William Blake and the Essence of Bealtaine Cottage

[@annmclucas6207]

I'm watching /listening on 22nd August 2024. What a lovely healthy Robin. Thank you Collette for allowing me into your home and garden every day. ❤

[@vanessahawarden9028]

How wise Jack is …I could watch him all day. His instincts are fascinating to see. I will always miss him, Blessings Colette and to the beautiful soul of Jack x

[@karensmith9662]

This is an older video but, to me, it resonates so well all that is you and what you’ve created at Bealtaine Cottage! The contrast of dramatic big wind (which I love) with the tender, tinier details of leaf, berry, and jagged edges of broken or fallen branches. I love the mention of Blake, whom I believe I’ve likened some of your bits of writing to. This post deemed mad squeaked (just) his way into the romantic poetry school,though he had a different more wild vision. You are always such an inspiration Collette!

[@theuniquebean]

I have always said that the wind allows the trees to speak to us. I love going out on windy days to just listen. Beautiful video. Thank you.

[@marshateeling1081]

I find myself watching your videos before I go tp bed at night. The sights and the sounds just bring peace to my world. You touch so many lives and hearts, Colette.

[@wendyhonnor2487]

For all of you here who have not bought Colette's book A Cottage and Three Acres, oh you must buy it and read it. IT IS JUST SO WONDERFUL. Mine arrived in no time at all and I live in Tasmania, Australia. Every page is full of life and hope and wonderful ideas and thoughts you will use in your life and garden. It is so precious.

[@bealtainecottage]

Thank you Wendy!

[@lyndasmith593]

Stunning....wrapped in nature to the vibrations of chimes. Blessings.

[@radhadas3339]

I am 66 years old and for some reason I have been thinking alot about my next life and what I would like it to be.It's almost like God is having a little conversation with me about it. I keep having dreams of having a little purple cottage with a big hearth and a wild garden. It has become so real to me and I think about it all the time. It feels me with happiness and expectations. Do not ask me how but somehow your blog showed up on my channel and I clicked it on. I started crying and was so happy It is like God is showing me this little bit of heaven on earth and to let me know he has heard me and in my next life I will have my little purple cottage with a hearth and a wild garden. But for now I can enjoy yours and feel so happy just seeing it with you through your eyes. Thank you so much.

[@alizaday]

Sweetie its possible in this life too. I'm 58 and have 5 auto immune diseases .. I have a big garden and find it hard to manage it, I do a little at a time, Ive planted lots of trees, its a bit like the wild wood in wind in the willows, if we want something and its for good not selfishness ,, I believe it can manifest , you have many yrs ahead of you, have a plan, believe in your dream, see feel it, many blessings to you xx

[@radhadas3339]

PINK CHAMPAGNE. Thank you so much. Things have been happening to me. I wanted to plant wild violets, clover, and dandelions as a start. I looked out my window one morning and there were so many dandelions I couldn't believe it! My son took me outside and there was clover, plantain, wild lettuce, and so much more. I know I can have my garden! I can't afford to paint my house purple but my son and daughter are painting the inside a beautiful lavender. Thank you so much for your kind words you don't know how much it meant to me. God bless you so much please!

[@alizaday]

That is wonderful. you are most welcome, and thank you xx

[@PatriciaJessup]

Wind has always presented a feeling of peace.

[@reneebeard6835]

I wish i lived in that forest garden...you are rich beyond measure❤

[@jenniferadderley8219]

Hi Colette, I'm Jen from Australia 👋 I've been following you for a little while and I thoroughly enjoy the peaceful connection you have with Mother Earth. Your property is absolutely amazing, such an incredible effort you have made, and your positivity shows as the plants clearly love you. Jack has such a wonderful life, he is so loved and he has the best time wandering around your property 👌 I'm thoroughly enjoying your gorgeous little books and map of Bealtaine, so beautifully written and the photos are lovely indeed! Your videos are a incredibly informative and a delight to view. Thanks for the effort you make to share with all of us! 👋🌹🌷⚘🥀🌺🌸💖Jen x

[@wendyhonnor2487]

Oh it is just heavenly. What a paradise you have created Colette. Bless you for sharing it with us. I can watch these videos over and over. I have a woodland garden/orchard and I am following your advice and instructions in my planning and planting.

[@GemmaleeDee]

Your words on empathy literally brought me to tears.. thank you for sharing your wisdom with everyone. Every time I watch one of your videos there seems to be something in it that speaks directly to me in some way. I'm so glad I found your channel.

[@Michelle_moonlover]

Oh so restful abd calming for the soul. Beautiful just beautiful xx thankyou

[@Bella-ul8mq]

The sound that the winds make is like an important conversation is taking place among the flora. Some tress and bushes are actually touching each other. It is a vibrant conversation!

[@collenestephenson3550]

The wind through the trees sounds like rushing water. Beautiful sound.

[@mrsmcadie8592]

Lovely not only to hear the robin on your wander but he even put in an appearance, made my day thank you.

[@mowilson5588]

You always speak from the heart ❤️ your truth. Such deep validity and insight spoken with love. 🌻

[@Peter111ization]

Many people have pictures/painting on their walls of idyllic cottages surrounded by flowers and greenery. Better to aspire to live among it as you have done.

[@claudinevandamme4809]

Magical..yes your place is so beautiful and natural but magical. .The wind is wonderful too..and so is jack. Wow those mushrooms are great. Lovely shoot dear. Like always stunning.

[@ira_za]

Speaking of Blake - my fav for many years was "Leave O leave me to my sorrows; Here 'll sit and fade away, Till I'm nothing but a spirit, And I lose this frm of clay. ...". Thank you for reminding!! These lines make much more sense to me now as I see them through your ideas

[@BlueGardenCottage]

I just love watching your videos every day....sounds sad I know but, I get the same feeling watching them as I do when going out into my own garden. I feel energised and my heart swells. Just last night, we left the back door open for our dog to come and go as she pleases. Hubby goes into the downstairs bathroom and finds buttons trying to get behind the bucket in the shower. It turned out to be a frog! I was so happy! I quickly rescued it from Buttons and put it back in the garden as there were slugs and obviously food for the frog/toad. Can anyone get that excited about having a frog in the garden? I took it for a sign that it may be Autumn but nature is still doing it's thing. It is not yet time for hibernation and I am glad of the slugs, or I wouldn't have frogs. So yes, It is a magical time of the year and it brings an excitement and expectation of change. My own little suburban food forest is still only fledgling, but I do already feel it a place close to nature and it does fill my soul! Thank you for sharing. x

[@bealtainecottage]

Beautifully in tune with Her...

[@SVENofKY]

I planted some trees this morning... all b/c of your inspiration... now the waiting and nurturing begins. Planting trees is a very optimistic act for it takes years to see the results. I have trees here I planted 30 years ago and I am so glad I planted them back then. It's very rewarding to see what they have become. Thanks again for inspirational videos!!

[@jennymo4122]

I'm just making my way through your videos and only just come across the fact you have a stone circle! It's so enchanting! I'm feeling inspired now. Just love seeing the lush, verdant life and your creativity. You've created a magickal world. Thank you for sharing with us! Brightest blessings! xxx

[@justme.1st]

I noticed that at around 19:50 I think it was, you were speaking of letting Mother Nature have her way, the wind picked up in answer :) She hears you, feels what you’re doing & glories in it, thanking you for your diligent efforts on her behalf. I can’t agree w/ you more about what William Blake had to say about the wee robin redbreast, it would be a travesty to ever see that sweet little creature in a cage. Thank you Colette for another amazing visit to the sanctuary you have created. I am so grateful to be allowed in :) Blessings upon you & Jack 💕

[@bealtainecottage]

It is an abomination to cage any bird...I find it a grotesque trait in humanity to want to imprison any bird.

[@justme.1st]

@@bealtainecottage Can’t agree more, the little robin represents all birds, they are meant to fly free :)

[@sanguinelynx]

The energy of the music you were playing goes very well with the wind. I was playing some Loreena Mckennitt this morning. We're having an unseasonably warm, still Fall so far and I felt one of her more melodious soothing works fit the bill.

[@Lindyworld]

"She wants to keep evolving." 19:52 It's like Mother breaks into applause for your keen observation. Thanks for this lovely walk and talk.

[@kerrykeel16]

The sound is lovely, makes you feel there is actual contact with nature as well as seeing it. Beautiful 🙏 x

[@soulmirrors]

You are so dead-on, Colette. The less we can live on, the less time we are forced to spend at jobs that destroy the earth, and the more time we have to attune ourselves to nature wants. Every dollar we don't waste has a corresponding benefit for the earth. Being unemployed and watching my money, I'm finding it truly amazing how little I can live on and still be happy, nay, happier. Thanks for the camaraderie ; ) Dave p.s. Sorry to make literal your message, but it just translated out to me that way. I entirely understand the deeper sense of surrendering and not wanting things to be your way too much, too ; )

[@juliefermer3257]

Soooo loved the closeups of the robin singing! They are my absolute favourite garden bird and this was a real treat! Bless you Colette, bless you! 😊 ❤

[@mindyvaughn8217]

I love being able to see through your eyes and your heart.

[@MariaAnnastasia1]

A very lovely and moving video Colette! As an empath I have always been able to feel what Mother Nature's creatures and plants and trees feel. I have learned to keep this to myself because whenever I expressed what I felt empathically from nature I have been laughed at or accused of perhaps taking to the drink too much. And I agree with you, William Blake was an incredible soul and so very rare. Seldom do we encounter humans of his unique kind of brilliance and talent and sensitivity. It was such a delight to see Robin Redbreast, for although we have Robins here they are not as delicate nor have the bright red colour on their breast as yours do. Blessings to you and Jack! ❤️❤️

[@sandieneff1613]

Wow! I get such strength and joy from your creations!

[@iabaly]

What beautiful moments with you and the wind and Jack and this Robin...I could almost feel the wind on my skin, surely on my heart! Thank you again and always dear Colette!

[@crystalpope2451]

The wind in the trees sounds wonderful and blows clean, new air around everything. The colors are vibrant with fall energy. Good Blessed Morning.

[@celestialskye1]

I So NEEDED this vid tonight. The winds enchant me ~ many years ago while visiting my brother when he was living in Montana in a cabin, there was such a wind that was shaking every leaf in all the trees that you would have thought the river had jumped its banks and was roaring past the window that night. What a beautiful sound it was. Thank you for taking us on a lovely walk through your gardens! You have inspired me to make a small standing stones in my soon to be dwelling in the next several months. Blessings, Katherine

[@kathrynwilson7436]

I love the coloursof your garden but especially love the black and white of wee Jack running around .😍😍

[@10AntsTapDancing]

It's spring here in NZ so life is bursting into growth again with warmer days, but truly in the North Island plants never really stop growing. I love your lovely garden and it's secret places. You are a treasure to have restored this barren place to beauty. I don't share your belief in the supernatural but I my father was Irish so I'm a bit conflicted about it, but then again if the world thought more in terms of Mother Earth then surely the world would be a better place. Love and peace to you Colette.

[@helenevans304]

What a glorious song the robin sings, thank you for sharing.

[@trudyfortenberry6446]

I love the music of the wind ! It’s very happy !

[@friedgreentomatoes542]

It's SO BEAUTIFUL @ BealtaineCottage! Love you Collette, Jack, Sammy & Beauty xxxxx

[@paulas.7879]

Just lovely, listening to and seeing the robin!

[@suginami123]

Isn’t wind a delight?

[@ajunthaanwari]

Beautiful

[@Beatrice.Buiron]

Oh Colette!! I cannot begin to say how much I loved this video! Thank you, thank you!

[@MoonGypsy]

I so enjoy taking a stroll through your gardens.

[@elizabethwinters5361]

And bless you as well, Collette ❤

[@janetduncan3243]

Love to see Jack again!❤

[@BendyTheDarkDemon]

I love the sound of the wind, if i close my eyes i can imagine i am at the beach as the wind rushing through the trees sounds like the ocean

[@JessieGracie_9150MilesfromHome]

I love your garden .

[@The9LADIES]

It Makes Our Hearts Sing ... Just Like The Little Robin ... To Hear Our Thoughts And Feelings Expressed By You In What Is Always So Eloquent & Beautiful A Way ... Thankyou xxx

[@abogard2]

Love love love your work!! Your videos are like soul balm. I just plowed thru your book (thank you! So nice to receive it via post!) and am inspired to create a little eden on my own bit o land here in Ohio (within the choke hold of suburban village laws) Today we planted a new willow and we have new plans to keep the deer decimators at bay. I noticed you have flute music playing at the start of this video. Who is it? I’m a read Irish flute player and it seemed familiar but I couldn’t place it. Keep up the good work Colette!!!!

[@alizaday]

When all above the earth seems dormant, there is a hive of activity below, preparing for new life.

[@kathyroberts5870]

i watched your video where you was talking about your rhododendron Put your old apples around the bottom for the acid they need.

[@debra7241]

Just beautiful!

[@RWhit774]

Good afternoon to you Colette🦋🐝🐸Hugs & well wishes ❣️

[@emmamushroom257]

Hello and thankyou, your words speak to my heart.

[@BarbaraC02]

The sounds (the winds, the birds, your voice) and images you film plus the images you create with your words are so compelling, so soothing. Nice morning fix... now back to the garden.

[@sarahp3046]

beautiful !

[@pawprintsjersey5787]

Good answer stuff and more stuff in sheds. Garden tools ect ect. Love ❤️ Autumn:)

[@deeblakley7422]

I think this is one of my favorite of your videos so far - although I have many others yet to watch. Autumn has always been my favorite time of year. It's the time when nature winds down, as you have pointed out, and gets ready for slumber. Plants and animals are doing so, and we should take our cue accordingly. Lay up our stores for the long winter, and take this season to contemplate, to review what has gone before without judgment, but taking the lessons the journey provides. I love an approaching storm. In my area of the US, the winds pick up, and the air becomes thick with humidity, as if it has a mass all its own. I love to imagine the wind in the leaves are the whispers of the Earth Mother to all the woodland, meadow, prairie and garden spirits. Love your comment about textbooks, because we know the Earth Mother does not need a textbook. My front porch is painted in vibrant, multiple colors. On one of the rafters, I have stenciled what I believe. It's not the destination, it's the journey. Blessings on your journey, and many thanks from me to you that you allow me to glimpse portions of your journey.

[@dandydayfarms1269]

Precious bird.

[@mistyernster9162]

beautifully magical can only imagine the fresh air blowing thru

[@drdwaynecuster]

"When you look at this life of action - the growing tree, the bird on the wing, the flowing river, the movement of the clouds, of lightning, of machines, the action of the waves upon the shore- then you see, do you not, that life itself is action, endless action that has no beginning and no end. It is something that is everlastingly in movement, and it is the universe, God, bliss, reality. But we reduce the vast action of life to our own petty little action in life, and ask what we should do, or follow some book, some system. See what we have done, how petty, small, narrow, ugly, brutal our action is. Please do listen to this! I know as well as you that we have to live in this world, that we have to act within time and that it is no good saying: 'Life is so vast, I will let it act, it will tell me what to do.' It won't tell us what to do. So you and I have to see this extraordinary phenomenon of our mind reducing this action which is infinite, limitless, profound, to the pettiness of how to get a job, how to become a minister, whether to have sex or not- you know all the petty little struggles in life. So we are constantly reducing this enormous movement of life to action which is recognizable and made respectable by society." - J. Krishnamurti

[@deblabel]

I have birds but not in cages. They fly around the house. So messy and destructive, but I love them and since I bought them before I knew better, I don't think they should suffer in cages. I worry about what will happen to them when I die. It should not be legal to sell birds as pets.

[@firesidewitch1398]

I have found that in trying to be a minimalist, I end up with lots of material items. Living in abundance... Isn't it strange how that works?

[@rissahaven]

Does anyone know the name of the song playing in the beginning?

[@karenthesheepgirl1909]

A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends. He dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. The caged birds sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still. And his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom. A few lines I love from Maya Angelou's Caged Bird.

[@laurahodger7184]

It's not just the wild birds that love the leycestra berries it's the first thing my chucks head to too when they are let out in the morning. It's like they do a dance jumping up to pick them off

[@madilyons8665]

What trees or plants have you made your archways out of?

[@bealtainecottage]

Laurel and Willow.

[@madilyons8665]

Ah thank you!! I'm hoping to one day have a beautiful forest and garden like yours and would love to include some of these lovely natural arches. They're so beautiful!

[@peggylindenthaler6503]

Where in Ireland is your cottage? Have you ever heard of the name Duerdan?

[@sabrinawanderer7560]

Damn! So after all you're also an empath? No wonder i feel every words you say. Haha! Long live empaths! 😍😍😍😍

[@MAKErecycled1]

Do you have hens still Collette? I remember seeing some in a video somewhere? My hens are enjoying this autumn with a bit of a moult and then a hunker down for the winter free of egg laying. They are my friends! 🐓🐓🐓

[@bealtainecottage]

No more hens...gave them away some time ago now.

[@MAKErecycled1]

BealtaineCottage oh, that's a shame, I like my poultry very much. But they don't mix with gardens do they!!!

[@VannaWhiteboard]

Textbooks are dead trees.