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Saturday, July 26, 2014
Quotes: William Morris
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."
- William Morris (one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England)
Edible Flowers: Viola
Violaceae viola
Burrage
For Glad Minds and Comfortable Hearts
Annual
Herb
Cool Season Bloomer
Full Sun with some shade in the afternoon
Description:
Native to the Mediteranian Region. Priamirly Blue, it can also come in white or pink. Grows to 2.0-3.3 ft tall. Five-pointed flowers. Leaves are deep green and develop white, prickly hairs as they grow.
Spells: Happy Home
Borago officinalis
Burrage
For Glad Minds and Comfortable Hearts
1. Eating the flowers in salads aids courage and cheerfulness and ends melancholy. Borage Flowers may be used alone or mixed with blue-floweredCorn Flowers, Periwinkle,Rosemary, or Forget-Me-Notand dressed with a few drops ofPeaceful Home Oil (also known as Happy Home).
2. Steep Borage Flowers to make Happy Tea.
3. Add Happy Tea to Peaceful Home Bath Crystals to scrub the floors, or sprinkle it at the 4 corners of the property, the 4 corners of the house, the 4 corners of each room, and the 4 corners of the kitchen table, to restore harmony and love to the family.
4. Place a pinch of dried Borage Flowers in each corner of a room where family fights have occurred, with a fifth pinch under the rug at the center of the room.
Spells: Dream Lucky
Calendula officinallis
Little Calendar
Mary's Gold
Place a green flannel bag filled with Golden Calendula Flowers beneath your pillow when going to sleep. It is said that breathing the fragrance of these flowers causes one to dream of Winning Numbers and Winning Names.
Friday, July 25, 2014
Edible Flowers: Borage aka Star-flower
Borago officinalis
Burrage
For Glad Minds and Comfortable Hearts
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Lammas Recipies
Recipes
Rituals & Festivals
Sabbat: Lughnassadh
(Loo-nuh-sa)
Also, Lammas
August 1
Lammas Bread
Barley Mushroom Soup
Spring Flower Salad
Roasted Garlic Corn
Colcannon
Basil Pesto
Butter Fried Chicken
Blackberry Cobbler
Blackberry Wine
Calendar: August 01 - Lughnassadh
Calendar - August 01
Rituals & Festivals
Sabbat: Lughnassadh
(Loo-nuh-sa)
Also, Lammas
August 1
Waxing Crescent Moon
Beginning of the harvest season.
Sunset on July 31 (Waxing Crescent Moon in Virgo) - Sunset on
August 1 (Waxing Crescent Moon in Libra)
Color: Yellow
Herbs: Frankincense, Sandalwood
Decorations: summer
flowers and grains
Altar: loaf of multi-grain or
cracked whole-wheat bread to share after blessing, cauldron
Food: Blackberry wine or other
dark fruity beverage, multi-grain or cracked whole-wheat bread, blackberry pie,
corn on the cob, barbequed meat or fried chicken
Traditional Location: Hilltop
or high place
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