Productivity FTW!

I allowed my tinctures to leave the closet for a short period
so that they could attend this photo sesh.

I spent all afternoon playing with my herbs.  My shelf is now totally jars, and I had some rearranging to do with my bath salts and stuff.  But yay!  Tinctures are made and individual ounces are now ready for etsy--I can't contain my excitement!  The tinctures I started are Valerian Root, Dandelion Root, Lady's Mantle, Motherwort, and Blue Vervain.  The Dandelion and Blue Vervain are 100% Organic (hooray for organic vodka!), and the rest simply contain organic plant material.

I will try to get everything up on my etsy store and link you to it by tomorrow, mmmkay?  :D

Also, I finally received my "crystal ball" yesterday!  Okay, so it's not really a crystal ball--it's a FOSSIL BALL!  I am sooooo in love with this thing--I swear that when I saw it online it was calling to me through the computer screen! :P  As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it!  It is an Orthoceras fossil, and the Orthoceras used to be a cephalopod during the Ordovician to Triassic ages, but...well...things just didn't pan out for my fossilized friend, here.  This specimen is actually from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and is dated back to the Silurian Age, 400+ million years ago!  "What is the Silurian Age?," you ask.  Why, it is the period of time during which jawed and bony fish first appeared, and moss-like, vascular plants began to appear near bodies of moving water!  (Thank you, Wikipedia..... ;) )
You wouldn't believe what it is to hold this thing in your hand--it's like holding the universe in your palm...ahhh....I am just in ecstasy over this fella!

My Orthoceras specimen, a.k.a. The Pocket-Sized Universe.