this beautiful mouth-blown glass witch ball comes from the UK. legends suggest that witch balls were used for protection against evil spells, curses, negativity, sickness, and ill fortune. traditionally, it is hung in an east window but any area around the home or even outside in the garden is a perfect spot to place a witch ball to ward off negative energy.
this morning, my sister and i went to the funeral service for the husband of her friend. it was quite touching as all funeral services are wont to go. quite a few people came up to me and by the looks on their faces i knew i should know or remember them but sadly i couldn't place them anywhere in the past 25 or so years. they had thought that because i am almost near the age of the deceased that i probably have alzheimer's or dementia. even my sister's friend's mother, a 95-year-old woman, recognized me and to my shame i couldn't recognize her. so i went there technically knowing only my sister's friend and her deceased husband.
coming home, i got caught in a hailstorm, first time ever since i came to canada. the hails were the size of a regular pearl bead and it came so suddenly. i was at the bus stop and the bus was approaching, for a while i could not decide whether to get on the bus or enjoy the hailstorm even though it was quite painful on the face. i caught some but by the time i got off, they had melted. i have seen hails before but all those times i was inside and the hails were mostly very tiny. there was a time i wished for hails the size of a golf ball but as much as i would've enjoyed it, most people, especially those who are driving, probably wouldn't as damage from hails aren't covered by insurance unless the policy has a special clause.
i'm behind in commenting; i shall try and catch up with your photos in the next day or so.
Beautiful design on this glass witch ball. Would be pretty to hang a few around. I like how you composed it, with a break in the iron works.
It must have been an emotional draining day with the funeral and traveling with hail, but it shows once again how wrong of a lady you are.
I don’t think I have ever heard of one of these before but this one is beautiful! It has lots of color and your capture of all the details is terrific.
As always your narrative holds so many different tidbits of information. People change and if you haven’t seen them in a while it’s very difficult to identify them when you see them again so don’t beat yourself up about that.
This is a beautiful image of this special ornament. Hope it has been lucky for you at keeping the witches and their spells away. Setting it against the white background and lighting it so the interior glows was an excellent choice.
It must have been an emotional draining day with the funeral and traveling with hail, but it shows once again how wrong of a lady you are.
As always your narrative holds so many different tidbits of information. People change and if you haven’t seen them in a while it’s very difficult to identify them when you see them again so don’t beat yourself up about that.