Beautiful Night Goddess

I'd love to credit this of anyone knows who it originated with? Please comment if you do.

Visited by Frog

Today I had a special visitor, a beautiful, large frog, and with it the spirit of Frog.

This was a large frog, the size of my palm, with huge back feet beautifully webbed with frills on the edges of the webbing. He was a beautiful soft green with a lighter underbelly. My neighbour found it on her child's pram, which was so strange. Being squeamish, she asked me to remove it.

The frog very happily stepped onto my hand, then sat there quietly and let me check him over. Frog slowly climbed from my palm to the back of my hand, still in no hurry to be off! I've not seen this in a frog before. Eventually I carried it outside and it slowly climbed off my hand at the edge of a puddle. Frog sat there a couple of minutes, seemingly very content, then slowly swam / hopped away into the grass. What a lovely encounter!

Photo from:  http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fuig38ryQbg/0.jpg

For information about Frog as a totem and spirit animal, go to http://www.spiritanimal.info/frog-spirit-animal/

Ras Al Hanout

Ras Al Hanout is a Morroccan spice combination used in cookery. It's composition varies and often it is just referred to as 'Morroccan Spice'. This is the ingredients list given by Alchemists Apothecary:

Rose Petals
Allspice
Black Pepper
Coriander
Mace
Paprika
Cardamom
Cayenne
Cloves
Ginger
Nutmeg
Turmeric

You will gather, it's HOT, so use sparingly!