I made some flower food today -- a tiny bottle of violet champagne vinegar. It needs to brew for a few weeks before it's ready. Last year I made violet vinegar on Earth Day, April 22, 2014 -- that means the violets are blooming over a month earlier this year.
Directions to make violet, Viola odorata, vinegar and a little more about using violet as herbal medicine are here. I was taught years ago that violet syrup soothes unnamed grief. It stuck with me but I have never really come upon a situation to use violet for that purpose. Recently I read that homeopathically speaking, violet people are bright and perceptive, but can be sad or depressed to the point of crying without really knowing why. There seems to be a connection there. Violet is a great healer, indeed.
More good news is that since those first violet blossoms in the spring are not seed-bearers (that happens later), we can pick them freely.
I'm stitching the little rosemary bookcloth. I was thinking since rosemary is a brain herb, good for studying and remembering, I should use it in a reference book of some sort. The power of suggestion, you know.
Journal52's Week 10 for art journaling was coloring book inspiration. I used a black/white/gray illustration from an old magazine and colored pencils. I didn't think I would like this prompt all that much but I did. The chakra points weren't in the original illustration -- and the Thoreau quote was synchronous, if only I really did have a canoe.
Today is a waning moonday in the sign of Aquarius, a good time for group work and play. And, as always, that strong Aquarian trait of making improvements might make itself known, watch out. Equinox is coming up this week -- did you know both spring and autumn equinox are good days to develop fairy vision?
Thanks for visiting, have a wonderful week and a smooth change of season -- and I hope you get to see a fairy or two. Think I'm going to sink into the color purple for a while now. xo
Every one MUST believe in something (what a fine drawing) - I believe I've got a case of "unnamed grief" and so your post is the post I needed tonight. It hit me broadside (but from the inside) as I left my writing group and headed home. No need to ponder. I'll get me some violets ((((smiling)))) activate fairy vision and see what's to be seen.
ReplyDeleteWhy am I still surprised by how much beauty I fall in love with each time I'm here. I had to go back and look at the rosemary again! Amazing. The coloring page is gorgeous and makes me wish I too could float away. The unnamed grief always reminds me of the children's book "Madeline" - when Miss Clavel feels something is not right. I hope you know what I mean, as I am not saying it well here! Thanks for more beauty here Peggy.
ReplyDeleteI picked seed heads from wild plants growing under field hedges near Whitby Abbey years ago. Id taken the kids on a farm holiday and it was a magical week of goats milk, beach combing and fossil seeking.
ReplyDeleteMy violets took an age to grow but finally did and blossomed in nooks and crannies around the garden.
I brought one small plant and lots of seed heads when I moved here last year, so far I have no flowers but there are afew leaves!
For several reasons I associate them with my mum and granma, have always loved them.
Striking artwork there, much symbolism
I love,love when you share your medicinal recipes. As soon as our snow melts and the violets come out I will be making this.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post!
such gorgeous shades of purple and i love that journal page. haven't grown violets in many years.
ReplyDeletelooking forward to violet here
ReplyDeleteYour rosemary stitching is brilliant! I hope you get to canoe in your dreams soon.
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