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What a glorious Easter weekend it's been, the weather has been amazing, in fact it's been so warm the P.A. and Dad got the deck chairs out in the courtyard and we renamed our little village Costa Del Mewton-Clawson! MOL Anyhoo, how was your weekend, guys, did mew get any Easter eggs? This year we were fortunate enough to get some catnip ones, if mew missed Caturdays post go check it out if mew get time for our latest Crafting with Cats post. But I digress, so we all got catnip eggs at BBHQ, well Melvyn got them furst.
Then Fudge ambled in the catservatory and said, "Dude, I think mew need to share some of those epically epic eggsceptionally aromatic Easter eggs!" [yep he really said that!]
But then when nopurrdy was looking Smooch swooped in and snatched the eggs and had a free-for-all in the craft room on his own! Like seriously dude, there was one each!!! Manners purrlease!
Smooch said, and I quote, "But Dude they're just too good!" MOL
Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all had a totally pawesome weekend, and that mew're ready for the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now... but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing for a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Smooch is here again to overr mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.
Don't mew feel better already? I know we do!
All the mandalas featured are created & designed by us, unless otherwise stated.
Here's this weeks mandala.
Just right-click to download.
And here's our finished version... and we've used some seriously Easter eggy colours today! MOL
Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - Berries
Don't furget mew can download our free Colouring with Cats ~ Books One,Two & Three here, if mew haven't already done so:
So on that note we'll say bye for now and hope to see mew on Wednesday when we'll be back with the fabulous Pet Parade blog hop! Until then Keep Calm and Colour OM! Epically chilled and most relaxing purrs
Welcome to another pawesome week at BBHQ and today we're continuing our crystal journey, and this week, we've got a lovely gemstone to share as Karen asked us; what is clear quartz good for?
Crystal of The Week
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What is clear quartz good for?
Clear quartz is the next best thing to diamonds in our humble opinion; some can be completely transparent with the most exquisite rainbows inside and refract the light in beautiful prisms, other clear quartz can milky with striations through the crystal, there is no hard and fast rule to how it should look. Some specimens can be quite opaque and cloudy, while others are completely translucent and flawless and look like ice.
We have quite a few different clear quartz crystals at BBHQ, from small polished tumbled stones to clusters, obelisks and there is one flame, like the Smoky quartz we shared a few weeks ago, only this one is quite a bit smaller. Take a look at a few in our collection, as being investigated by Fudge and Melvyn.
Let's hop right in and tell mew a little about the gem lore surrounding these lovely crystals. Quartz is appurrently known as one of the master healers and is a powerful energy amplifier. It purportedly helps cleanse the body and assists in enhancing purrsonal healing, plus raising energy levels. It can supposedly act to restore the aura and subtle bodies as it deeply cleanses on all planes.
In some texts we've purrused, it is suggested that clear quartz is a pawesome stone to use in meditation, as it helps still the mind, aids in concentration and assists in finding focus, plus helps to attune mew to your spiritual self. It's a superb stone for channelling too.
And if mew remember all Fortune Tellers of old used to have a large clear quartz sphere; though the one Melvyn is gazing into today is quite special as the natural internal formation is split into quarters and it's filled with the most amazing rainbows. In fact, it's one of our favourite pieces of quartz!
If mew were to ask us if there's one crystal to have what is it, we'd reply clear quartz every time. It really is one of the best stones to have, and it can be used on any of the chakra points. The P.A. has lots of small quartz points that she places around her in a circle when she's feeling listless. She always seems to feel better after being in a crystal circle for a while; whether that's a real effect or purrceived effect from using crystals is undeterminable. But in our opinion it doesn't really matter; the point is if it makes mew feel better mentally and physically that's a result.
There are also lots of different coloured quartz crystals that each have additional properties to the generic clear variety. And just to name a few, there are; blue, golden, harlequin, tangerine, rainbow, green etc...
Plus, there are many treated and enhanced quartz stones, and these can be coated with gold, silver, titanium or copper which are fired at intense heat to create the most dazzling effects. Some can look extremely bright and sometimes quite garish. Others have subtle rainbow/prismatic effects that are often referred to as Aura colours. Such as Angel Aura, which is an iridescent milky white with a gorgeous rainbow effect, or Aqua Aura, which has the same rainbow effect but is a bright turquoise colour, and each of these coated stones have additional properties to the generic ones above. Some of the coated stones are really quite pretty, and if mew are drawn to bright colours mew'll love these, we have lots of different ones at BBHQ, the P.A. is a bit of a magpie - OOPS! If mew'd like a post to see some of the coated quartz's let us know in the comments.
Anyhoo, we'd better wrap this up as we could go on for hours, so if mew're looking a crystal that does the lot mew can't get better than a clear quartz, from the info we've read this is the top crystal to have in your collection. And don't forget that there's oodles of jewellery made from this gorgeous stone too.
Many thanks for emailing us Karen, and we hope that answered your question.
If mew have any crystal questions; email us, DM us or ask us in the comments below.
To check out last times Crystal of the Week, click the link:Fluorite.
(disclaimer; we are not health or medical practitioners, all crystal info is purely for entertainment purposes only.)
Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all have a totally pawesome weekend, and that mew're ready fur the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now... but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing fur a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.
Don't mew feel better already? I know we do!
All the mandala's featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.
Here's this weeks mandala.
Right-click the image to save and/or print the mandala.
And here's our finished version... this week we decided that we need a propurr Springy vibe so we used a combination of pinks and greens, we think it turned out purretty nice, what do mew think?
Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time we chose the effect - Spring Love.
Don't furget mew can download** our free Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three and Four.
So on that note, we'll say bye for now and hope to see mew tomorrow with Chapter 18 of our new adventure Claws of Terror, and if mew missed last weeks epically exciting installment, click here to catch up. Until then Keep Calm and Colour OM! Supurr chilled purrs Wing Commander Basil & The B Team
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And Melvyn wanted to share another bandana photo! MOL
Doesn't he look epic?
Anyhoo, we do hope mew've all have a totally pawesome weekend, and that mew're ready fur the week ahead, so let's jump right in and start as always with our little breathing exercise, which we're sure mew all have down paw by now... but if mew've furgotten, stop what mew're doing fur a moment and take deep fulfilling breaths; counting to five on the inhale and five on the exhale:
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Breathe in
Breathe out
Smooch is here again to offur mew assistance in getting your OM's on and Zen Harmonies happening, so just press play, close your eyes and follow his instructions.
Don't mew feel better already? I know we do!
All the mandalas featured are created & designed by us, aka The B Team.
Here's this week's mandala.
Right-click the image to save and/or print the mandala.
And here's our finished version, and as we've been celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee the last few days, we thought it only fitting to have a red, white and blue mandala today.
Coloured on the iPad as sadly we didn't have time to get the glitter gel pens out.
Don't furget mew can download** our free Colouring with Cats here:- Books One, Two, Three and Four.
So on that note, we'll say bye for now and hope to see mew on Wednesday when we're back with our usual Midweek News Round-Up. Until then Keep Calm and Colour OM! Supurr chilled purrs Wing Commander Basil & The B Team xox
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