2011 Harvest Culinary Lavender

2011 Harvest Culinary Lavender is ready and will be on sale at Millthorpe Markets

4/12/11

 I have just finished stripping the first of our Lavendula Angustifolia for 2011 and will be at market with it, supplies are short due to the rain.

Culinary Lavender

“Unleash your inner chefness”

Lavendula Angustifolia

For baked goods.

-rinse and pat dry before use-

kellsandkangalovelavender.blogspot.com

Kangaroo Flat Lavender Farm NSW 0408643881



Im Back

Yes I am back! back from the brink.  It's been months and months since I last visited you, hope all's well.  For all my absence I have had my head stuck in chemistry books, you say what? Yes chemistry books.  Chemistry is a compulsery subject in Aromatherapy I may have reconcidered my studies had I realised.  And what does chemistry have to do with aromatherapy I hear you say, well I am proud & confident to say that chemistry plays a very important, vital role in successful healing treatments and outcomes.  If you can identify the major chemical constituents in an essential oil you can prescribe a treatment blend that is successful therapeutically and targeted specifically and not just one that smells lovely .  So I had my chemistry exam this morning, it's over and done with and I am feeling creative so stay tuned!

Workless Wednesday

No work on Wednesdays!  That is what I have decided.... Wednesday is work free.... I wish!

Nope I dont think that I can get away with a completely work free day, so I have compromised with myself.

and from this day forth I promise to myself

To workless Wednesdays!!!!

I am in love with this idea!

Where did this idea come from? Well a few places I guess.  I follow Raspberry Rainbows blog and Cat has a wordless Wednesday every week, which I often wonder about but with 4 children living in the house I shant be so lucky to rest my ears for as little as 5 minutes let alone a whole day!

 I rang our accountant a few weeks ago on a Wednesday and the answering machine blurted out that they were not in the office on Wednesdays, that got me thinking ahhh how nice would it be to have a work free Wednesday, I have since discovered thay my accountant doesnt actually have Wednesday free, he just doesnt have clients on Wednesday. Which isnt as appealing I must say!

Wednesday for me is Mothers group day, its a day where we get together talk alot and drink alot of coffee, so I rush around getting my family organised in the morning then chill out for a couple of hours with my friends before coming home again. Very therapeutic!

But..

 I have found that I really struggle to get motivated into achieving much else, it must be the whole coming down thing from all the caffiene consumed.  So I start to put pressure on myself to do something, finish something, carry on with something, start something.  

Why?

Exactly,.. I do enough!! So I pledge to Workless Wednesdays 

For Me!!

So...

 The pressure is off already, I feel good about it. 

Bring on Workless Wednesdays!

Aromatherapy???

So what is aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is the gentle science based on the use of essential oils derived from plants.

Apart from their pleasing aromas, essential oils are valued for their cosmetic and therapeutic values.

The essential oils are able to stimulate the body's self healing processes.

Aromatherapy uniquely combines in equal importance, individual blends of oils with body contact therapy.

The significance of aromatherapy as a holistic art lies in the uniqueness of each treatment, as opposed to a technique of massage or a standard prescription of ready blended oils.

 

"Aromatherapy is... the skilled and controlled use of essential oils for physical and emotional health and well being." Valerie Cooksley

"Aromatherapy conveys the concept of healing with aromatic substances." Robert Tisserand

 

"Aromatherapy is a caring, hands-on therapy which seeks to induce relaxation, to increase energy, to reduce the effects of stress and to restore lost balance to mind, body and soul." Robert Tisserand

 

"Aromatherapy can be defined as the controlled use of essential oils to maintain and promote physical, psychological, and spiritual wellbeing." Gabriel Mojay

 

"Aromatherapy is essentially an interaction between the therapist, client and essential oils, working together to bring forth the healing energy which will help the client regain their sense of well being and vitality." Jade Shutes

 

What is an aromatherapist?

 

An aromatherapist is a holistic health practitioner, meaning that we treat the whole person, naturally

We are here to help nourish and balance the life force and vital energy.

We believe that health is beauty and that beauty is health

Spring is in the air...

Everywhere I look around...... Spring is in the air,... with every site and every sound....

Global Change

Jhye's geography homework for this week is to take a photo of something that represents "global change", then present it. This is what he came up with.

totally wicked blog

I am on the computer again, feeling a bit guilty because I have so many other things to be doing, I am still on the lemon thing and decided to google lemon cake. and wull la I have found the best blog I have read for ages with an Olive oil Lemon cake!!!! http://www.completelydelicious.com/ has been added to my blog list if you have some spare time and like to bake,- check it out!

So now that I am inspired again I have to go.. cook, sew, soap, clean, sing & dance