If Creation is concluded with rest, in the cyclical nature of life it also means that Creation starts with rest. Although this statement might first sound conflicting with our title here, but let me guide you through some events that made me think so, as I was going through my vast collection of pictures that […]
Abundant Rosemary: Keep focussed and carry on! Read More »
Can You See The Forest For The Trees? When studying about plants, or talking about them without any actual involvement, or any kind of a personal connection developed with the plant world, one can easily get confused or lost within their infinite kingdom. I’m not saying that every single one of us should be raised
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Spica is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and one of the 20 brightest stars in the night sky. According to Wikipedia. To me, Spica is the brightest, strongest and without question my all time favourite type of lavender essential oil. This one specifically. Organically grown and “cultivated” as it was wild by Gill
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Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of the hundreds treasures of Crete. In some countries they call it St John’s bread, locust bean or even monkey food (although that would probably be baobab). Well donkeys and goats like it too… My mom told me that in her childhood in Hungary it was a favourite sweet
Carob: food for smart monkeys Read More »
The first workshop at Botanica 2018 I have probably come across the work of Carole Guyett through Rhiannon Lewis, organiser of Botanica, thanks to one of her valuable posts somewhere on facebook. I suppose, as sometimes you tend to forget the messenger, who it was and when that happened. Nevertheless, I have my ordering records,
Meeting Carole Guyett and our plant allies Read More »
As the weather so the landscape is offering a bit of summer blending into automn on the last day of September. A few drops of rain, yet only the ones sitting on the leaves, and taken into dance by the wind. That’s why a Sunday walk at the foothills of the White Mountains of Crete is
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Just a few bright shots from Brighton, on arrival to Botanica 2018 Conference – celebrating herbs & clinical aromatherapy. Greetings from this boho city with a walk along their cosmopolitan seafront (that’s how they call their pebble beach) and a small garden tour to get some fresh air before all the sitting starts at the conference
Brighton. Seafront & Gardens Read More »
All of us have our shadows, but to learn to bring them into matching the light is what it takes to come to a joyful life. Creating a new edition of my Feminine Flow perfume balm this afternoon spontaneously offered some amazing discoveries. What do you see there? Creating an oil blend is always a
Light & Shadow of Feminine Flow Read More »
Going through my distillation diary, I couldn’t help noticing some concurrences… My first time distilling Cistus creticus in the summer of 2017 happened to be the 14th in the series of my distillations. The second time for the same plant, in just about a year, got to become number 28. I have always loved numbers.
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