#sickle in hand i shall forage and collect

[hallowedresonance]

So I had planned on a lavender infusion for @graveyarddirt's May 2022 Hagging Out, as I've been ill recently and totally depleted my existing stash, but something happened this year that I've never seen before so things changed! I have a sweet lilac bush that lives up to the color that shares its name. For the time I've known it, it has been healthy although not overly profuse with its blooms.

Suddenly, this year, it bloomed oh so well! But it bloomed a pure white

My whole plan completely deviated upon encountering the white blossoms, so I've infused with honey. It's my first honey infusion! My friend has a hive he helps maintain so I source my honey from him. I just bring a jar and he fills it up, he's a very good man. But anyways on to the infusing! (please excuse my tomatoes in the background, they snuck in and I didn't notice them)

Gathered on Saturn's day and hour with praise and thanks, and bottled during Jupiter's hour.

I nearly didn't have enough honey, but I made it! It's been sitting for a week or so and is almost ready to share in offering to the Queen whom I have recently begun to walk with.

In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house, near the white-wash’d palings,

Stands the lilac-bush, tall-growing, with heart-shaped leaves of rich green,

With many a pointed blossom, rising, delicate, with the perfume strong I love,

With every leaf a miracle — and from this bush in the dooryard,

With delicate-color’d blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green,

A sprig with its flower I break.

—Walt Whitman

#echo sounds #hagging out #sickle in hand i shall forage and collect #walt whitman #a society of poets: both living and dead #offerings for my queen #faery faith

[hammerthreads]

Many a sickle and scythe in my collection but the boline has eluded me for years. I hadn't even considered that it could be crafted here in our very home until last week when a customer inquired about one. . I now hold the very first to come from the basement forge where @joshskaarup is spending much of his days. The handcrafted crescent shaped blade sliced through my daily herb harvest with ease. . Lucky for me this incredible ritual tool suffered a slight crack in the handle as the pins were set in place so it shall remain here in my hands. I carved her with my foragers bindrune to further lay my claim and soon will make a sheath to keep that razor sharp edge safe amongst my gathering gear. . Many metal works will be releasing in the shop shortly. While currently busy with back to back shows through the first week of June we have been amassing quite the pile of new products. Come find Hammerthreads in Mahone Bay this weekend for the @maritimemakers market to see for yourself! . If you want to be the first to get your hands on a blade, scroll down my feed for the Freyja's Day Giveaway happening now with @midgaarb and @embercraftcreations Still a couple more days to get those entries in for each of our handcrafted treasures. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxsX0zHbwe/?igshid=p3qhf2ho7aum