Peinture Cartes Postales De Montagne Février 2020

Maybe I wouldn’t have gotten an F in geometry if I had this book in hs

Digitalis (foxglove)

From: Lawrence, S., (2020), Witch’s Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, p.133:

“Goblins’ thimbles, fairy weed, snoxums, snompers, fairy’s petticote - the local nicknames for Digitalis have to be some of the most evocative of all plants.

“It’s a clever plant; the female flowers at the bottom of the stems contain the most nectar, persuading the bees to visit there first and then work their way up the flower spike to the male flowers, pollinating as they go…

“…It was unlucky to bring foxgloves, especially white ones, into the house, as it encouraged witches. they could be useful, however, in a somewhat risky method of identifying a changeling. The child was given three drops of foxglove juice, put on a shovel and swung out of the front door three times, the parents crying, “If you are a fairy, away with you!” If the child was a changeling, it would die. If it was a human, it would be traumatised for the rest of its life. The child would be ill, at the very least. Digitalis contains toxins, including cardiac glycosides, which increase heart rate. Nausea, headaches, diarrhoea and visual, heart and kidney problems are just some of the symptoms caused by ingesting the plant. Nevertheless, the leaves were useful to bind around fresh wounds. Placed in a child’s shoes, they were said to guard against scarlet fever.

“While those cardiac glycosides could be fatal, others have been developed into pharmaceutical drugs. it’s possible the Egyptians knew about foxglove’s ability to stimulate the heart - but in 1775, Dr. William Withering, searching for treatments for dropsy (oedema), began systematic trials using Digitalis. The resulting An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses (1785) proved a game changer in the treatment of certain heart conditions. His memorial, in St. Bartholomew’s churchyard in Edgbaston, is carved with foxgloves.”

(These plants are extremely dangerous. Do not attempt to use them in any kind of home remedy, and use gloves if you do have to handle them)

veronica campos by lydia hudgens

all of my clay figures so far!

small things can be healing.

a warm, sunny day with a light blue sky / stargazing while laying in the cool grass / the look of natural beauty you only get with blooming flowers / a comfort meal you make for yourself / newly cleaned sheets / socks still warm from the dryer / the smell of your favorite person on your clothes / a cool shower after a hot, busy summer day / the immersion into a story when you start a book you can’t put down / contagious laughter that just keeps getting fueled by itself / the first scene of your favorite movie starting

even little details mean so much. they can mend a person bit by bit.

A love letter she wrote

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It took me a very long time to realize that I had been in a state of mourning after my friend and I stopped talking to each other. This beautiful and heartbreaking essay on the art of loving and losing female friends was a much-needed meditation, and I wanted to share it with you, too. 

Yang-Tsung Fan (Taiwanese, b. 1982)

After Summer, 2013

Acrylic on canvas