"edge of dusk"

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edge of dusk our numbered time regulate with constant unwavering push

upon our Temples' time space wave say harvest us

toward Fall Winter with a cooling and a shortening blue green light edge of dusk

cycle with green square on grid 

draw wide arrow line 

foreground to background,

here
to there,

uprising into the elements

elementals dispersing forward, downward

to Earth,

spinning spiral transformations......

Patterns of emerging greens out of the browns/reds of winter here in coastal SE North Carolina. These plants are here with/for us to cleanse our stuck and thickened blood and fat, stored initially for nourishment, that await lymphatic and blood rinsing of unprocessed wastes with the assistance of rains. This early Spring call with Earth and with our plant allies is eliminating and repurifying stagnant wastes from Earth as well as with our own bodies. It is an essential synchronicity of our wholeness with Earth and with the elements. Rich in minerals and vitamins for all who rely on Earth's Cornucopia of Plenty. With gently applied nurturing our existence smoothly flows with the seasons.
My understanding of many of the local greens is too limited for bioregional specificied recommendations with all the plants in the above photograph. Neither do I recommend working with these plants or with other cleansing tonifying herbs on your own without consulting an experienced practitioner.
The roots, greens and/or blossoms of plants we generally might consider during early Springtime lymphatic and blood cleansing worth considering in western traditions are Burdock (Gobo) Arctium lappa, Cleavers Galium aperine, Dandelion Tarraxacum off. (over 500 bioregional varieties depending on where in the world one lives), Plantain Plantago major & lanceolata, Red Clover Trifolium pratense and Yellow or Curly Dock Rumex crispus.
Green Blessings...

painting I did @1992 that I uncovered in this delve into the past along with yesterday's post that came as I was transitioning to natural materials in painting/artwork. It is on a mahogany (solid wood) panel with beeswax and natural pigments...

           the Elements          
        18" x 12 1/2"      
Beeswax/natural pigments on Mahogany panel

As we're entering the Chinese New Year of the Black (all colors) Water Snake there is an appropriateness to the unearthing of these two works @21 years later... 

May we will to adjust to the Earth/Universal oriented changing flows/currents within/out our lives/environments in productive and abundant grace and within the Loving, Peaceful and Co-Creative Way...

Many Colors Blessings...

Green Man           16 x 17           Beeswax/natural pigments, leaves on gessoed masonite

my rearranging the studio turned this painting up from 1992

Flower Essence Remedies

Dr Edward Bach
http://www.bachcentre.com/

"This work of healing has been done, and published and given freely so that people like yourselves can help yourselves"

- Dr Edward Bach, 1936

for free downloads of "The Twelve Healers" and "Heal Thyself"; http://www.bachcentre.com/centre/download/index.htm


http://www.perelandra-ltd.com/
"Perelandra celebrates the power of the individual. Everything we offer is geared to the individual and his or her quest to live in environmentally friendly ways in three main areas: environment, health and soil-less gardens (i.e., business, home, special projects, the creative arts — all "gardens" that do not grow in soil).
Machaelle Wright,
Founder of Perelandra"

NC Cotton Field                                              digital

Aside from stark aesthetic expression Hemp, Cotton and Synthetic Polyester production comparisons for me comes down to which least effects the environment? Hemp clearly is superior in what it gives back to Earth. 

from Stockholm Environment Institute:
http://www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Future/cotton%20hemp%20polyester%20study%20sei%20and%20bioregional%20and%20wwf%20wales.pdf

from Slate written by Brian Palmer;
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2011/04/high_on_environmentalism.html (spends more line space trying to be a non partial journalist.)

Imbolc, Candlemas and/or a the day the Sun has returned half way to the Equinox

My small kitchen garden of hardy organic Kales, a Cauliflower, Arugula, green and red leaf varieties I picked up at Progressive Gardens in Wilmington, NC in mid November along with garden Daffodils & Red Yarrow have stayed through more than half a dozen freezing night temperatures.

Am seeing a well fed Feast Celebrating Imbolc, Candlemas and/or the day the Sun has returned half way toward the light of the Equinox! 

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