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October 2019 Flower Blog
October is my favorite month of the year here in the Pacific Northwest. It marks such a vibrant time of year. The trees seem to be...
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Oct 6, 20192 min read
September 2019 - Flower Blog
The Fall equinox has come and gone. The weather has definitely become colder here as the nights dip into the forties and I find myself...
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Sep 7, 20193 min read
August 2019 - Flower Blog
As August comes to a close, I can feel Autumn creeping into chilly nights once again. Already, the Alder leaves have begun to turn to...
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Jul 30, 20192 min read
July 2019 - Flower Blog
The beginning of this month was my annual ‘Girls Trip’ with Amy Billharz and Pinto. We escape the fireworks each July 4th and this year...
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Jul 7, 20193 min read
June 2019 - Flower blog
June came and went so quickly! Often, it’s still cool here in the Pacific Northwest throughout June despite the Summer Solstice marking...
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Jun 9, 20193 min read
May 2019 - State of the flowers
May was a lovely month full of sunshine for the plants here! So it’s time for another flower update on the blog. This month was full of...
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Apr 30, 20193 min read
April 2019 - State of the flowers
It’s April and the sun has returned after several weeks of rain. I think this blog will be a great place to document things that go...
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Apr 21, 20192 min read
April Tea - Foraged Salmonberry flowers
April in the Pacific Northwest always brings a wave of blooms with it. The cherry trees burst into pink and white snow-like drifts,...
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Mar 31, 20193 min read
March 2019 - Flower Update!
It’s my goal to post monthly updates on the blog, so that those who are interested can follow along in this Flower Adventure! Exciting...
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Mar 12, 20193 min read
March Tea Blend - Cupboard Clearing
We’ve had a spate of cloudless days recently, filled with gentle yellow sunshine. It’s been perfect weather for viewing our local...
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Feb 21, 20192 min read
February Tea Blend - A Light in Grey Places
It’s been a quiet few weeks here at home as we avoided going out into the unusual amount of snow that fell on the Pacific Northwest. ...
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Feb 6, 20193 min read
Flower Adventure & The Festival of Broken Needles
February 8th is always a day I look forward to in winter. It’s known in Japan as Hari-Kuyō or Festival of Broken Needles, and I like to...
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Jan 20, 20193 min read
January Tea Blend - Russian Black & Thuja
As a child I always struggled with the fact that my birthday was in the depths of Winter. It seemed incredibly cruel to me that I could...
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Dec 29, 20183 min read
Celebrating the Winter Solstice - Working with the Elements
The Winter Solstice is the flip side of the Summer Solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere it is the shortest day and longest night of the...
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Dec 16, 20182 min read
December Tea Blend - Winter Cheer!
Many cold days and wind storms have descended upon us already this December in the Pacific Northwest. Frost covers the land like snow...
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Nov 24, 20183 min read
Bundle Dyeing with Maple Leaves
I feel the Winter every day now as I wake up to a world made crystalline by glittering frost. The cold time of year is precious to me....
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Nov 22, 20183 min read
November Tea Blend - Frost Moon
The evenings come quickly now as we near the Winter Solstice. Looking at my weather app, I see we’re averaging just nine hours of...
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Oct 28, 20183 min read
Halloween Cookies for our Ancestors
October is my favorite month hands down. I know I shouldn’t choose favorites, but it’s just so lovely with the carpet of golden leaves in...
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Oct 26, 20183 min read
October Tea Blend - Golden Dragon
Autumn is in full splendor here in the Pacific Northwest. Just this morning I found myself continually entranced by the dance of Big...
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Sep 30, 20183 min read
Making Nests
Fall is my favorite gathering season. The weather is mild and the plants are beginning to go dormant and offer up their bounty as...
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