Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Botanical Beauty; Summer Plant Journeys

Incredibly ripe elderberries


Sultry aromatics


Tall reaching blue vervain


Moonlit tulsi gathering


Perfumery intensive


Basil gathering


Healing hyssop


Stocking seasonal favorites; Mead



Happy bees, happy bee balm


Putting up dried rose buds from the beach


Kids' Great Hollow bff reunion


Ice cream!


Jumping into rivers


(that one's a little too high for me - but the girl loved it as you can see :)


A good year for St. Johnswort flowers



and for soaking up the wild waters (it was *hot*)


and it was a good summer for some seriously beautiful creative time: 


...Victorialand perfume compact; patchouli, ylang ylang, spice.
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Now .... off to the Women's Herbal Conference! 

ahhh summer 

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