an extention of sharing things about me

On a whim the other night I did a little post about me.

This is a bit of a follow up,

or extension, if you will, of the first post.

It is in relation to things that I collect

and the little places all around the house in which my collections sit.

I love tea.

I grow a lot of the herbs I make into tea and use as medicine in my garden.

(I was drinking rose and lemonbalm from this teacup)

*side note: I have taken classes and gone through apprenticeships for my herbal studies from many different people.

One of the main people that I learned from was Rosemary Gladstar

at Sage Mountain in Vermont where I did 2 apprenticeships.

I love to drink water with violet flowers in it.

I will leave it out in the sun to make a sun infusion

and sometimes I will leave it out in the moonlight, too, to absorb some of her magic.

One part of my garden.

I also love books, here is a few of the many in my house.

These are mostly books I like to look through for inspiration.

The next few photos are of the little cabinets and places where I have things collected.

Obviously feathers and stones,

as well as some little faery and mermaid statues made by some close friends

(and which I have many because they are so wonderful!)

I LOVE camels.

I am not sure why,

there is just something so primal and mysterious of them.

I have a photo from national geographic of a woman camping out, cooking over a small fire.

It is just her and her camel.

For some reason I just love the photo,

I can't even describe the way it makes me feel.

(I have it in a 'safe place' and will try to find said place so you can see the photo)

This is a painting I did many years ago and it hangs above our bed.

I just really love it, so I thought I would share it.

More collections.

Shells, crocheted stones, little vessels, some of my first needle felted creatures

(and one by my sister).

See that beautiful amethyst?

That was a gift in a swap I did over on Cole's blog.

It is from a new blog friend, Kary

(thanks sweets, I love it! and I hope your ankle heals quickly!).

Some other things I mentioned:

I would love to have a small farm, but the boyf travels a lot and sometimes I go with him,

not to mention that we rent,

so until those 2 things are a little more stable, no mini farm for me.

I would love to own my own house.

This will require a whole separate blog post since my ideal home is not just one building.

There are many things that I love about the house we live in,

(but there are also a lot of things wrong with it that I would fix immediately if I owned it)

like the fact that it used to be a barn, is made mostly of granite and has high ceilings.

Not to mention our F-ing awesome woodstove!

Maybe that will be a blog post I tackle soon...

Also, I would love to hear about you!

(I'm not used to talking so much about myself)

So please feel free to comment about yourself,

or better,

blog about it and leave a link!!!