The New Year's Acorn

My friend Tommy O. bid me a Happy New Year this week and dropped an Acorn in my hand. We don’t naturally have Oak trees here in Alaska and Tommy explained that this was a token of good luck and well wishes for the coming year. I have never heard about the Acorn’s charm –have you? While doing a bit of research I thought I’d warm up for the Sketchbook Challenge which starts tomorrow. Just in time for the Challenge, look what my friend Vicki made for me -an original Vicki journal! I thought

it couldn’t hurt to kick it off with sketching some Acorns!

~“Good Luck in a Nutshell by Nick Howes

When you carefully consider the old saying "a mighty oak from a little acorn grows", you don't have to go far to see that some cultures consider nuts to carry some kind of magic. Superstitions about nuts have been widespread throughout history. In fact, acorns remain popular good luck charms, even today. The belief originated in ancient Asia Minor where acorns represented the goddess of nature and spread west to the Romans and pre-Christian Druids of later times. The good fortune associated with real acorns extends to those made of gold, silver, or some other substance."~

~During the Norman Conquest, the English carried dried acorns to protect themselves from the brutalities of the day. Considered to be an emblem of luck, prosperity, youthfulness and power, the Acorn is a good luck symbol indeed! It also represents spiritual growth.~

~Symbol of the Acorn~

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Happy New Year 2011!