Issue #54 The Magic Heron Newsletter – What creature can help us find the best herb patches in the wild?
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Hi there !
Spring is here, I think. We have a few days of 80 degrees F mixed in with 50’s and 60s. The night temps are staying in the 30’s and 40’s so I don’t have to run the heater as much now. I’m so tired of regulating the heat to just barely keep warm so the bill won’t be so high. In a few months, the trick will be to do the same with the air conditioning.
Greebo scampers through the house and does a combination growl/purr/trill type sound thinking she’s too fast for the rest of us to catch her. But she’s easy, we just act like something is interesting around her food bowl on top of the dryer and she’s instantly there, curiosity getting the better of her.
This week I added more stationery and old letter paper ephemera to the Etsy shop. These are spring themed with birds and are really pretty. I’ve listed them below.
Spring Equinox is next week! How will you celebrate?
This week’s Newsletter Spirit Animal is the Deer. I remember when the kids and I went hiking with our goats in the pasture one spring morning. It was foggy and we could only see a few feet in front of us on parts of the trail. We walked up on a small herd of deer. We were all startled–us, the goats, and the deer. The deer stood stone still, ignoring us, but watching the goats. I think they couldn’t understand what the packs were the goats were carrying. We all stood there staring at each other for several minutes and then we decided to move slowly around them and go on down the trail. It was a beautiful moment to observe the deer in the fog.
You can read more about Deer symbolism below.
Happy Equinox and Happy Spring!
This week’s Newsletter Spirit Animal
Deer Symbolism and Meanings:
Deer are beautiful and graceful animals, and instill a sense of awe and wonder in us when we chance upon them in the wild.
The Celts associated the deer with the fairie realm, believing troops of fairies trailed behind the stag as he made a path through the forest.
Deer can sense the nutrition they need from the plants around them and know which ones are good for them. Deer also has an uncanny sense of where to find the herbs in the forest and both Native Americans and the Celts watched the deer closely to know where to find the best herb patches.
Deer Symbolism and Meanings:
- Peace
- Beauty
- Swiftness
- Grace
- Love
- Regrowth
- Abundance
- Watchfulness
- Spirituality
Deer can help you find your own inner treasures. Simply ask her to go with you on the trail in a meditation and see where she leads you into the depths of your soul and spiritual knowing. She will lead you to your own spiritual medicine when you need it.
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Recently Published . . .
New in the Etsy Shop
I had fun this week creating junk journal ephemera and stationery with old letter papers as backgrounds!
Check out the stationery below.
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Recently Published . . .
My daughter and I created a whole line of Writer’s Notebooks. Use them for NaNoWriMo, notetaking, for work, or journaling! We are also creating logbooks.
You can find the rest of the series on the Magic Heron Amazon Author Page
1. Notebook: Vintage Hot Air Balloons High Flyers
2. I Came I Mowed I Kicked Grass Lawn Mowing Lawn Care Appointment Book: Logbook
Interesting links . . .
Here are some interesting links I came across on my ventures through Internet Land this week that I thought you might enjoy.
1. Spring Equinox 2023: When Is It, And What Is It?
2. A SPRING EQUINOX DRAWING EXERCISE WITH BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATOR JOSÉPHINE KLERKS
3. Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap with Soap Nuts
4. Cheese with a Crunch: Healthy Homemade Cheez-Its
5. GROWING AN EDIBLE FLOWER GARDEN
***I use Mountain Rose Herbs for ordering all the herbs I use. Every order I’ve received has always been fresh and gorgeous. Click here to order the herbs you need for your teas, infusions, spices, and other ingredients for your kitchen:
Best of Home Medicine Summit . . .
Marjory Wildcraft has pulled together 12 all-time most popular presentations from The Grow Network’s previous Home Medicine Summits and will be airing them for free for 72 hours starting Friday, March 17, 2023.
These presentations show you how to be naturally healthy, and unleash the healing power of plants with medicines you make in your own kitchen, for pennies!
The Best of Home Medicine Summit will cover a wide range of empowering topics, including:
- Holistic Therapeutics for the Respiratory System
- Going Beyond Organic to Nutrition Grown
- 3 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Eyesight Naturally
- How to Make Mineral-Rich and Immune-Building Herbal Vinegars at Home
- 15 Herbs to Increase Your Vitality and Energy
- Be Nice to Your Weeds, They Just Might Save Your Life
- How to Make Herbal Formulas for Leaky Gut, Ulcers, and Indigestion
Where: Online
When: March 17-19, 2023
Click Here to Register for Free
Spring Recipe . . .
Celebrate spring by making a quiche using eggs and seasonal ingredients
4 Easy Quiche Recipes | How to Make a Quiche
Spring Fun . . .
Spring Nature Bucket List! Feed the ducks at your local park or pond!
Don’t feed ducks bread. Here’s what to give them instead.
Fun Idea From: Spring Nature Bucket List
Nature Walk Video . . .
Nature video to play in the background while you work, walk on a treadmill, or just to relax to!
1. Uniqueness of Mt. Rainier National Park – 4K Documentary Film (with Narration)
Journaling Inspiration . . .
1. Fishing for Words and Pixie Dust and Quilts
3. How My Daily Art Journal Helped Me With Art and Mom Life
4. Creative Ways to Journal: 10 Creative Journal Ideas for Adults
5. Breaking Your Silence—How to Get Past Fear
Random Nature Fact . . .
The first day of spring is called the vernal equinox. The term vernal is Latin for “spring” and equinox is Latin for “equal night.”
The first spring flowers are typically lilacs, irises, lilies, tulips, daffodils, and dandelions.
Nature Journal Video . . .
1. Hello, I’m Alex Boon and I’m nature journaling on YouTube throughout 2022. It’s all about spring flowers today as I polish off a February page with the addition of pressed celandine then paint a spring border onto my title page for March.
Nature Journaling Vlog Day 74 | Flower Pressing and Painting Spring Flowers
Nature Journal Prompt . . .
Use the picture above to practice drawing in your nature journal and noticing details about this animal.
Deer facts:
Lifespan: 6 years (male), 8 years (female), Record white-tailed deer was a doe in Georgia that lived 22 years
Scientific name: Cervidae
Weight: White-tail deer 120-160 lbs (male) 80-120 lbs (female)
Speed: up to 50 mph
Habitat: meadows, forested woodlots, brushy areas, croplands, mixture of hardwoods, croplands, brushlands, and pasturelands
What it eats: grasses, legumes, weeds, fruit, crops, shrubs, trees, vines, acorns, evergreen leaves and stems
What eats (or preys on) it: mountain lions, coyotes, lynx, bobcats, black bears, wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines, alligators, wild hogs, feral dogs, humans
Did you know?
Chinese water deer are the only deer species to have fangs instead of antlers?
More fun facts:
17 Fun & Interesting Facts About Deer You Need to Know
What I’m watching . . .
1. My daughter has loved this book series, so we watched Season 1 this week and next week Season 2 will drop.
Shadow and Bone | Official Trailer | Netflix
What I’m reading . . .
1. I’m trying a few prompts out of this book to get back into writing poetry.
What I’m Listening to . . .
1. Live nature cams are fun to have on in the background while working!
Cat TV Videos ~ Birds for Cats to Watch Extraordinaire 10 HOURS
Quotes I’m pondering . . .
“The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing.”
—S. Brown
and
“Spring won’t let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.”
—Gustav Mahler
Questions I’m considering journaling on . . .
Spring Equinox is but a week away. How do I want to celebrate it this year?
Journal Prompt . . .
Journal about the Spring Equinox and how it brings balance to the season. What are some ways you can bring more balance into your life? Make a list and spend time writing about what brings you the most joy and how you can bring more of it into your daily life.
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Happy Journaling!
. . . Shanna
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