Who would have thought that in the middle of JUNE, I would need to turn on the heater and put the winter blankets back on the bed?!?!
The weather has been unusually cold and wet this spring, and temperatures feel more like late fall than almost summer. Daytime temps have been in the low to mid 50's for the past week and a half, with nighttime temps as low as the mid to high 30's!
Mother Nature must be going through menopause!
I had a dream that I was at a local park with my camera, and met up with a young man who was also taking photos. He asked about foxes and said he wanted to take photos of them but could not find them, and thought perhaps they were all gone from this area. I told him they were not and began looking around, and spotted a fox den not far from where we were standing. I pointed it out to him and suddenly noticed that there was a large, male fox in the den, peering out at us. We both turned and pointed our cameras at it to get photos, when the fox came out of its den and walked towards us. It was not aggressive or dangerous, and didn’t act afraid, nor were we feel afraid of it or threatened by it. As the fox reached us, it slowly walked walked right up to us and began winding around our legs like a cat, and then disappeared.
I love symbolism in a spiritual way, and I don’t recall ever dreaming about a fox before, so out of curiosity I did several days of online research, as well as a few books I have about Native American spiritualism and symbolism, and came up with the following:
Animals have long been revered for their mystical significance among humans. Seeing a fox in your path is not something to be taken lightly, for it is regarded to be a divine message. Witnessing a red fox is an indication of someone who is full of life and enthusiasm. If you don’t believe in yourself and your dreams, you’ll never achieve them.
Seeing a Fox in your dream can also be interpreted as a spiritual wake-up call, urging you to use your head in order to overcome your problems. A fox dream indicates that it’s time to get into a fight with adversity.
If Fox has chosen to share its medicine with you, it is a sign that you are to become like the wind, which is unseen yet is able to weave into and through any location or situation. You would be wise to observe the acts of others rather than their words at this time. Use your cunning nature in a positive way; keep silent about who and what and why you are observing. In learning the art of camouflage, you need to test your abilities to pull this off.
While learning from Fox, you might also gain confidence in your ability to know instantly what will happen next. After observing for a while, you will become aware of a certain predictability in given situations and be able to quickly make your move.
I started a new book today called, “The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo”, by Kent Nerburn. It wasn’t what I was expecting, but wow, I’m so engrossed in this book!
It’s written in first person and the author writes about a Lakota friend of his, who is getting older and will probably be “walking his last journey” before long. He tells the author that he and his sister were taken from their family and sent to an Indian school, His sister disappeared from the school and he wants the author to help him find out what happened to her. He suggests talking to a woman named Mary, who was also taken to the school as a young girl. He calls Mary a few times and she tells him she ‘knows something’, so he makes plans to drive out to see her, only to find that she died before he arrived. Her daughter gives him a journal that Mary wrote, which sends him on a very arduous journey into the Native American culture. He meets many people who all have bits and pieces of the story of the little girl, and he has to put all of the pieces together.
I haven’t gotten to the place that tells what happened to the girl yet, but OMG, I can’t put this book down! His descriptive phrases are incredible in both phrasing and detail; my mind’s eye can actually see what his words are describing.
He’s written a number of books, and when this one is finished, I’m getting another one! He could very well turn out to be one of my favorite authors!
