What on earth is up with this planet

Tsunamis, earthquakes and unseasonally cold weather. Could it be we are in a time of change. Well the ancient mayans thought so. I hope it doesnt get thet radical. The political power games played to make people afraid of Terror. The climate is changing. The recession. Gee i had really hoped all those predictions were wrong but are they?

I guess we will find out.

In the meantime life on the road is pretty good if somewhat wet. I live my house and am grateful for my fire.

Its the start of a new season

Its September and time to start again with the fairs. I have loved the winter and going bush for the last two weeks. Just peace, birds and trees and outside fires. Its been fantastic and it will be a shock to the system being around crowds again. Ive learnt some new things about computers and painted the truck. Caught up with some old friends as well which was fab.

My new banner

Yay it feels a bit like spring

Everywhere i look there are flowers. In the paddock next to me are calves. Yippee

Last night my sidekick Fiens the cat tried some icecream , wow a cat on sugar is a radical hyperactive cat. Leaping around the truck like crazy, never again.

I am staying in Matamata at the moment and exhibiting at another spiritual festival this weekend in Tirau. So that should be cool. I’m starting to think I’m not going to get all my jobs done before the season starts again. I have just been having so much fun and catching up with loads of people. Its been fab.

Keep loving life everyone

Gypsytraveller http://www.tarotbeyondlimitation.com

A change is as good as a break.

While the rest of the group are parked up I have been travelling around doing some spiritual expos.
Theyre are great. The Spiritual gardens team are fantastic a nice group of people who are not into playing games and are kind and very welcoming. Absolutely loved the Fair I did with them. This weekend its off to Thames to the High School for a weekend with a different group. Its so easy just setting up in a hall. No awnings to worry about, absolutely perfect.
Hope everyone out there is enjoying winter too
Gypsytraveller

Its been an interesting winter

Storms, rain, gale force winds and swinging off awnings at 4 am are all part of the Gypsy Life  and is the stuff fireside stories are made up of.

So north land has been a bit hard weather wise but its an area I love passionately and wouldn’t have missed for anything. Now its time for the group to take a break over winter and recharge ready for next season.

Fiens ready to ride with her friend Laurance

Meanwhile I will be working at some spiritual shows in the Waikato as what I earn on the  on the road is my only income and parking up is not a reality when you live indepently in the truest sense. I am looking forward to meeting new and different people and working in halls will be quite nice as its not as weather dependant.

I hope fellow roadfolk have their potbellies stoked up and their kettle whistling merrily while they stay cosy in the winter weather

Safe travels from Gypsytaveller

What a wonderful world

Wow time is flying by. We have had some awesome fairs and had a great easter at Whangamata. I am looking forward to seeing a bit more of the coromandle on day it looks beautiful. The new cooperative is working well together and we are all enjoying life immensily.

I love meeting people and doing readings in different towns. Its amazing to see so much and absorb so much.

Its autumn now and i have even had the fire going once or twice. Winter is looming and i have some interesting plans for when the group has a break in mid winter. It feels good to be exited about winter and am

travelling is the best

Am loving the way our new group is working. People are getting on with their jobs and the atmosphere at the fairs is fantastic. The public are commenting on how happy our fair feels. We have between 12 and 15 trucks at each fair and even though its not huge its friendly. We had a fabulous fair at Whangamata at Easter and Te Aroha folk came in droves. I am in Huntly doing the flyer’s as publicity is my job in the co op and I email papers, i-sites and radio stations as well.

Yes its lovely having a say in where we are going and its fantastic to see how even as a bunch of eccentric individuals we can cooperate and share the decision making as a core group of 10 we are doing pretty well.

Autumn is here and its blowing and raining outside but my little helper( serafina) is blobbed out on the couch enjoying the fire.

Gypsytraveller

A look down one of our alleys

New Beginnings

Well our new group seems to be up and rolling with a few venues behind us now. Last weekend we were in Wairoa, what a fantastic community and a what a great feeling in that town. Absolutily fabulous.

Yesterday four of us drove to mahia and booked into the campground, once again what an awesome part of the world.

Moko the dolphin played with the people in the water and we played volleyball with him, a really wonderful experience. Later we drank tea on a blanket and discussed how magical and powerful spiritually this peninsula is. It feels peaceful and seems to rejuvinate and uplift.

So life is great and travelling is so rewarding

Each ending brings a new beginning and this one was meant to be

Ponderings

Who knows? What a bizarre time. To find the person you held in high esteem, the person who led a group of travellers and who was once trustworthy and nicely and likable human could change so.

A person who had a huge heart and enormous compassion, who really once cared turned around.

Why I ask myself?

To find myself face to face with outrageous control games, to be told I should follow blindly and had no right to understand or know. what on earth was that about? A cult?

Gypsies, roadfolk, whatever you want to call people of this lifestyle, We are here to enjoy a sense of freedom and to have a say in our lives. I really dont understand.

It was a shocking and disappointing experience.

Now the group of people once lead is leading itself. Maybe it was meant to be.

It is certainly a happier place to work in and be with people laughing , smiling, playing and being kind to each other. Perhaps the time of leaders is over and it was a final control game versus freedom, Who knows.

All i know is that I am free, still rolling and doing the work I love. Just under a different banner THE GYPSYTRAVELLERS ( quite appropriate I think) and doing the work I love

Gypsytraveller

Gypsy Life

Its been an interesting time on the road. Diesel has come down (yay) and its getting warmer(even better)

Weve had some fires and shared dinners, cooked on fires and after our Taupo fair had a weekend off. Its time to get a new certificate of fitness for the truck hence its been get under the truck and get dirty time.

Greasing, adjusting brakes, rustproofing and getting a park light I never use to go. Part of being a proud trucker woman is doing as much of the messy stuff yourself as you can and learning new things constantly.

Its simply housetrucker tradition and women who didn’t want dirty their fingernails or at least help and learn were frowned upon by fellow trucker in the years past.

Getting the 6 monthly C.O.F. is always a bit nerve wrecking and it feels like exam time. Whether you get your sticker or not depends on the person inspecting it. Reasonable and safety conscious is good, nit picky and annoying is the bane of every trucker. Our livelihood and lifestyle depend on that precious sticker.

Oh well my turn for that inevitable brush next week so I have everything crossed in hope it will go smoothly.

Wish me luck

Gypsytraveller