With a rainy and blustery day outdoors today we cosied up inside and spent the morning making tisanes. The soft light of the grey skies lit up the botanical colours beautifully as we watched them swirl and settle. These little beauties should last a week. I've been delving deeper into this and that, slowly adding to our little home apothecary.
I've become just a little crazed about collecting Bonne Maman jars for storing our dried herbs.
With their pretty gingham lids and octagonal shapes they are a treat to have sitting in the pantry. And really who has any objection to some French marmalade or blackberry conserve on toast most mornings.
With a few home made labels they fit the bill perfectly.
When rummaging in the fridge or cleaning the kitchen it's not unusual these days to come across one of these little concoctions. Zahra has taken to making her own remedies with a little help from the spice basket. Nutmeg, sweet paprika, all spice, cayenne pepper, bay leaves, water and sometimes bits and bobs from the garden...smelling one of her potions is enought to scare off any winter bug.
With the pantry stocked full of herbs in pretty jars, the tisanes strained and in the fridge and Madame Za Za's potions concealed in brown paper bags tied with tissues ( gotta love it), I hit the sewing machine and zipped together a little travel pouch for our Bush Flower essences, oils and homeopathics
There's a few pockets and enough room for some extras.
And that my friends was our rainy day. We're off on a little road trip tomorrow down the river. Fingers crossed I come home with a little something that I've been dreaming off for the past 2 years.
Happy rainy days to you friends
Cxo
