On that sunny and cold morning in late February, Hekske (The Little Witch) was surprised to experience an unstoppable urge to fly.  This was completely unexpected as the last full moon was only 11 days ago, and witches normally only fly out on full moon days, when they go to their monthly coven.  Anyway, after kissing goodbye to Falke (the 9-year old witch apprentice) and Lalita (the Asian tree nymph), the young witch surrendered to her urge and flew into the unknown.  She had no idea where she was flying to, but she knew she would – as always - reach her destination by following her inner compass.
After taking off, the little witch headed straight towards the east with great speed, meaning the destination must be pretty far away.  After a day and a night of flying, she sensed she had reached her destination and gently touched down on an abandoned railway in the middle of a snow-covered forest, where she was welcomed by 2 other witches.  After a long welcome hug, the 2 women explained that the army of the country from the Eastern side of the river had invaded this land and a horrific and senseless war was raging between both parties.  A pure being like a witch has great trouble to understand things like borders and wars, but the little witch briefly felt the agony and suffering which was happening in this beautiful country, as well as the pain inside the heart of the peace-loving people of the attacking country.
Then the eldest witch spoke these wise words ‘However bleak and hopeless the current situation seems to be, if you look far enough in the future, peace and harmony will be restored between the people on both sides of the river’.  She stood up, and exactly at that moment 6 young witches and 6 wizards came from the 12 wind directions to converge in this place.  The 3 witches welcomed all of them, and explained that this place is the very center of Europe, as it’s neither East nor West, nor North nor South.  This place is the beating heart of Europe and today would be the day to give shape to the future.  While listening to all these explanations, the 12 young witches and wizards were not paying too much attention as they were too busy sneaking glances and shy smiles at each other.  After that, the 6 young witches and 6 wizards were being left alone and slowly they split up into 6 couples.  Although there were a few surprises as this included one witch-witch and one wizz-wizz couple, there was one constant among all couples… one person was dressed in red, blue and white and the other half of the couple in yellow and blue.  The eldest witch explained that the blue and yellow dress is worn by the people of the west bank of the river, and the red-blue-white colors by the people of the east bank.
The 6 couples started to stroll hand-in-hand along the railroad through the cold and leafless forest.  Actually, this railway line is known as the ‘Tunnel Of Love’ and is considered as the most romantic place in Europe (but less so in winter).  And then something magic happened.  One of the couples exchanged their first shy kiss, and the color of their clothes immediately changed to a bright pink, while the temperature suddenly shot up and the surrounding trees got fresh green leaves.  The other couples noticed this, and soon they were all exchanging tender kisses, while all the trees along the railway track became green.  Meanwhile a soft spring sun started to shine while all kinds of birds started to sing.  While the war was still raging around the forest, a new spring had already arrived in this Tunnel Of Love…

Witchtape #117 by Überhaupt & Außerdem

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Picture : The ‘Tunnel Of Love’ (Ukrainian: Туне́ль Коха́ння) near Klevan, Ukraine (credits : Ruslan Ivantsov)
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F

Witchtape #117 | Guest Wizards : Überhaupt & Außerdem

Witches are the guardians of the forests.  We're not evil or dark, just a bit shy.  And even surprisingly sweet and kind... as long as you respect the forest.

Art project of Hekske ('Little Witch' in my native Flemish language).
Founded on the 22nd of January 2017

Avatar and wallpaper by Ironika (Irina Alexandrovna)

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