Late Summer Golds

Late summer here in the Mitten brings us Goldenrod (not to blame for allergies, that's Ragweed). And Goldenrod brings us gorgeous golden hour sunsets with their blooms lit up beautifully, alive with the hum of honeybees scurrying for their last sip of nectar for the summer.

Goldenrod, thru my newly found love of foraging and all natural medicine, is the flower equivalent of vitamin C. It's good for everything. So naturally I have a huge jar of it downstairs steeping for tincture making later in October. I've also made a besom to hang by my back door- a traditional blessing to the goddess of the Harvest and foragers- Demeter.

As we wrap up the month of September- which just seems crazy to me- I'm furiously working on Creep Show photo sessions for 2024. And soon will be taking way too many pictures and walking through way too many cemeteries as the colors change across the countryside. Plus- there's all that house prep to be done for the cold weather months.