's showing already its yellow heads. 🌸❤️ Thank you for sharing your way of celebration.
Hello from Washington State, USA! I completely love everything about you and your content! I appreciate how real you are so much. Thank you for sharing your beautiful light and magick with all of us. 🙏🏻✨🕯
I love how you mentioned ground hog's day, I live in Pennsylvania, so so it's really big around here. I'll have to try your friend donut recipe, it looks so tasty! Thank you for sharing! Brightest blessings and blessed Imbolc! 🔥🔥🔥
To me it Brigid’s Day. But Spring?!!! Ha ha ha we just had a Blizzard with 22” of snow today! And a toasty 3 degrees! LOL I love Imbolc… one of my favorite Holidays.. now if I could only find the sun! :0) I’ll be leaving Brigid’s cloak on my porch overnight and making a bit of fresh butter and bread to ring in the occasion to go along with some Lamb Stew oh so yummy! Many Imbolc Blessings to you and yours.
The traditions you spoke about in this video were extremely interesting! Dind't know about lots of them! And mhhh the Krapfen 😍😍😍 Want them so bad now 🤤😅
I just couldn't stop watching. I took care of an elderly lady from Estonia once. Purchased a course on how to speak Estonian. All I can remember is "Tere hommikust".
For my Circle's Imbolg celebration we all (6 of us total) planted flower bulbs in pots that in theory should all be in bloom at the same time. We got our 2nd snow for the Winter today. Temperatures dropped to dangerously cold last night. So ready for warm weather once again
Ah Imbolc with a New Moon! Time for dusting out the cobwebs. Thanks for an interesting video. ( we have an ice storm coming here in NW Ohio). May all have a blessed Imbolc and year! Peace.
I am so proud I knew of how the groundhog tradition came to America. Cuz I am PA born and raised. (P. S. Pennsylvanians typically don't say we're from Pennsylvania, we say we're from PA)
Im Sad that this year my Imbolc is not as warm and clean As I want it to be. my house flooded a few days ago and while I am lucky enough to still be able to stay here in my warm home it is not the same with my floor all torn up downstairs!!! I can’t really use my kitchen very well right now either but thank you so much for sharing your practices:)
I harvest and weave Brigid crosses and hang them in my doorways for protection. A tradition my mother Shannon passed on to me. While I weave, I think of gratitude, and lessons past and still to come. I also begin planting seeds inside, like my tomatoes and pumpkins and organize the garden area with new fresh ideas and decorations to hang and bird feeders! I love that you make candles and I definitely have the supplies to try this myself.
I love it when you are filming the nature. ☺ I can't wait for spring. The dark wet winter is so depressing. Very good video! Thank you very very much! 😍
I looooove to film in nature but all the grey sad weather makes me so unmotivated to do so hahah cannot wait for sunny spring weather! Have a beautiful Imbolc 🌱
Your videos are always so amazing and entertaining. I start them smiling with your first words and end them smiling with your last. Thank you so much for all your inspiration and magical story telling.
In Spain, women have their own festival on February 5th. Traditionally, it was the only time they enjoyed time off from household duties around the year. They would gather and party and were allowed to be somewhat naughty around men, who oftentimes would feel intimidated. I never thought it'd be related to Candlemas! Thanks for the video.
I have been practicing witchcraft for years without community or direction but since I found your videos i have felt so much less alone, more attuned and guided to a deeper understanding of ritual and magick. I get so entranced by your voice and videos! thank you!
my birthday falls on Candlemass/Lichtmess so I feel very connected to that day. Loved the video and I'll try to incorporate some of the activities as well
I'm totally not meaning to hijack your post 🤣🤣 we do winter sowing here. I have most of my seeds planted in jugs and they are outside snug in their jugs and in the -10 degrees covered in snow. So they will start popping up when the snow begins to melt and the temps are just right. I made a video on it a couple weeks back of you want to try winter sowing! I also planted some spinach inside and its sprouting by the window!!
Oooooh I love that idea!! I have to watch that video. And spinach is my fave to grow - I never thought of doing it inside but might do that right now haha 🌱
Still in the deep freeze here (-24C this morning!) so I kind of feel like Imbolc for where I live should be in March. It’s such a lovely idea to use the day to plan out the garden. Sounds like time well spent. ❤️ Nice box of stuff, btw…🤣
@@jolovesblackcats Ontario Canada! Luckily we have a good furnace that kept us nice and toasty. I could feel the cold coming off the windows though and decided to skip my morning walk! 🥶 Thank you for the well wishes. ❤️
@@saraht6562 Somd of my family are Wyandot. We are in the US. We celebrate something similar usually after February. The climate are the Lakes is too harsh.
My jaw has dropped! 1- I appreciate your creativity, talent, humor, and authenticity. 2- jaw dropped bc I didn't expect to see another witch who is into um... well, kink. That made my whole day! 3- this video was entertaining and informative! You gave some well-known ans popular options, as well as some lesser known ones. I cannot get over how great you and your work is!!!
@@Thewitchescookery Yes same here. Love your witchy quirky self and videos! You may like "Scary Fairy Godmother" YT channel. And mums the word on your dirty lil secret LOL
Oooh those donuts look amazing. I’ve made jam donuts a few times pre kids being born and they were just the most amazing donuts I’ve ever eaten because they were so fresh! Hope you’re feeling well. You look glowing. Imbolc blessings. I just love this sabbat so much. I made a video on my channel a few weeks ago and made an oil for Brigid for spells and rituals. I’m planning to make a new Brigid’s cross this year and sew some mugwort seedlings 🌱 😊 beautiful video thank you for sharing 🙏 xx
Freshly baked stuff is just the best! No bakery can beat that 😄 Oooh, o have to check that video out!! 🤩 Sounds like wonderful Imbolc activities! Sending much love to you and yours 🌱❤️
I grew up in Lancaster PA, and we have our own "groundhog lodge" that one of my family members even had their wedding reception at that had a famous groundhog that everyone would wait for to "see his shadow" to predict winters length. Also PA has a famous groundhog that they do a news story about and its also got one that is their representative for the Lottery lol
LOVE your channel, Bex! Keep your videos coming, please. More videos about real witchy life, including dealing with the mundane. I am there with you, although I am alot older now. Unexpectedly, raising my granddaughter. Your son is so precious 😍 he's going to be an amazing individual 💗 blessings for your growing new life. ✨️ You have given me hope daily. I lived in Germany as a child, and you have taken me back to a beautiful place in my past. I would live where you are in a second! Germany is a lovely place and my heart resonates with it's energies. Greetings from across "the pond" 😊 Thank you so much for your inspiration. Hugs 🫂 🤗
Thank you for showing us your secret space filled with crap, lol, I have a similar attic space that is my dirty little secret…maybe I will be motivated by imbolc to tidy it up! I’m glad I’m not the only fairly tidy witch with a cute little house that has a space like this!
This video is almost a year old when I'm watching, but I just found your channel, and am loving it. I also put things on my stair case thinking they will somehow get put away properly, lol.
Oh youre just like me, i have a junk drawer, and junk everywhere, but my living space is tidy(ish) lol, as a crafter and a hoarder (sirnamr hourd, pronounced hoard) it'd definitely in the name 😂😂😂 I loved your video, i will be doing what i can to celebrate Imbolc this year. As a British Pagen I've been extremely laxed over the years, but im determined to get back into my herbalism, witchery and celebrations. Thank you for your insight and being an amazing person ❤❤❤❤
So happy you liked it!! My best friend is an author and she always threatens that if I ever become famous she will write a tell-all-biography about my colorful youth & 20s 😅😂
In Czech Republic the candles blessed on Candlemass were put on windowsils and were supposed to protect the house from lightning strikes. The custom is probably from pre-Christian times when on 2. Feb there used to be a feast to Perun the king of thunder...
hahahaha you got to the top of the stairs and I just giggled! So great! We in America have a long way to go with taking care of each other! I love your videos!
I am digging back into my roots of witchiness and your channel is amazing. You have got a delightful way of giving great info balanced with personal insights. Thank you. Blessings and peace be.
I love the mess vulnerability! hahah! I love the whole thing but that really made me laugh. I’ve been intensely drawn to lighting candles, cleaning and gardening this past week! Somehow found your channel and had no idea what imbolc was. Feeling excited about it, thank you! Just subscribed!
I also am clearing out my hoarding space(s)!!! Thank you so much for sharing your space, I would love to see more (or a whole video) on something similar. Maybe your philosophies on hoarding, the benifits, and how to stop because I can't 😂😂😂😭😭😭
Oh I feel your pain 😅❤️ I will definitely do a video on cleansing soon where I incorporate some of the dealing with mess things. Luckily I do not hoard - it is more of a time issue haha I just throw everything up there and then forget it is there 😂 once a year I then throw everything out again and make it pretty.
This makes absolute sense. We have bunnies right now, our goats will be kidding soon. We just got them in their kidding stalls yesterday and we have been demolishing the kitchen (FINALLY!!!) and are getting is ready for its face lift! It all ties in with imbolc for sure!
Is the powdered sugar topping traditional on the schlenkelweilnudeln?! I don't remember ever getting really excited about groundhog's day, but it both does and doesn't surprise me to learn of its history! American education has never really soared in the "be forthcoming about our country's roots" department. But fatty carbs kneaded with love, deep fried, and gushing with f'n jam?!? My love for filled donuts now burns with a new fervor🙏 You are such a precious gem😍 Love from New Orleans
Fun hearing you talk about our PA Grundsau Day tradition! My grandfather and father went to the Grundsau Lodge on this Day and had to speak no English or pay a fine! 300 years in PA and still passing on the traditions! This year I’ll make Fasnacht kuche for 2/21/23
Hi from Seattle again! It's January now; but this video reminds me that it would be a great time to declutter, and box things up to put into my self-storage unit... :)
Thank you! I’ve been looking forward to this! I love the Schneeglöckchen (did I spell that correctly?) on the thumbnail-it is the best harbinger of spring. Here in the Northeast U.S, the snowdrops I planted in the autumn are under a blanket of snow we know they are just waiting to emerge.
✨💖✨A year out of date, but not too late for Imbolc! Lovely video. My son was going to make donuts today, but has a migraine. So tomorrow, I’ll ask for his help in making schlenkelweilnudeln. He was born in Bavaria, so I’m sure he’ll agree. BUT: What did I really come away with here? "Bad career choices.” Lol You are my new best friend. I’ve had some doozies, though none involving whips. Lol
You are so aesthetic. Your videos are very calming and beautifully filmed and editted. I also like listening to your voice and your accent. Thank you! ❤️
I've gotten my first cold in 3 years this week and we've also gotten a nice blizzard going on where I am lol looks like this year's Imbolc is going to be very lowkey for me and part of that lowkey, coziness is this video! Thank you for all the love you put into it
Was just thinking I needed to sort something for Imbolc. Well timed x The nods to old Irish is making my Irish roots happy :D Please check your steps to the attic space! How much they moved when stood on was making me very anxious!
Yaih - hope you found some inspiration here 💓 hahah yeees, the stairs are 200 years old 😅 as are all the old beams in my house and to be honest, it makes me really nervous. Every time my washing machine goes into spin circle the entire house shakes 😬
@@Thewitchescookery :D:D Perks of old properties I guess! :'D Reminds me of the old washing machine at the garage I do a bit of welding at. Sounds like it's taking everything with it !
I am seconds into your video and smiling. You are absolutely contagious! Thank you for being you and sharing your 'lovely' self and all your witchiness! *Edit* I can't wait to see what you do with your loft/attic.
Thank you for sharing your hoard. I might have the same problem going on and feel inspired to tackle it (a bit!) to celebrate Imbolc and the beginning of the Spring cleaning season.
You are hilarious. I love your bubbly attitude. I also am finding that sometimes I am sometimes gravitating this way a little more than past couple years. I am gradually wondering how to help myself gradually learn more about this connection I am feeling with this particular connection.
I finally found a kitchen witch youtuber!! Oh I'm so glad I stumbled onto your channel, I've been doing kitchen witchery and candle magic for years just going off of what I've learned from family and random books or articles. I'm happy I found you because this means I get to actually watch someone practice the craft and also educate at the same time, it feels so refreshing. Thank you so much for making such a great channel and video!
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Two years ago my husband and me celebrated Imboc with a lot of light and love and 10 month later we welcomed our son. I struggled with fertility for five years. ❤
What a beautiful story!!! Congratulations ❤️
What a Blessing, many congratulations!!!
I hope that works for us. We've been trying for 5 years so yea. Congratulations to you!!
@melissaholman6909 I cross Fingers for you. Do something for Brigit, as she loves when there is something artistic done for her. We also had a lamb stue and met wine.
@@MsPInkLeena Thank you so much! Hopefully it works
12:19 As an American, I second this. I was amazed (and shamefully a tiny bit jealous) when I learned about the maternity leave other countries give.
Thanks for such a fun video. Happy Imbolc! 🌼 🌞
It's not just the maternity leave, it's also the paid vacations, healthcare. European countries just seem to understand how important it is to have time to reflect, rejuvenate, and reboot. The states are terrible about self care, it's just about running yourself into the ground. That is why we need to have a solid self care routine. To take care of body & spirit!
Keep voting DEM up and down the ballot--top to bottom. Let's be forward looking in US for a change.
I grew up in France in a non religious family but my mum always cooked some french crepes during this time of the year. It's known by the name of Chandeleur. Now I'm living in Ireland and I love to reconnect with those ancients believes all around the world (and still cook french crepes for my little ones too 🤤)
In Spain the name is " Candelaria" i think IS the same
How beautiful. So glad you are carrying on those ancestral traditions!
Same. I remember reading that it's because crepes are shaped like the sun 🌞.
Flip the pancake with a coin in your flipping hand for prosperity all year long!!Chandeleur! Trop bon 🤤
Ma grand-mère a une chanson: la veille de la chandeleur l’hiver s’en va ou prend rigueur. Si tu fais bien tenir la poêle, à toi l’argent en quantité, mais gare à la mauvaise étoile si tu fous la crêpe à côté!
I will forever call all my kitchen utensils, kitchen wands. That sounds way better 😂
I always loved you but girl now I really do! Thank you for being brave enough to share your hordes of mess and making us feel more normal for having the same issue! Mine is the dreaded " back room" where everything gets thrown and the door kept closed. I promise it's on my new years to do list! In the meantime. I will rewatch this delightful video one more time before heading into the kitchen to bake. Thanks for keeping it real. Xo
I had never heard about the Imbolc rituals concerning female fertility and rejuvenation. Gives me a different way to look at the holiday, more self-care focused. I always learn new things when I watch your videos, and I ALWAYS feel better after watching them. Your energy is itself a tonic. Thank you, Lovely 😊
You are an absolute joy! The humor, the honesty, the knowledge and artistic delivery.... Perfection 💗😹
Thank you so much for this super kind and warm comment ❤️
I like the way you combine your spirituality with your day to day life.
☺️❤️ I always find magick combined with mundane works best for me
Tell me I’m not the only one who needs a story time about all those whips and ropes!
Hahaha one day maybe... 😅👯
I know, if she wasn’t already my favorite TH-cam witch, she is now! 💜
Well, we are having a blizzard right now so no signs of Spring yet but thank you for giving me the spirit of newness!
Oh I hope the blizzard isn't destroying too much!! Here it also feels wintery still (except the lack of snow) but I am definitely ready for the grey skies to lift 🌱
Yep Long Island is getting buried in this blizzard 🥶
@@mssaigon73 yup. Worcester MA here
Rhode Island ,U.S is in a lovely Winter wonderland. Better notice a blizzard.. the only good thing is this snow is light and fluffy. Good snowman weather, and good snowballs..lol been out to feed ,water my chickens and rabbit..
maine, us is currently wrapped up in a blizzard too...but hey, darkest before the dawn, right?
"America! Take note!" This is what made me click that like button. :-)
I am definitely appreciating your Sabbat videos with the history. I have been new to being in the witch community since mid last year and this is my first complete Wheel of the Year (Samhain 2021 to Samhain 2022) where I’m just learning about what each Sabbat is about. So I definitely appreciate your knowledge. I also just enjoy your lighthearted and fun videos.
I also appreciate the fact that you were super transparent with us. So many TH-camrs show their homes and it seems like their homes are Always neat and organized, unless that’s what the channel is truly about. So I’m glad I’m not the only one with a chaotic at times looking house. Haha! And the *unmentionables* was a very brave thing to show. Haha! Thanks for the disclosure as I had my toddlers watching with me on what Imbolc is all about. 👍
Anyways, I’m loving the channel and appreciate your hard work, especially being a busy mom of 2 young kids in your household. Thank you!
And yes…the American Government could learn a thing or two about maternity and paternity leave from Europe. We definitely don’t get long enough to be with our children to enjoy them those first couple of years, when development happens So rapidly!
I really enjoyed the fact, as you say that our host is all over the shop as well as us! Honesty to the hilt, much appreciated here also. Gives me hope I can finish my clear-out too. XXX
So much respect for you pulling the curtain back and showing us you’re a normal person with clutter and mess too. So many of these types of videos leave me feeling like a chaotic trash heap.
I’m from Pennsylvania, and I never knew the historical connection to groundhogs day. To me it was always just a big street party of dancing and drinking to stay warm waiting for Phil to come out of his den. 😆 As a kid, Punxatawney Phil came to my school and was paraded around for us to see. Haha I am so grateful for your channel! It has helped me connect with my ancestors and explore the traditions that weren’t able to be passed down. Thank you!
My basement is my junk area. Have been cleaning it out. Like your little helper. I love that you also tell the history.
I also have a box of…..”toys” lol.
My great grandmother taught me to light a blue candle before a thunderstorm. Now I know where it comes from.
I went into labor with my son, and only child, on February 1st. His father was abusive and I left on Memorial Day. It's a bittersweet day for me. I don't think I could get through it without the addition of Imbolc and Brighid. It's how I get through and celebrate what was a very dark time for me.
Oh, Bex, I didn't know I could love you even more than I already did!
My wife has been watching a lot of tarot & practicing witchcraft videos, & I have been supporting her and watching along. When we got to the part of the video where you show your whip, I can say I'm 100% behind this possible lifestyle choice!
Seriously though, this was a very informative video and nice glimpse into your life.
I just discovered your channel yesterday and binge watched while cleaning my hearth til 2AM! I love your energy and content. Thank you for providing me inspiration and sustenance while we get dumped with two feet of snow! 😆❄️ And blessed Imbolc to all! 🕯🔥🌼💖
Ahahah I am sooooo glad to hear I was not the only one suffering through the spring cleaning 😅❤️ welcome to the channel and so happy you enjoy it!!!! Have a wonderful Imbolc
Welcome to the Witchy Kitchen doll! XXX
Good Morning wonderful people! I hope you are all having a wonderful winter!
And you!!! ❤️🌨️
Descendant of German settlers in PA here! Yep, Groundhog Day is a Big Deal! A local wildlife rehab center, Raven Ridge, has a groundhog named Poppy who starred with Bill Murray in a TV commercial a few years ago!
I'm so proud of you for decluttering so much!!! We keep decluttering and we're still overwhelmed! I'm considering waiting until it gets a little warmer, maybe April or May, and just getting rid of nearly everything I own. Go minimalist. I have a small 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house and a family of 4. I can't move soon enough! LOL Maybe if I get enough decluttered, the eventual move won't be so daunting.
Good luck with the downsizing/ decluttering doll, I hope the move goes well & you will be very happy in the new home. XXX
Decluttering and downsizing can be such a daunting task honestly, especially if you own a lot of stuff. I live with my fiance and our two cats in a small two bedroom, one and a half bath trailer and it's insane. We would probably have more space if we were properly utilizing storage bins or something to that affect but we aren't and it's getting out of hand. Wanted to have gotten the yearly cleaning out of the way last week, we even took off for it, but we only managed to deep clean our bathrooms and we rested the rest of the time. We both work 10-13 hrs a day so, not much time left for cleaning except daily upkeep.
Thank you so much for sharing your upstairs with us! I found this a great comfort! Because I tend to be too harsh and critical of my own clutter it's nice to see others have it too. Thank you for being real! May your Imbolc be very blessed! 💝🎶🧚✨💝🍀💫
The reveal of The Space was the most validating thing I have ever seen. Please don't take this the wrong way, but seeing something as bad as my "Space," 😂😂😂😂😂... It was so reassuring that I am still a good mom and human. We have another entire room full of things from renovations and whatever else, that is now referred to as Hell Room. I have been tackling all of these things myself the past week, unknowingly in the spirit of Imbolc. 🌚
I really love how you combine the spiritual world with your daily life. It's inspiring! A d I love the winterling too. It's the first flower of spring and it's showing already its yellow heads. 🌸❤️
Thank you for sharing your way of celebration.
So happy you enjoy this - I always find it so important to stay grounded and combine magick and mundane in order for it to work ☺️✨ imbolc blessings!
Hello from Washington State, USA! I completely love everything about you and your content! I appreciate how real you are so much. Thank you for sharing your beautiful light and magick with all of us.
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What a sweet comment!! Thank you so much and I wish you and yours a beautiful Imbolc 🌱✨
Hi from WA, too! 🥰
And hello from Oregon!
@@Thewitchescookery Hello from Missouri!
Hi, from another Washingtonian! Happy Inbolc!
I love how you mentioned ground hog's day, I live in Pennsylvania, so so it's really big around here.
I'll have to try your friend donut recipe, it looks so tasty!
Thank you for sharing!
Brightest blessings and blessed Imbolc! 🔥🔥🔥
I already really liked you but when you zoomed in on that box upstairs I liked you even more 😂 Thank you for the great video!!!
To me it Brigid’s Day. But Spring?!!! Ha ha ha we just had a Blizzard with 22” of snow today! And a toasty 3 degrees! LOL I love Imbolc… one of my favorite Holidays.. now if I could only find the sun! :0) I’ll be leaving Brigid’s cloak on my porch overnight and making a bit of fresh butter and bread to ring in the occasion to go along with some Lamb Stew oh so yummy! Many Imbolc Blessings to you and yours.
Yep, traditionally in Ireland we consider February first Spring! ❄😂🌱
The traditions you spoke about in this video were extremely interesting! Dind't know about lots of them! And mhhh the Krapfen 😍😍😍 Want them so bad now 🤤😅
Very interesting video. Old customs fascinate me.
Glad you think so!! I love to read about old customs and traditions - so interesting ☺️
I just couldn't stop watching. I took care of an elderly lady from Estonia once. Purchased a course on how to speak Estonian.
All I can remember is
"Tere hommikust".
For my Circle's Imbolg celebration we all (6 of us total) planted flower bulbs in pots that in theory should all be in bloom at the same time. We got our 2nd snow for the Winter today. Temperatures dropped to dangerously cold last night. So ready for warm weather once again
Ah Imbolc with a New Moon! Time for dusting out the cobwebs. Thanks for an interesting video. ( we have an ice storm coming here in NW Ohio). May all have a blessed Imbolc and year! Peace.
that pregnancy glow on you is so beautiful!!!
💖 Thank you!!!
I am so proud I knew of how the groundhog tradition came to America. Cuz I am PA born and raised. (P. S. Pennsylvanians typically don't say we're from Pennsylvania, we say we're from PA)
Really enjoyed this. What a wonderful blend of history, craft, cooking and comedy.
Im Sad that this year my Imbolc is not as warm and clean As I want it to be. my house flooded a few days ago and while I am lucky enough to still be able to stay here in my warm home it is not the same with my floor all torn up downstairs!!! I can’t really use my kitchen very well right now either but thank you so much for sharing your practices:)
I harvest and weave Brigid crosses and hang them in my doorways for protection. A tradition my mother Shannon passed on to me. While I weave, I think of gratitude, and lessons past and still to come. I also begin planting seeds inside, like my tomatoes and pumpkins and organize the garden area with new fresh ideas and decorations to hang and bird feeders! I love that you make candles and I definitely have the supplies to try this myself.
I love it when you are filming the nature. ☺ I can't wait for spring. The dark wet winter is so depressing. Very good video! Thank you very very much! 😍
I looooove to film in nature but all the grey sad weather makes me so unmotivated to do so hahah cannot wait for sunny spring weather! Have a beautiful Imbolc 🌱
Your videos are always so amazing and entertaining. I start them smiling with your first words and end them smiling with your last. Thank you so much for all your inspiration and magical story telling.
What a super sweet comment ❤️ thank you so much, lovely!!
In Spain, women have their own festival on February 5th. Traditionally, it was the only time they enjoyed time off from household duties around the year. They would gather and party and were allowed to be somewhat naughty around men, who oftentimes would feel intimidated. I never thought it'd be related to Candlemas! Thanks for the video.
Oh that is interesting! My partner never told me 🤣 we shall revive this custom In our household hehehe
I have been practicing witchcraft for years without community or direction but since I found your videos i have felt so much less alone, more attuned and guided to a deeper understanding of ritual and magick. I get so entranced by your voice and videos!
thank you!
I just started watching this on Saturday the 29th of January and I did a spring cleanup in my bedrooms cleaned windows and washed curtains
Nice 💪💪💪 Imbolc-spirit all around hehe
my birthday falls on Candlemass/Lichtmess so I feel very connected to that day. Loved the video and I'll try to incorporate some of the activities as well
I'm totally not meaning to hijack your post 🤣🤣 we do winter sowing here. I have most of my seeds planted in jugs and they are outside snug in their jugs and in the -10 degrees covered in snow. So they will start popping up when the snow begins to melt and the temps are just right. I made a video on it a couple weeks back of you want to try winter sowing! I also planted some spinach inside and its sprouting by the window!!
Oooooh I love that idea!! I have to watch that video. And spinach is my fave to grow - I never thought of doing it inside but might do that right now haha 🌱
My dear fair lady you👍 have marvelously presented imbolc and witchcraft to us laymen
Lol the “space “ I feel you. I say tomorrow is another day and it turns i to a year! 🤦🏽♀️😂😂💜💜💜
ahahaha saaaaaaaaaame 😅
Still in the deep freeze here (-24C this morning!) so I kind of feel like Imbolc for where I live should be in March. It’s such a lovely idea to use the day to plan out the garden. Sounds like time well spent. ❤️ Nice box of stuff, btw…🤣
Where do you live? I hope you can keep warm. Stay safe too. XXX
@@jolovesblackcats Ontario Canada! Luckily we have a good furnace that kept us nice and toasty. I could feel the cold coming off the windows though and decided to skip my morning walk! 🥶 Thank you for the well wishes. ❤️
@@saraht6562 Somd of my family are Wyandot. We are in the US. We celebrate something similar usually after February. The climate are the Lakes is too harsh.
Love it! You are part of the reason I have begun exploring my Germanic heritage. Thank you for more history and fun!
P.s. thanks for the cleaning and declutter motivation! (Looking at my junk drawer…and fabric scrap bin)
I absolutely adore you. You’re transparency and humor seriously lower my anxiety. Lol
My jaw has dropped! 1- I appreciate your creativity, talent, humor, and authenticity. 2- jaw dropped bc I didn't expect to see another witch who is into um... well, kink. That made my whole day! 3- this video was entertaining and informative! You gave some well-known ans popular options, as well as some lesser known ones. I cannot get over how great you and your work is!!!
I loved this video so much. Thank you for sharing about folk witchcraft. It's a fun way for me to reconnect with my German heritage :)
Oh Yaih! So happy it helps you reconnect with your roots ❤️
Same
@@Thewitchescookery Yes same here. Love your witchy quirky self and videos! You may like "Scary Fairy Godmother" YT channel. And mums the word on your dirty lil secret LOL
Oooh those donuts look amazing. I’ve made jam donuts a few times pre kids being born and they were just the most amazing donuts I’ve ever eaten because they were so fresh! Hope you’re feeling well. You look glowing. Imbolc blessings. I just love this sabbat so much. I made a video on my channel a few weeks ago and made an oil for Brigid for spells and rituals. I’m planning to make a new Brigid’s cross this year and sew some mugwort seedlings 🌱 😊 beautiful video thank you for sharing 🙏 xx
Freshly baked stuff is just the best! No bakery can beat that 😄 Oooh, o have to check that video out!! 🤩 Sounds like wonderful Imbolc activities! Sending much love to you and yours 🌱❤️
I grew up in Lancaster PA, and we have our own "groundhog lodge" that one of my family members even had their wedding reception at that had a famous groundhog that everyone would wait for to "see his shadow" to predict winters length. Also PA has a famous groundhog that they do a news story about and its also got one that is their representative for the Lottery lol
Punxsutawney Phil is such a devil too. The question is if he bit anyone or not ;-D
@@blktauna lmfao 🤣 I would bite someone if they were swarming my home with cameras the second I awoke too
@@Tangerineskies22 Fair. :-D
Oh my goodness I love you. Especially your messy loft and boxes of ummm, adult toys. 🖤
LOVE your channel, Bex! Keep your videos coming, please. More videos about real witchy life, including dealing with the mundane. I am there with you, although I am alot older now. Unexpectedly, raising my granddaughter. Your son is so precious 😍 he's going to be an amazing individual 💗 blessings for your growing new life. ✨️ You have given me hope daily. I lived in Germany as a child, and you have taken me back to a beautiful place in my past. I would live where you are in a second! Germany is a lovely place and my heart resonates with it's energies. Greetings from across "the pond" 😊 Thank you so much for your inspiration. Hugs 🫂 🤗
Thank you for showing us your secret space filled with crap, lol, I have a similar attic space that is my dirty little secret…maybe I will be motivated by imbolc to tidy it up! I’m glad I’m not the only fairly tidy witch with a cute little house that has a space like this!
This video is almost a year old when I'm watching, but I just found your channel, and am loving it. I also put things on my stair case thinking they will somehow get put away properly, lol.
I would love to know more about this ritual with the red candle for expecting mothers. 😊
Oh youre just like me, i have a junk drawer, and junk everywhere, but my living space is tidy(ish) lol, as a crafter and a hoarder (sirnamr hourd, pronounced hoard) it'd definitely in the name 😂😂😂
I loved your video, i will be doing what i can to celebrate Imbolc this year. As a British Pagen I've been extremely laxed over the years, but im determined to get back into my herbalism, witchery and celebrations. Thank you for your insight and being an amazing person ❤❤❤❤
1:42 i love how the sound matched the music so well !! your videos are always so nice and cosy
Thanks for another great video! Your box in the loft!! 🤣🤣 Please do write your biography xx
So happy you liked it!! My best friend is an author and she always threatens that if I ever become famous she will write a tell-all-biography about my colorful youth & 20s 😅😂
Yes I am from a Pennsylvania and groundhogs day is a very big holiday here.
Today we are having a snow storm❄ so, no sign of spring🌱 here yet!!
9:20 I think you could also 3d print a mold in that shape, line the mold with foil and pour the wax into the mold.
Don’t fret! I have one of those “disheveled” rooms…up and down 😳😊
Soooo happy yo hear that 😂❤️
In Czech Republic the candles blessed on Candlemass were put on windowsils and were supposed to protect the house from lightning strikes. The custom is probably from pre-Christian times when on 2. Feb there used to be a feast to Perun the king of thunder...
Hi from the US/Arkansas! I so wish we had a better maternity leave system here. More importantly, this is a fantastic video! Thank you for sharing!
Hello, Arkansas!
I love your honesty and your humor 😂 it gives me hope that I will break out of the rut I’m in.😊💕
hahahaha you got to the top of the stairs and I just giggled! So great! We in America have a long way to go with taking care of each other! I love your videos!
I am digging back into my roots of witchiness and your channel is amazing. You have got a delightful way of giving great info balanced with personal insights. Thank you.
Blessings and peace be.
Your videos warm my heart and bring a giggle to my lips. Bright blessings to you and your family from Kent, 🇬🇧
Ok. Here I am studying (with you as my teacher), trying to be serious, getting ready for Imbolc and all I can do is laugh... hee hee. :)
Love it Blessed Imbolc. But that room 😆 girrrrl love 💘 💕 😆
You have inspired me to clean my own cluttered spaces and to try making Schlenklweilnudel!
I love the mess vulnerability! hahah! I love the whole thing but that really made me laugh. I’ve been intensely drawn to lighting candles, cleaning and gardening this past week! Somehow found your channel and had no idea what imbolc was. Feeling excited about it, thank you! Just subscribed!
I also am clearing out my hoarding space(s)!!! Thank you so much for sharing your space, I would love to see more (or a whole video) on something similar. Maybe your philosophies on hoarding, the benifits, and how to stop because I can't 😂😂😂😭😭😭
Oh I feel your pain 😅❤️ I will definitely do a video on cleansing soon where I incorporate some of the dealing with mess things. Luckily I do not hoard - it is more of a time issue haha I just throw everything up there and then forget it is there 😂 once a year I then throw everything out again and make it pretty.
@@Thewitchescookery I'm excited to see what you come up with! Your videos are always a joy to watch ❤
This makes absolute sense. We have bunnies right now, our goats will be kidding soon. We just got them in their kidding stalls yesterday and we have been demolishing the kitchen (FINALLY!!!) and are getting is ready for its face lift! It all ties in with imbolc for sure!
Oh and our puppies! We have 3 left that are waiting for their new homes! Lots of new. Lots of babies.
Most definitely!! And Yaih for all the little lives 😍 how absolutely wonderful ❤️
Neat to know the origin of PA's Groundhog Day. We call him Punxsutawney Phil.
Is the powdered sugar topping traditional on the schlenkelweilnudeln?! I don't remember ever getting really excited about groundhog's day, but it both does and doesn't surprise me to learn of its history! American education has never really soared in the "be forthcoming about our country's roots" department. But fatty carbs kneaded with love, deep fried, and gushing with f'n jam?!? My love for filled donuts now burns with a new fervor🙏 You are such a precious gem😍 Love from New Orleans
Fun hearing you talk about our PA Grundsau Day tradition! My grandfather and father went to the Grundsau Lodge on this Day and had to speak no English or pay a fine! 300 years in PA and still passing on the traditions! This year I’ll make Fasnacht kuche for 2/21/23
Hi from Seattle again! It's January now; but this video reminds me that it would be a great time to declutter, and box things up to put into my self-storage unit... :)
Thank you! I’ve been looking forward to this! I love the Schneeglöckchen (did I spell that correctly?) on the thumbnail-it is the best harbinger of spring. Here in the Northeast U.S, the snowdrops I planted in the autumn are under a blanket of snow we know they are just waiting to emerge.
You did spell it correctly!! 😄💪 I just love when the first spring blossoms start to appear 🌱
✨💖✨A year out of date, but not too late for Imbolc! Lovely video. My son was going to make donuts today, but has a migraine. So tomorrow, I’ll ask for his help in making schlenkelweilnudeln. He was born in Bavaria, so I’m sure he’ll agree. BUT: What did I really come away with here? "Bad career choices.” Lol You are my new best friend. I’ve had some doozies, though none involving whips. Lol
Found your video today in my research. Followed because of the great info and your personality... and the remnants of your past life. LOL
You are so aesthetic. Your videos are very calming and beautifully filmed and editted. I also like listening to your voice and your accent. Thank you! ❤️
ok i didn't get to the attic yet. But it was funny. "abandoned career choices" lol
I've gotten my first cold in 3 years this week and we've also gotten a nice blizzard going on where I am lol looks like this year's Imbolc is going to be very lowkey for me and part of that lowkey, coziness is this video! Thank you for all the love you put into it
Hope you are feeling better soon. Keep your fluid intake up & rest as much as you can. XXX
Was just thinking I needed to sort something for Imbolc. Well timed x
The nods to old Irish is making my Irish roots happy :D
Please check your steps to the attic space! How much they moved when stood on was making me very anxious!
Yaih - hope you found some inspiration here 💓 hahah yeees, the stairs are 200 years old 😅 as are all the old beams in my house and to be honest, it makes me really nervous. Every time my washing machine goes into spin circle the entire house shakes 😬
@@Thewitchescookery
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Perks of old properties I guess! :'D
Reminds me of the old washing machine at the garage I do a bit of welding at. Sounds like it's taking everything with it !
It makes me so happy and peaceful watching your videos💜 maybe it’s the namesake and shared ethnicity 🥰
The imp you described sitting on your chest to give bad dreams and affect breathing is just like sleep paralysis! I may have to use this spell…
Blessed Be!! I am glad you are here. I appreciate you I am so glad I found you. Aela
I am seconds into your video and smiling. You are absolutely contagious! Thank you for being you and sharing your 'lovely' self and all your witchiness!
*Edit* I can't wait to see what you do with your loft/attic.
End in career choices!
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Damn, I just LOVE you!😅
Thank you for sharing your hoard. I might have the same problem going on and feel inspired to tackle it (a bit!) to celebrate Imbolc and the beginning of the Spring cleaning season.
the neon wand hahaha im familiar with a little collection like that as well 😂
You are hilarious. I love your bubbly attitude. I also am finding that sometimes I am sometimes gravitating this way a little more than past couple years.
I am gradually wondering how to help myself gradually learn more about this connection I am feeling with this particular connection.
I finally found a kitchen witch youtuber!! Oh I'm so glad I stumbled onto your channel, I've been doing kitchen witchery and candle magic for years just going off of what I've learned from family and random books or articles. I'm happy I found you because this means I get to actually watch someone practice the craft and also educate at the same time, it feels so refreshing. Thank you so much for making such a great channel and video!
Happy Imbolc! I'm so glad I found you-what a nice video (had a smile at your box of "toys" in attic). Take care and thank you!