BLESSINGS IN BOTTLES
Scroll down to see all of the vessels and blessings contained in them along with their locations linked by current month.
These vessel discoveries were reported by their finders who were kind enough to send a picture. It is a pleasure to share them with you.
Simone and friends at Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii.
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Patience found a Hawiian vessel at the Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve in Birch Bay Washington and shared this lovely pic!
A Hawiian blessing vessel was found in White Rock, B.C. by Michael. This is one of the pictures he sent.
Raycon Rivera found a Hawiian blessing that traveled from Diamond Head to Waikiki in Oahu, Hawaii.
Julia and her best friend at Sage Mountain National Park, Tortola, BVI
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Cultural Connections
Our bottles containing blessings are found along park hiking trails that we enjoy visiting. Some bottles are embedded into hand carved wooden vessels featuring roughly fashioned cultural symbols with traditional meanings that are explained below. We intend to place at least one handcrafted vessel along a moderate hiking trail each month. Sometimes we'll place a blessing in a bottle including a symbolic charm. Click the button by month for information relating their locations for this and previous years. Then, hike some of the designated trails to find vessels containing a blessing.
The roughly carved wooden vessels and bottled blessings are found along the trails, and sometimes among the vegetation but never exceeding a foot off the trail. It is very important to be careful of the environment as you search, and especially when you find the carved vessel containing a blessing. Our appreciation of the environments in and around places we live and visit inspired this project and we want to protect them.
Trails for now include areas in Salem, Massachusetts, Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii, Northwest Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Tortola, BVI, Osby, Sweden, Simi Valley, California and Surry, B.C. Our hiking trails will change over time but remain in these same general areas. If you find a carved wooden vessel or a bottled blessing with a charm, report your find using the Report button. Hang your carved vessel by a doorway or place the bottled blessing with the charm near an entry to share your blessing with others.
The roughly carved wooden vessels and bottled blessings are found along the trails, and sometimes among the vegetation but never exceeding a foot off the trail. It is very important to be careful of the environment as you search, and especially when you find the carved vessel containing a blessing. Our appreciation of the environments in and around places we live and visit inspired this project and we want to protect them.
Trails for now include areas in Salem, Massachusetts, Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii, Northwest Washington, Phoenix, Arizona, Tortola, BVI, Osby, Sweden, Simi Valley, California and Surry, B.C. Our hiking trails will change over time but remain in these same general areas. If you find a carved wooden vessel or a bottled blessing with a charm, report your find using the Report button. Hang your carved vessel by a doorway or place the bottled blessing with the charm near an entry to share your blessing with others.
Hawaiian Blessing
Fisherman Blessing
Native American Blessing
Irish Blessing
Heart Blessing
Crescent Moon Blessing
Symbols and Meanings
The arrowhead symbolizes strength, protection, alertness and direction. The heart symbolizes love, charity, joy, compassion and truth. The fish symbolizes rebirth, faith and change. The crescent moon symbolizes hope, optimism and new beginnings. The shamrock symbolizes faith, hope, love and luck. Finally, the hei-malau, or fishhook symbolizes safe journey, strength, prosperity and good fortune.
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