Dandy Dandelion - A Study in Beauty

“Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen.”
― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

 

 

 

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for. "

- Georgie O'Keeffe

 

 

 
"I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning." - Andy Warhol

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." 

- Thomas Merton

“If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death
Perhaps the world can teach us
as when everything seems dead
but later proves to be alive.”
- Pablo Neruda

 

Make a wish!

This wonderful wildflower is not only a beauty but is also edible and one of the first nectar sources for bees.
Do you have these beauties in your yard?

See my earlier blog post on Dandelions.


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Planetary Chai in Collaged Recycled Tins - For Sale

Give me a theme and I will CUSTOM make a tin for you! 

 Below are some examples of those already made:

 'Moksha'

These canisters are recycled; I've given them a second life!

Crushing Cardamom pods for use in the chai blend.

 

I have covered these canisters 
in my one-of-a-kind collage art just for you!  

Each one is unique and full of an herbal blend I have created 

that integrates many healing traditions together

in one Planetary Chai blend:  

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, and Western Herbalism.

Great for digestion, stress, and pain - moves Qi.

The blend before mixing.  A spicy, pungent, other-wordly, yet grounded blend of fruits, roots, leaves, and seed pods.

Comes full with almost 3 oz. of the Planetary Chai blend of 14 different herbs - 
Makes 10-20 servings.

Instructions included with each order.
*Not for use during pregnancy.*

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'Dryad Dreams'

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You can also just purchase the Planetary Chai blend alone, see bottom of post.
$12 for a refill

'The Bees Knees'

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To order a custom, collaged tin filled with Planetary Chai, $45 each, two week lead time before shipping:

'Riding Windhorses'

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'Firekeeper'

 

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 'Grasshopper Leaps'

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Planetary Chai:  boost your mood, feel great!

Order your Planetary Chai refill here (4 oz. includes shipping, $12):

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'Echtra'

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 *If you are buying several Ravenwind Botanica products at one time, whether the same item or not, you can save substantially on shipping as I will ship it all together, please inquire and we'll get the payment set up right for you.  :)  You can click on 'Ravenwind Botanica' in the list to the right to see all products available.  Thanks for supporting my work.

A Bountiful Crop

After a single digit night, I look outside at the snow covered ground and dream of the garden...

My green babies...foot long green beans, though some reached 18", anyone want to barter neat seeds, let me know...

LOVE

 That being said, I'm grateful for this time of rest and renewal.

"Take a rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop." - Ovid, from Ars Amatoria

I rest with extra reading, meditation, and baths and I renew with creating.

Lately I've been collaging Artist Trading Cards...

It took me a few years to collect and cut out all these small images.

The start of the organic process:  allowing the cards to come together!

Here are a few from years past:

I'll share some of the new ones soon.

~ How are you resting and renewing? ~

 from House of Belonging by David Whyte:

 "When your eyes are tired
The world is tired also.

When your vision is gone
no part of the world can find you.

Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.

There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.

The dark will be your womb
tonight.

The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.

You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.

Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn

anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you."