beach and lunch day with brie!

my new front plate...finally let the WI plate go :D

Happy Earth Day!

It is with deep Love and fervent Reverence, that I express so much Gratitude to Mother Earth....for her selfless Gifts of Life, Beauty, Music, Nourishment, Abundance, Breath, Love, Patience, and Wisdom....to every plant, animal, bird, bug, mineral....to all the healing waters...to every leaf and flower and tree...to the Wisdom Whispering in the Winds...I bow down to you in Sacred Honor
I pray to be a good steward of you and your beautiful gifts....I seek to be of service to you and through you
Aho 

Wisdom Whispers in the Wind

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Gaia's Gifts Elderberry Syrup

1 cup dried elderberries
1/2 cup dried elderflowers
2 tbsp ginger chips
1 tbsp cinnamon chips
16 oz water
4oz vodka or brandy
1 lemon, juice
16 oz honey or sugar
1. Mix all the dried herbs together in a jar.
2. Pour 16 oz boiling water over the herbs, and 4 oz of vodka or brandy
3. cap and let infuse 8 hours or overnight.
4. In a muslin, jelly bag, or cheesecloth strain the herbs from the liquid. Squeeze gently to get as much fluid from the herbs as possible.
5. Add the juice of 1 lemon.
6. Measure out exactly how much liquid you have in a glass measuring cup.
7. Add an equal amount of raw honey or sugar to the liquid. Mix well until sugar dissolves.
8. Bottle and store. It will keep best under refrigeration. If you wish to keep this in the pantry, you will want to use more alcohol in step 2 (8 oz of 50% vodka) to preserve.
Take 1-3 tsp per day all season long, or 1/2 tsp hourly in acute illness.

(note from Jess, from whom I snagged the recipe):
And p.s- I used cinnamon and ginger powder, instead of chips, reducing the amount by half: 1tbspn ginger, 1/2tbspn cinnamon. I recommend brandy for this recipe, over vodka. And using a metal strainer if u don't have cheesecloth, works perfectly

Did the 15 mile round trip tour to my parents' Sun City home

...half of it with Fairy Girl (and half the ride is through Sun City)....I rode home in the rain and she found new transportation....oh, and she lost a "vampire" tooth at Grandma and Grandpa's. They were fighting over whose pillow it will go under tonight

A Visit from Long-time Family Friends

it's definitely spring break:

prior to Lowcountry Wind Symphony rehearsal, in our newly remodeled rehearsal space

Easter in Clearwater, Florida ~ camping with my brother in law and sister in law

  

 

 



Breakfast at Tiffany's :D :D


 
full moon swim

home sweet home

Kept each other occupied while we were stuck in traffic, coming home after Easter

 

Our yard is in bloom!

The Lowcountry Wind Symphony had a joint rehearsal with the Parris Island Marine Band tonight, on Parris Island