Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Random Gifts of being sick- Oil Blends for Star Signs!

So, I was cleaning up my altar and reorganizing it and picked this little guy up and toted  him all over the house. I completely forgot how nice it is to have a squishy when you feel icky.

I had to get a little exercise in, So naturally, I went shopping. Found some new books and a deck of cards.... IKR like I needed more books and cards. . .

I've flipped through the Incense, Oils and Brew book, shuffled through the cards. and now I'm admiring all the perfectly photographed crystals in 101 Power Crystals (Ya'll its a Judy Hall book so you know its good.) 


Any way. I thought I'd do a little blog and give you some oil blends for your Star sign, because I'm "resting" so WTF else am I gonna do?



Don't forget diluting 

"As a general guideline, add 5 to 7 drops to 1/8 cup of base oil, such as jojoba. This dilutes the essential oil so that it won't irritate the skin, but you will still be able to smell it."

Instructions for these oils are "Wear as a personal oil to increase your own powers"

In ABC order (cause its in the book that way)

Aquarius Oil

5 drops Lavender
1 drop Cypress
1 drop Patchouli


Aries Oil

3 drops Frankincense
1 drop Ginger
1 drop Black Pepper
1 drop Petitgrain


Cancer Oil

4 drops Palmarosa
1 drop Camomile
1 drop Yarrow

Capricorn Oil

3 drops Vetivert
2 drops Cypress
1 drop Patchouli

Gemini Oil

4 drops Lavender
1 drop Peppermint
1 drop Lemongrass
1 drop Sweet Pea Bouquet


Leo Oil

3 drops Petitgrain
1 drop Orange
1 drop Lime

Libra Oil

4 drops Rose Geranium
2 drops Ylang-Ylang
2 drops Palmarosa

Or
1 drop Rose absolute or otto
1 drop Cardamom

Pisces Oil

3 drops Ylang-Ylang
3 drops Sandalwood
1 drop Jasmine 

Sagittarius Oil

4 drops Rosemary
2 drops Oakmoss Bouquet
1 drop Clove

Scorpio Oil

3 drops Pine
2 drops Cardamom
1 drop Black Pepper

Taurus Oil

4 drops Oakmoss Bouquet
2 drops Cardamom
1 drop Ylang-Ylang

Virgo Oil

4 drops Oakmoss Bouquet
2 drops Patchouli
1 drop Cypres











Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Mushroom- One to eat, One not to eat.

Common Name: Veiled Oyster


Width of Cap: 1 1/2- 4 inches
Cap: Convex at first, becoming more or less flattened, margin inrolled, often ragged with partial veil remnants; White to cream or pale yellow; surface cottony to scaly in the center, especially evident in older specimens; flesh thick and tough, odor usually pleasant, somewhat anise-like or sour in older specimens
Gills: Decurrent, sub-distant to moderately close; white to cream or yellowish
Stalk: More or less equal or enlarged downward, central to eccentric, at times nearly lateral; whitish, velvety, with a thin cottony to membranous ring on the upper stalk that becomes inconspicuous or may disappear with age. 
Spore Print: White
Occurance: Solitary or in small clusters on logs, stumps, and trunks of broad-leaved trees, also on trunks of living trees; saprobic; summer-fall; occasional
Edibility: Edible



Common Name: Hornemann's Stropharia; Lacerated Stropharia


Width of Cap: 2-5 inches 
Cap: Convex to broadly bell-shaped, becoming flattened with age, often with a broad umbo; color variable from cinnamon-brown or reddish brown to dingy yellowish brown, often tinged violet, and olivaceous gray on the margin; surface smooth and viscid, with scattered whitish fragments of a partial veil at the margin, at least when young, flesh white to pale yellowish, odor and taste not distinctive.
Gills: Adnate, sometimes with slightly decurrent lines at the stalk apex, moderately close; whitish at first, becoming smoky purplish gray, but gill edges remaining white. 
Stalk: Equal; whitish, covered with dense cottony scales from the base upward to a persistent flaring membranous ring, smooth above the ring, base with white cord-like rhizomorphs.
Spore Print: Purple-brown
Occurance: Sometimes solitary but more often in groups on or around well-decayed logs and stumps of conifer wood, also reported to occur on wet mossy ground; saprobic; late summer-fall; uncommon
Edibility: Not Edible