Sacred frankincense This is boswellia sacra (sacred frankincense) and thought by many to be the most precious of frankincense types. The differences in frankincense trees depend upon where they are grown, either Africa, Middle East or India. They have similar characteristics and properties but because of the region/conditions they grow in, there are variations in fragrance and [...]
Smells can evoke feelings of goodness, fondness, love, desire, passion, as well as aversion, hate, anger and fear. Our olfactory nerve (sense of smell) sits beside the limbic area in our brain which controls emotion, memories and arousal. It’s easy to see how inhaling essential oils can impact on physical illness caused or aggravated by [...]
Taking from today's Guardian (12.3.20) The science of soap – here’s how it kills the coronavirus Palli Thordarson Alcohol-based disinfectants are also effective, but soap is a highly efficient way of killing the virus when it’s on your skin ‘Soap dissolves the fat membrane of the virus – and the virus falls apart like a [...]
If you like a fragrance, does it matter whether it is natural or synthetic? I have been a fan of aromatic herbs and flowers my whole life but did wear perfumes before my fateful encounter with essential oils. For me, nothing can improve upon the beautiful, complex aromas from essential oils, which can reach the depths [...]
I've been avoiding these forever because I believe that we should use pure essential oils in an oil burner or candles with that added ambient natural light of a flame. They just keep jumping out at me though in various places and requests so I have started looking into them. Can't believe how many cheap and synthetic [...]
I love my fortnightly drive to Melrose when I have my wednesday stint in The Crafters shop. The drive along the ettrick valley is a meandering, sometimes single track road, with it's own micro climates in places. Always beautiful light on the ever changing coloured hills depending on the season it happens to be. Sometimes scary [...]
Sometimes I forget how lucky I am. Busy working and/or just lost on the laptop and reminded that Lulah needs a walk, so across the field to the river esk only to realise that there is a lovely world out there with the dippers dipping and the oyster catchers calling and the heron moving on [...]
I can't promise that my ramblings will be interesting or funny or clever. They will be connected to my work and my garden. I'll try not to moan but I will post my opinions and experiences with natural health and skincare, nature and wildlife. Lulah will likely appear either in the text or image, probably mostly the [...]
