I like to stay up late.

I like to stay up late

to hear the cicadas

call in the virile August heat

I like to drink coffee in the morning

when the day is new 

and bittersweet, humid with dew

I like to feel the sting of nettle

as I gather healing plants, and pray

I like to sing old southern tunes
although I'm off the key
I stay

Forgive me my earthly vices
for I know from sensual sources
It's from here I gather nuance
both practical and not

I like to pick my herbs
when the sun and moon are right
so the medicine is strong
and the potions make delight

Infusions bright or rooty
long in flavor
sweet in feel
Tisanes and such are solace
soothing wounds of soul and heel.

I like to stay up late
and listen to the moon
speak of stories past
and of futures coming soon

She casts her gaze in shadows
all along the breath of night
in the owls wing she teaches
all of hunting and of sight

Belonging in the green
is odd for human flesh indeed
but here I swoon and ponder
all the fleshy wounds and woes
and how they might be bandaged
by the green and ferny boughs.

I love you so much.

Even on the most ridiculously stressful, tiring, frugal, overwhelming and busy days, I love what I do with irrevocable passion. Every time I pour an elixir I can't help but think in my mind "I love you so much. I love you so much." There is just something of a deep story, fragrant dance, and sacred lineage that pulses through me when I make potions from the plants I've gathered. Thank you Spirit for letting me be a medicine woman. I'm humbled and honored. I hope I serve you well.

Collecting Calendula at Goldthread Herb Farm

Genovese Basil

Black Cohosh

Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root

Wood betony, Stachys 

Lemon Balm, Melissa

Milk Thistle

Flowering Tulsi

Echinacea & Tulsi

Skullcap tincture

Clary Sage flowers

Clary Sage bract

Athena's Victory Treacle for the Lady's Slipper Ring Members

The Works

Beautiful Results

Herbal Skin Care Treasures


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xo

Potions, Photos, View. A moment of herbalism.

Ghost Pipe Tincture

Wintergreen Elixir

Sweet Everlasting Facial Repair Oil

Sweet Everlasting Regenerating Cream

mmmm

Wild Ghost Pipe

I suppose I could steal away this moment to say something profound about herbal medicine. So I'll say just this. Herbal medicine is an emotional and physiological imprint of plant wisdom upon one's being. To learn: spend time with plants. Feel them, hear them, smell them, taste them, draw them. Relate, argue, ask, believe.
Paint them, cook them, infuse them, plant them, drink them, dance them, breathe them.

Forest <3

The view from a wildcrafting spot

Sweet Everlasting Skin Repair Wand

Lady's Slipper Ring Intensive Repair Collection

Made with Love

California Poppy Photos: Don't Worry, Be Happy :)

Monarda Punctata: Flower Portraits of a spotted bee balm

Pungent

Aromatic

Antiviral

Dispersive

Effective prepared in honey

Easy to grow

Medicine for ears, nose & throat ailments

Helps drain congestion & moves circulation

Excellent diaphoretic

Oh so pretty with Mugwort

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xoxo