Mâtèr Medicinals

Back to basics…

Weekend Plant Walk Encounters with some new & old friends✨ 💚🌿🍄🌿💚✨
📸 1. unidentified Amanita
📸 2. rugosa rose (wild ocean rose)
📸 3. Common St. John’s Wort (“patron” herb of the summer solstice in plant lore)
📸 4. White Meadowsweet (sniff her, she is beautiful and smells delicious).
📸 5. Blue Vervain (💙🦋🧿🦋)
📸 6. Jackson’s Slendar Ceaser
📸 7. Birch Tree
📸 8. Early Goldenrod
📸 9. Broadleaf Cattail

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Portraits of Matriarchy: Where Grandmothers Are Still in Charge The Mosuo villages in the Chinese Himalayas are trying to hold on to their ancient, complex social structures that value female power and decision-making.

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tree.fm – Tune Into Forests From Around The World 🌳🔈 People around the world recorded the sounds of their forests, so you can escape into nature, while in lockdown or unable to travel. Use this site to chill, meditate or do some digital shinrin-yoku.

'Pagan sorceress' Viking necklace on display in York It's the first time the 1,000-year-old necklace has gone on display outside of the Isle of Man.

Artistic Maps of Pakistan and India Show Embroidery Techniques of Each Region These beautiful textile maps of Pakistan and India show off embroidery techniques and hand-woven fabric across the countries.

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Russian Artist Brings Baba Yaga Lego Set to Life - The Moscow Times Barbie has new competition.