Picked, dried, and ready for tea
Herbs
Macro Monday
Prunella vulgaris, or self-heal. The clue’s in the name really. Thought to impede blood flow to wounds, it has long been used as a medicinal herb. In New Zealand, it’s commonly found in large clumps in the lawn and regarded as a weed.
Wordless Wednesday
Afternoon cuppa, with lemon-thyme flavoured shortbread. Image: Su Leslie 2018
(Minty) Macro Monday
Windowsill herbs. Image: Su Leslie 2018
Wordless Wednesday
Trying to grow rosemary from cuttings. Image: Su Leslie, 20917
Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Sensitive to a smile
“Beautiful children have come into my life; Beautiful people, oh young and bright.” Dilworth Karaka, Charlie Tumahai, Todd Casella, ‘Sensitive to a Smile.’ Image: Su Leslie, 2002
Herbs is a NZ reggae band that formed in 1979 and is still performing — albeit with a much changed line-up.
Sensitive to a Smile was released in 1987, and I remember it mainly, in a fairly abstract way, as a political song. It wasn’t until the boy-child was born in 1998 that the political became personal.
There comes a time in everyone’s life
No room for mistrust, no room for hate
Open up your heart, don’t look away
When I found myself responsible for that tiny bundle, grown from the love between his father and myself, I realised how invested I had become in wanting a better world, not only for my child, but for all mothers’ children.
“Quality in life that’s hard to find, Like a child with an open mind” Dilworth Karaka, Charlie Tumahai, Todd Casella, ‘Sensitive to a Smile.’ Image: Su Leslie, 2016
“… Love for them is love for all …” Dilworth Karaka, Charlie Tumahai, Todd Casella, ‘Sensitive to a Smile.’ Image: Su Leslie, 2005
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