…in other words – the vast array of compounds found in plants and flowers, some of which are the primary constituents of essential oils.
I have been reading about the effect of nature on our health, mood and longevity.
That also relates to the colour and form of plants, as well as natural landscapes.
We all live in some sort of environment. Maybe if we take a “sense walk” we might be able to work out how to add some nature to our urbanisation 🙂
I don’t have much of a garden.
Just stepping outside seems to be a start, though.
Here’s a tiny little spider who might agree.
I don’t think it’s there for the aromatherapy.
I planted out the sage – it’s taken ages to put out one root, so I’ll see how it likes a potted existence.
It’s surrounded by three of the rosemary sprigs I planted around Christmas. Those ones have grown to about three times the size they were. There was another one that suddenly dried up and died. I have no idea why – it got the same water as the others, and there didn’t seem to be anything wrong with the roots when I pulled them up to check.
Oh well.
Three out of four ain’t bad!
I also picked up a leaf the other day.
Pretty sure it wouldn’t be part of the nature/turpene etc. study, as it was dead.
Still beautiful.
I don’t know why some things call to me, and others don’t.
There were other leaves on the ground, but this was the right one for me.
Here’s the other side.
You can also see most of the ingredients of our washing powder…
I’ve started looking at perfume oils, and have found some I like.
Roses are good!
And my peppermint tea shows promise.
Time to get back to (more) nature!
❤
1000 Fields of Roses 