03/23/2026
The annual cottonwood bud gathering has commenced.
These buds will be stripped from the branches, placed into a beautiful golden jojoba oil and gently warmed for a few days all whilst releasing a delicious honeyed vanilla kind of scent into my home.
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Why? In order to be added into my massage oil blends, enhancing them with both their scent and their healing properties which include pain relief in muscles and joints. That beautiful drop of orange resin in the final photo, also called 'The Balm of Gilead', contains salacin which is anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiseptic and more... I love collaborating with nature so much.