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Amanita muscaria growing in my neighborhood beneath a deodar cedar. I captured the first photo back at the beginning of January after some of our first good rains here in California. This is the first time I've run into Amanita muscaria, it was a special day for me. Amanitas often symbolize luck, fertility, and rebirth. There is so much symbolism related to this iconic mushroom. It is "the" mushroom, if you will. It's a psychoactive mushroom, very different from psilocybin mushrooms, the active compound being muscimol. It's known to be a sedative-hypnotic. It's also actually edible if you boil it a few times and get rid of the water and is eaten and worked with medicinally throughout the world and throughout history. Highly recommend looking into all the lore behind this amazing mushroom! 🍄🌔🌲 Also big thanks to Ash @black.sage.botanicals for a wonderful class this past winter on these mushrooms. 🙏💗
Life's been tough lately, for many including myself! It's important to find joy even in little things in times of stress. For me, walks in my neighborhood help, just seeing little flower friends. Here's a hellebore, a little poisonous friend for you! But remember, poison is all about the dose. Anything can be a poison, even water, at too high of a dose. Hellebores actually were used as medicine throughout history, as with many other poison plants.
Hawk, our eternal messenger. I took some time last night to reflect on some herbs that have helped me through the year. Check out my new blog post on my top 5 herbs from 2020, link in bio! 🌲🦅
Deck the halls with bows of holly...a traditional Welsh song. My Grandma planted holly next to her house. It felt special to spot this holly tree in my neighborhood which also prompted me to learn more about the holly tree.
A portrait of 2020 as a rose. But also, rose medicine has been getting me through 2020. Rose medicine, the scent and taste, along with being a nervine is such a comfort to me.
It was so nice to get some fresh herbs🌿 from @blumafarm recently. When the smoke settles in from fire season🔥, everything fresh seems like a little miracle from the earth 🌎. This bouquet came with some great respiratory/lung tonic herbs, so I started an oxymel with some of them plus some other herbs I had on hand.
Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) is so beautiful and one of my favorite trees! Reminiscing about earlier this summer when they were blooming. I can't believe it's been a few months since my last post. Time is flying by so quickly while sheltering in place. I believe mimosa is one of those special medicines for these times of overwhelm and sadness.
Bee friends meeting up for lunch in some lavender. I think we all could use some lavender medicine right about now! 💜 Soothing and relaxing, the smell can reduce depression and anxiety. I recommend making some herbal body oils with lavender or, if you aren't feeling like DIY-ing anything right now, maybe try using some lavender soap, putting some lavender in your tea or coffee, or diffusing some essential oil. How are you all coping these days? Stay safe and well! 😊
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