Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | Author:
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HERBAL BLENDS FOR DREAM PILLOWS AND RELAXATION… I thought I would share some of my ideas for making dream pillows and bath items that start with your home grown herbs. I actually have hundreds of recipes for using herbs and essential oils, the interest has only escalated over the years. My herbal fairy is sitting next to some of the items I made some time ago and now come in handy for small gifts. 
Dream Pillows can be any size, but they are designed to go inside your pillow case. As you crush the herbs while you sleep, you then release the aromatic scent to help you relax and give you sweet dreams.
Another way to relax is in an herbal bath. I made herbal tea bags to use in the tub.
I found a natural color cheesecloth which looks much better than the white.
The last pillow pouch is made of felt and folded instead of being sewn.
The book Making Herbal Dream Pillows by Jim Long is a great book that gives you lots of herbal recipes, it takes away the guess work! I enjoyed it.
Sunday, December 21st, 2008 | Author:
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SOLSTICE WEBCAST: Today is the northern winter solstice. When the solstice sun came up this morning over Ireland, a shaft of sunlight traveled down an 18 meter tunnel to illuminate the inner chamber of Newgrange, a massive prehistoric burial mound in County Meath. It looked like this:
Newgrange is 5000 years old, predating the better-known Stonehenge in the neighboring island of Great Britain by more than a thousand years. This makes it the oldest megalithic monument in the world with a known astronomical function.
Here on top of our mountain, we received more snow. The pictures below show how much our back woods have suffered fallen trees due to the ice and snow so far.
Our dog loves the snow! although he is having a bad time with his ears, it doesn’t keep him from making dog angels in the snow. I thought the snow may have had a hand in giving him an ear infection, but the vet said no. He has gained some weight as we all do from not being outdoors as much, but this throws off his seizure medicine causing him to have them more often. So he will have to go on a diet with the rest of us.
HERBAL BLENDS FOR DREAM PILLOWS AND RELAXATION… I thought I would share some of my ideas for making dream pillows and bath items that start with your home grown herbs. I actually have hundreds of recipes for using herbs and essential oils, the interest has only escalated over the years. My herbal fairy is sitting next to some of the items I made some time ago and now come in handy for small gifts. 
Dream Pillows can be any size, but they are designed to go inside your pillow case. As you crush the herbs while you sleep, you then release the aromatic scent to help you relax and give you sweet dreams.
I found a natural color cheesecloth which looks much better than the white.
