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Who Am I? 1. Resin, carotene, silica, lycopene, polysaccharides, phytoesterol, xanthophyll 2. Humectant , anti-inflammatory,lymphagogue, vulnerary, bitter 3. Cell healer, retinol stimulator, gut mender, barrier repairer 4. “ Of orange or yellow hue, a flower of the light opens its round & radiant face to the sun, and follows the sun’s movement through the day. The flower petals hint at the rich gifts of its less considered leaves, stems and calyces: resin- imbued, sticky, balsamically scented. There’s a sense of this plant’s capacity to draw healthy warmth where needed or push toxic heat away. The supple plasticity of its simply formed leaves suggest resilient, plump skin. Basking in the flower’s sunny light, I feel wisdom, cheer and courage are its mood. “ ©️Donna La Pré 2020 1, 2, 3, 4... which speaks to you most about Calendula? last photo: freshly dried calendula from the gardens which will macerate in jojoba for 3 months, following a Biodynamic rhythmic daily treatment, resulting in a vivid orange oil replete with a wide array of constituents. #biodynamicskincare#calendula#wholeplantskincare#showmeyourplants#biodynamicfarm#greenbeauty#plantsonmyface#plantlove#slowbeauty#herbfarmer#flowermood
Who Am I? 1. Resin, carotene, silica, lycopene, polysaccharides, phytoesterol, xanthophyll 2. Humectant , anti-inflammatory,lymphagogue, vulnerary, bitter 3. Cell healer, retinol stimulator, gut mender, barrier repairer 4. “ Of orange or yellow hue, a flower of the light opens its round & radiant face to the sun, and follows the sun’s movement through the day. The flower petals hint at the rich gifts of its less considered leaves, stems and calyces: resin- imbued, sticky, balsamically scented. There’s a sense of this plant’s capacity to draw healthy warmth where needed or push toxic heat away. The supple plasticity of its simply formed leaves suggest resilient, plump skin. Basking in the flower’s sunny light, I feel wisdom, cheer and courage are its mood. “ ©️Donna La Pré 2020 1, 2, 3, 4... which speaks to you most about Calendula? last photo: freshly dried calendula from the gardens which will macerate in jojoba for 3 months, following a Biodynamic rhythmic daily treatment, resulting in a vivid orange oil replete with a wide array of constituents. #biodynamicskincare#calendula#wholeplantskincare#showmeyourplants#biodynamicfarm#greenbeauty#plantsonmyface#plantlove#slowbeauty#herbfarmer#flowermood
This year the garden produced a glorious bounty of roses, enough to make a small batch of their hydrosol available to you. It’s a combination of precious, exquisitely scented damask roses (several varieties) and gorgeous rugosa roses, also extremely fragrant. This hydrosol honestly is the loveliest I ever smelled .. so complex.. and I have smelled a good many. Rose is such a universal skin remedy, being deeply hydrating, calming, cooling to inflamed skin, as well as nourishing. Wouldn’t we love our complexions to be as sweet and pure as a newly opened rose? An ideal image, yet rose does offer something of that ideal magic to our skin. No essential oil is removed from this distillate, as is usually the case, and the time from picking the roses at dawn to placing them in the still was a brief walk from the gardens. I look back at this time in amazement, for in the midst of it all I broke my wrist, as most of you know. But the resilience impulse in me is pretty strong, it managed to be a time of joy & comfort, rose medicine at its finest. And many thanks to my Mr., and to @cha_michi for helping me finish distilling the harvest. #hydrosol#biodynamicskincare#rosemedicine#roselove#wholeplantskincare#aromaticlife#organicskincare#plantlove#roseskincare#distillation#slowbeauty #greenbeauty
This year the garden produced a glorious bounty of roses, enough to make a small batch of their hydrosol available to you. It’s a combination of precious, exquisitely scented damask roses (several varieties) and gorgeous rugosa roses, also extremely fragrant. This hydrosol honestly is the loveliest I ever smelled .. so complex.. and I have smelled a good many. Rose is such a universal skin remedy, being deeply hydrating, calming, cooling to inflamed skin, as well as nourishing. Wouldn’t we love our complexions to be as sweet and pure as a newly opened rose? An ideal image, yet rose does offer something of that ideal magic to our skin. No essential oil is removed from this distillate, as is usually the case, and the time from picking the roses at dawn to placing them in the still was a brief walk from the gardens. I look back at this time in amazement, for in the midst of it all I broke my wrist, as most of you know. But the resilience impulse in me is pretty strong, it managed to be a time of joy & comfort, rose medicine at its finest. And many thanks to my Mr., and to @cha_michi for helping me finish distilling the harvest. #hydrosol#biodynamicskincare#rosemedicine#roselove#wholeplantskincare#aromaticlife#organicskincare#plantlove#roseskincare#distillation#slowbeauty #greenbeauty
A quick flash of the prairie garden, which is a haven for pollinators, birds, and the small mammals who live here with me. Of course, it’s also full of plants that lend their grace to TF creations. It’s now videos that are driving the algol-rythym, and as I’m not here that much lately, thought I’d try it out and see what happens. However, as things go when I feel “ obligated”, little mishaps occurred filming: just as I’d get a good frame, a car would go by, the butterflies would fly away when the video starting rolling, or my partner would come outside and insert some eyesore in range.🤣 That’s why this clip is brief, but hopefully you get a sense of this calm yet vibrant sun-infused planting! #biodynamicgarden#prairiegarden#biodynamicskincare#vibrantskin#wholeplantskincare#naturalperfume#naturesapothecary#plantlove#naturelove#plantsonmyface#farmtoface
A quick flash of the prairie garden, which is a haven for pollinators, birds, and the small mammals who live here with me. Of course, it’s also full of plants that lend their grace to TF creations. It’s now videos that are driving the algol-rythym, and as I’m not here that much lately, thought I’d try it out and see what happens. However, as things go when I feel “ obligated”, little mishaps occurred filming: just as I’d get a good frame, a car would go by, the butterflies would fly away when the video starting rolling, or my partner would come outside and insert some eyesore in range.🤣 That’s why this clip is brief, but hopefully you get a sense of this calm yet vibrant sun-infused planting! #biodynamicgarden#prairiegarden#biodynamicskincare#vibrantskin#wholeplantskincare#naturalperfume#naturesapothecary#plantlove#naturelove#plantsonmyface#farmtoface
Are words needed to understand these stories of scent? Lately I’ve been steeped in going far deeper in my Eurythmy practice, where speech is expressed in archetypal movement gestures and the world of color born of the communication of light and darkness. This leaves me full and empty at the same time, full of wonder as light moves through (me) in a fuller spectrum, empty in the sense of spacious un needing. I couldn’t have foreseen this gift, veiled behind being sprawled on the tile floor in May, with an obvious fracture & bone jutting out at an odd angle. It’s a special time. Light of summer, cosmic fire, secrets of flowers pressed into fat; drawn out through alcohol or water.... summer of the sublime. and if you want to ask questions about what’s in the pictures, ask away! #botanicalperfume#artisanperfumer#enfleurage#jevaisaupif#scentworld#biodynamicgarden#naturalperfumer#scentisalanguage#biodynamicskincare#plantlove#flowerlove
Are words needed to understand these stories of scent? Lately I’ve been steeped in going far deeper in my Eurythmy practice, where speech is expressed in archetypal movement gestures and the world of color born of the communication of light and darkness. This leaves me full and empty at the same time, full of wonder as light moves through (me) in a fuller spectrum, empty in the sense of spacious un needing. I couldn’t have foreseen this gift, veiled behind being sprawled on the tile floor in May, with an obvious fracture & bone jutting out at an odd angle. It’s a special time. Light of summer, cosmic fire, secrets of flowers pressed into fat; drawn out through alcohol or water.... summer of the sublime. and if you want to ask questions about what’s in the pictures, ask away! #botanicalperfume#artisanperfumer#enfleurage#jevaisaupif#scentworld#biodynamicgarden#naturalperfumer#scentisalanguage#biodynamicskincare#plantlove#flowerlove
Like this creature of the fire & air elements, sipping nectar from sweet plants in out of the way places, floating in the sun, feeling the cosmos. Ça suffit. Summer.....rekindling the primal fire of Love and being’s memory. #cycleoftheyear#biodynamicfarm#plantlove#naturelove#lightmyfire#biodynamicskincare#naturalradiance #wholeplantskincare#plantsonmyface#buttonbush#cephalanthus#fireelement#airelement
Like this creature of the fire & air elements, sipping nectar from sweet plants in out of the way places, floating in the sun, feeling the cosmos. Ça suffit. Summer.....rekindling the primal fire of Love and being’s memory. #cycleoftheyear#biodynamicfarm#plantlove#naturelove#lightmyfire#biodynamicskincare#naturalradiance #wholeplantskincare#plantsonmyface#buttonbush#cephalanthus#fireelement#airelement
Spent the first full day in the garden since my wrist fracture, yesterday, with my friend @vivien.masters who is an impressive weeder! Drinking in the sun and mild warmth, we talked about learning certain wisdoms from nature and how absorbing and wondrous it is to garden. We also had a long lingering visitor, the elusive and uncommon Zebra Swallowtail butterfly. Usually shy, this one flitted around us unabashedly to sip from the tall verbena, brushing past my face, perching near Vivien’s.. it was special to all be in that shining space, simply and happily woven together through the web of Life. Booboo Wrist Update: upgraded to a removable cast, so I can begin therapy to move my wrist and hand. PT is fine and it helps many people, but I’m seeing my Feldenkrais teacher instead. Many people have never heard of Feldenkrais, a movement awareness therapy that works through inner focus on micro movements and the soft will, rather than externally efforted macro movements, for one thing. But it’s really a something to experience to comprehend. Meanwhile I’m moving slowly, doing a little more each week, and hopefully will feel ready to update the shop soon. Hope the beginning of the new season is feeling good to you! #biodynamicfarm #biodynamicskincare#plantmagic#naturelove#wholeplantskincare#summergarden#feldenkrais #slowbeauty
Spent the first full day in the garden since my wrist fracture, yesterday, with my friend @vivien.masters who is an impressive weeder! Drinking in the sun and mild warmth, we talked about learning certain wisdoms from nature and how absorbing and wondrous it is to garden. We also had a long lingering visitor, the elusive and uncommon Zebra Swallowtail butterfly. Usually shy, this one flitted around us unabashedly to sip from the tall verbena, brushing past my face, perching near Vivien’s.. it was special to all be in that shining space, simply and happily woven together through the web of Life. Booboo Wrist Update: upgraded to a removable cast, so I can begin therapy to move my wrist and hand. PT is fine and it helps many people, but I’m seeing my Feldenkrais teacher instead. Many people have never heard of Feldenkrais, a movement awareness therapy that works through inner focus on micro movements and the soft will, rather than externally efforted macro movements, for one thing. But it’s really a something to experience to comprehend. Meanwhile I’m moving slowly, doing a little more each week, and hopefully will feel ready to update the shop soon. Hope the beginning of the new season is feeling good to you! #biodynamicfarm #biodynamicskincare#plantmagic#naturelove#wholeplantskincare#summergarden#feldenkrais #slowbeauty
Ah.. hello! This is the first selfie I have EVER posted on my grid. Not kidding. But here I am, with broken yet mending wrist, in the elders, gathering flowers for the coveted Elderflower hydrosol. Usually I also go up to my friend’s farm @ruralqueen / @unitedplantsavers and distill with her, too. I’m staying home and missing our annual happy day, but oh so glad to be in good spirits. How are you doing? #biodynamicfarm #hydrosol#elderflower#distilling#artisanperfumery #botanicalbeauty#greenbeauty#slowbeauty#plantsonmyface#biodynamicskincare#wholeplantskincare#jevaisaupif
Ah.. hello! This is the first selfie I have EVER posted on my grid. Not kidding. But here I am, with broken yet mending wrist, in the elders, gathering flowers for the coveted Elderflower hydrosol. Usually I also go up to my friend’s farm @ruralqueen / @unitedplantsavers and distill with her, too. I’m staying home and missing our annual happy day, but oh so glad to be in good spirits. How are you doing? #biodynamicfarm #hydrosol#elderflower#distilling#artisanperfumery #botanicalbeauty#greenbeauty#slowbeauty#plantsonmyface#biodynamicskincare#wholeplantskincare#jevaisaupif
Basket of beauty.... Living an agricultural lifestyle isn’t common. A particular privilege, it also comes with particular responsibilities, and its own reality principle which does in fact remove one from some common daily life things most people participate in, especially one thing non-agrarian (majority of population) hold dear: freedom to go here and there at whim. Rising between 4:30 & 5:30 in the growing season is normal for me. All through the year, I wake with the birds, and sometimes, even retire with them. Recently a few friends eagerly offered to help with the rose & elderflower harvests, (as currently the broken wrist is limiting) until I mentioned this is done in early a.m. Gap of silence as the romantic idea of picking flowers met the non-arbitrary attendance to the medicine making. I understand, being used to shaping my habits and many personal inclinations to the rhythms and needs of plants and land. No matter how small (3 acres of varying degrees of cultivation and forest gardening here) or large, the basic requirements are the same: one follows the shifting seasonal nature rhythms with its timing and opportunities/commands. Animal husbandry has different demands, but follows a similar principle: you are there for them, with consistency and devotion. Plants don’t sit there in perfection for 3 or 5 months until you feel like picking or tending them. There’s a timeline of best readiness for each. If you miss that window, there’s next year. However, if you have a botanical products business, based primarily on the plants from your land, next year could mean a long out of stock period for some items. So far, the main late Spring harvests have been manageable with the assistance of my partner. What I can’t do is batch balms or perfumes until use of my left hand is healed. With help, distilling is a go, so hydrosols and serums will all be there, plus a few new things soon. I’m encouraged by how much I’ve figured out to do, using one hand, and at the same time, a bit discouraged by the weeds taking over some of the garden beds. To reduce some of those takeovers, a few large growing areas have been mowed down. Cont. 👇🏽
Basket of beauty.... Living an agricultural lifestyle isn’t common. A particular privilege, it also comes with particular responsibilities, and its own reality principle which does in fact remove one from some common daily life things most people participate in, especially one thing non-agrarian (majority of population) hold dear: freedom to go here and there at whim. Rising between 4:30 & 5:30 in the growing season is normal for me. All through the year, I wake with the birds, and sometimes, even retire with them. Recently a few friends eagerly offered to help with the rose & elderflower harvests, (as currently the broken wrist is limiting) until I mentioned this is done in early a.m. Gap of silence as the romantic idea of picking flowers met the non-arbitrary attendance to the medicine making. I understand, being used to shaping my habits and many personal inclinations to the rhythms and needs of plants and land. No matter how small (3 acres of varying degrees of cultivation and forest gardening here) or large, the basic requirements are the same: one follows the shifting seasonal nature rhythms with its timing and opportunities/commands. Animal husbandry has different demands, but follows a similar principle: you are there for them, with consistency and devotion. Plants don’t sit there in perfection for 3 or 5 months until you feel like picking or tending them. There’s a timeline of best readiness for each. If you miss that window, there’s next year. However, if you have a botanical products business, based primarily on the plants from your land, next year could mean a long out of stock period for some items. So far, the main late Spring harvests have been manageable with the assistance of my partner. What I can’t do is batch balms or perfumes until use of my left hand is healed. With help, distilling is a go, so hydrosols and serums will all be there, plus a few new things soon. I’m encouraged by how much I’ve figured out to do, using one hand, and at the same time, a bit discouraged by the weeds taking over some of the garden beds. To reduce some of those takeovers, a few large growing areas have been mowed down. Cont. 👇🏽
In a day your whole life can change ( read all the way through) Edit 5.29: situation worse than first thought.. in shorthand, tough patch ahead to navigate, under resourced. This is a zdravetz & rose co-distillation. A distillate of this geranium (true geranium, not a pelargonium) goes into the alluring & rich, yet fresh, Folklore perfume. Zdravetz is the Bulgarian name for the plant, where it is part of their folk medicine, “ the herb of good health”. The scent has prominent notes that smell like a weave of clary sage, aged patchouli, dried grasses & sweet woodruff, and a kind of minty tobacco dipped in metallic powder. Friends, I took a spill on a hard tile floor Saturday and fractured my left wrist in two places. Spent half the day in ER, and had the novel experience of being in a hanging finger trap with counterweight to move my displaced radius back in line. Oddly felt good despite the discomfort. Not sure what’s in store for me yet.. ortho appt. in a few days.. but this is going to set me up for some really creative solutions, ie. how to have people help me fulfill orders in a space not designed or able to be retrofitted for such. Healing the bones is a standard six weeks.. more or less. Orders are going to take awhile to fulfill, so I’m hoping for all your kind goodwill for me and my small farm business. Because this really is a bit of what you never want as a farmer, to lose a season due to broken bones. Did you know you can’t take or style photos with one hand? ( this one is from a few weeks ago). Or chop vegetables, fold laundry and many other everyday things? I can open jars by holding them between my knees, though! #distillation#wholeplantskincare#biodynamicfarm#aromaticlife#hydrosol#biodynamicskincare#artisanperfumer#botanicalperfume#plantlove#jevaisaupif#inhotwater#zdravetz
In a day your whole life can change ( read all the way through) Edit 5.29: situation worse than first thought.. in shorthand, tough patch ahead to navigate, under resourced. This is a zdravetz & rose co-distillation. A distillate of this geranium (true geranium, not a pelargonium) goes into the alluring & rich, yet fresh, Folklore perfume. Zdravetz is the Bulgarian name for the plant, where it is part of their folk medicine, “ the herb of good health”. The scent has prominent notes that smell like a weave of clary sage, aged patchouli, dried grasses & sweet woodruff, and a kind of minty tobacco dipped in metallic powder. Friends, I took a spill on a hard tile floor Saturday and fractured my left wrist in two places. Spent half the day in ER, and had the novel experience of being in a hanging finger trap with counterweight to move my displaced radius back in line. Oddly felt good despite the discomfort. Not sure what’s in store for me yet.. ortho appt. in a few days.. but this is going to set me up for some really creative solutions, ie. how to have people help me fulfill orders in a space not designed or able to be retrofitted for such. Healing the bones is a standard six weeks.. more or less. Orders are going to take awhile to fulfill, so I’m hoping for all your kind goodwill for me and my small farm business. Because this really is a bit of what you never want as a farmer, to lose a season due to broken bones. Did you know you can’t take or style photos with one hand? ( this one is from a few weeks ago). Or chop vegetables, fold laundry and many other everyday things? I can open jars by holding them between my knees, though! #distillation#wholeplantskincare#biodynamicfarm#aromaticlife#hydrosol#biodynamicskincare#artisanperfumer#botanicalperfume#plantlove#jevaisaupif#inhotwater#zdravetz
Rosabundance time. ( along with a few peonies) Let’s just say that my life, while not la vie en rose, is pretty well directed by the rose harvest right now: distilling, drying, extracting & enfleurage. Do I get tired of smelling them or feeling their silky weight pass through my hands several times every morning? No! This time of year is like being kissed by these blossoms over & over each day. #roses#rosadamascena#enfeurage#hydrosol#rosarugosa#biodynamicfarm#biodynamicskincare#botanicalperfume#wholeplantskincare#jevaisaupif#lavieenrose#roselove#plantlove#abundance#artisanperfumer
Rosabundance time. ( along with a few peonies) Let’s just say that my life, while not la vie en rose, is pretty well directed by the rose harvest right now: distilling, drying, extracting & enfleurage. Do I get tired of smelling them or feeling their silky weight pass through my hands several times every morning? No! This time of year is like being kissed by these blossoms over & over each day. #roses#rosadamascena#enfeurage#hydrosol#rosarugosa#biodynamicfarm#biodynamicskincare#botanicalperfume#wholeplantskincare#jevaisaupif#lavieenrose#roselove#plantlove#abundance#artisanperfumer