Tucson Visit: Desert, Crystals and Wind Magic

I traveled to Tucson at the end of January to visit with friends and to attend the annual gem & mineral show for the first time. Tucson holds a lot of emotional layers for me because it is where we were living (for 3 years) when we adopted our first cat sons Juneau & Jarvis in 1998 from the Tucson Humane Society. They were both black cats and as it happened our friends that we stayed with had recently adopted their own second lovely black cat last year (center photo) so while there I was able to spend time with them as well as their sweet tabby brother & dog sister. It tugged at my heart to see them first thing in the morning while making coffee & seeing the desert landscape out the window. The first night, the youngest black cat came into our room and as soon as I opened my suitcase, he went straight for a pouch I had packed with a few crystals in it! He dug under some clothes, retrieved the pouch and took it out. I was amazed & a bit surprised, even though maybe I shouldn't have been, because most animals love crystal energy.

The Tucson Gem & Mineral show was incredible, and I may need to do a few separate posts just on it. For those of you who love crystals, if you've never been, it is well worth it. It was a magical experience beyond compare and I was so fortunate to get to do so with beautiful dear friends.

One of the days, hiking at Sabino Canyon, Juneau & Jarvis, (in spirit) were telling me to breathe in the fresh air, to inhale deeply. My last morning there I woke up with the sun (very rare for a night owl like me) because I kept hearing these winds and wanted to experience them outside. It was awe inspiring to feel the powerful wind. The winds of change - (one of my very favorite songs ever-the live version where Morten Harket from A-ha joins the Scorpions.) I sat outside for about two hours allowing the winds to fully cleanse my energy and it felt incredible. Afterwards a hawk flew by right in front of me.  

The crystal photo on the left is a Moldavite, which is one of my favorites. It has lovely star energy and can be felt strongly if one is sensitive to energy. To me it feels comforting. I am still getting to know the crystals that I brought home. One of my favorite things was watching Merlin & Gracie Belle check them out. I had the crystals on the floor while getting organized and they just wanted to lay on them like little dragons guarding their treasures. One of the treasures that the desert "Winds of Change" brought for me was to allow room for surprises. Sometimes we have an idea of how plans we make are going to unfold, but when we allow for the universe to surprise us and trust that flow, things can turn out even more amazing than imagined.