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Is giving a consequence of love or love the result of giving? When demands begin, love departs.

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Massage is a great way to show affection, intimacy/sexuality, and appreciation. Especially if physical touch is a top love language for the receiving partner. To increase sensuality I like to light some candles, put some aromatherapy on, dim the lights, and play some relaxing music first.

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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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I’ve seen lavender syrup and lilac sugar trend so here’s a recipe using one of my favorite flowers/weeds, the dandelion. They grow easily, remind me of childhood innocence and hope, greens can be used in salad, and can even flavor honey with them. Recipe for vegan “dandelion honey” aka dandelion syrup. Tastes great in teas.

Dandelion Syrup

Ingredients:

Dandelion flowers (about 60)

1-1/2 cup water

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar (or 1/4 cup honey)

1/2 lemon, juice and zest

Instructions:

Harvest dandelions! Note: You can harvest in advance of making this syrup. Put blooms in an air-tight freezer bag in the freezer until you’re ready to get started.

Snip off blossoms from the green base into a container. Then rinse the flowers and pat dry. (You can skip this step to retain more of the pollen which is good for the immune system. If you are concerned about bugs though, inspect closely or they will also be strained out later.)

Add flower heads and water to a pot. Bring to a boil, and let it boil for 30 seconds to a minute.

Then remove the pan from the heat and steep over night (or at least 8 hours).

The next morning, strain the liquid into another pot or bowl. You can strain over a cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer, squeezing out as much water as you can.

Return the strained liquid to the pot and discard the flowers. Add the sugar, lemon zest, and juice to the pot and simmer for one hour.

Let the syrup cool. Note: The syrup won’t thicken until it has cooled. Once it has cooled, taste it with a spoon. Adjust to taste with sugar and lemon juice.

That’s it!

Transfer to a sterile class jar or container and leave to cool completely. It can keep in the fridge for up to a month.

Recipe from farmer’s almanac

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Women need to be loved, men need to be shown respect and admiration💋

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We’re moving into a cottage in the countryside in a couple months and I’m so excited. I’m mentally preparing for a more simple fulfilling life. It’ll give us a chance to save up and get our own place. And live my best cottagecore life with chickens and a garden.

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Being a homemaker doesn’t mean you don’t have any hobbies or do anything than cooking/cleaning/etc. One of my favorite indoor hobbies is flower arrangements. I’m still an amateur at it but nothing beautifies a house like fresh flowers.

#hobbies

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There are many ways to get what we want in a marriage, but we usually get more with honey than vinegar. Love is an action not just a word.

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“We need a witness to our lives. There are 8 billion people on the planet … I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything — the good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things … all of it, all the time, every day. You're saying, ‘Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness.'”

Shall We Dance

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Nowadays being feminine is looked down upon as a weakness & I wholeheartedly disagree. Embracing femininity is an underestimated and underused power.

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Freshly baked apple pie for Shabbat 🥧 We usually do meals at my fiancé’s family’s so it felt nice to contribute. I baked them a challah last week. Now that I own a kitchenaid (for $120!!) I’ll be baking a more frequently. Super easy recipe and costs under $4 to make.

~Recipe~

For filling

•5 honey crisp or granny smith apples- peeled & thinly sliced

•3/4 c sugar

•1 tbsp lemon juice

•1 tsp cinnamon

•2 tbsp flour

•1/2 tsp nutmeg

•1/2 tsp clove

•1/4 tsp salt

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°. Mix filling together in large bowl.

2. Scoop filling into homemade or premade pie crust.

3. Lattice the remaining pie crust by slicing into strips and laying in an over-under fashion. Optional: glaze the top with an egg wash or leftover filling syrup

4. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Let cool for 1-2 hours before serving. Sauce thickens upon standing.

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words to ponder🌾

source via pinterest.com

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If you treat a man as he is, he will stay as he is, but if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be, and could be, he will become that bigger and better man.

~ Goethe

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A tiny room doesn’t need much to be cozy. Minimalist, neutral, and clean. Small cabin idea inspo.

R/cozyplaces

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Summary of the book Fascinating Girl by Helen B. Andelin. A must read for single girls. For women in a committed relationship she authors a book called Fascinating Womanhood (the modernized version is revised by her daughter). I highly recommend both 📚

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A lady should know what is flattering on her. Feeling attractive in what you wear is important for healthy self esteem. We all want to feel beautiful inside and out. That can be hard if you have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear. Discovering your color season is an easy way to find what shades best suit you. Color psychology plays a huge part in aesthetic and appearance. An unflattering color can wash out the face instead of emphasizing your natural beauty 💋

https://www.google.com/amp/s/infinitcloset.com/color-analysis/12-seasons-color-analysis-overview/amp/

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I was going to start a container herb garden but this might be better 🌱

15 reasons to build an herb spiral for your garden (By Jean Bardot, Natural News)

(By Jean Bardot, Natural News)

Whether you’re a city mouse or a country mouse — with a high-rise patio or 1000 acres — building an herb spiral near your kitchen allows you to partake in the sustainable permaculture revolution and have fresh organic culinary herbs at your fingertips. An herb spiral is a compact vertical garden built on specific principles allowing for individualized management of wind and water flow to create the ideal garden in a limited amount of space.

The spiral is a natural form that provides an efficient method for managing space, storing and sorting. Using the natural universal design of a spiral, the forces of gravity and water flow are utilized to their fullest allowing for proper drainage downhill. Herbs that thrive on drier soils live at the top, whereas those needing more moisture reside at the bottom where water collects. This form allows for planting of a widely diverse number of plants, and creates natural, sunny and shady areas — a perfect miniature microclimate landscape environment. The herb spiral as a permaculture form that allows you to create your own ecosystem and become self sufficient. The format can be adapted to large gardens if space is available.

Stone or block building materials allow for retention of heat and insulate plants in colder weather or at night, while acting as the backbone for the structure. Collect water at the bottom and have a small fish or frog pond or even a bog and grow edible water plants. An herb spiral can be built even on a concrete foundation and filled with the richest biodynamic, organic earth to support any plants included.

The spiral should always be built to move in the direction of water drainage in whatever hemisphere it’s located in — for example, in the Northern hemisphere, water runs off in a clockwise direction and the opposite is true for the Southern hemisphere. This allows for optimal positioning of the pond at the bottom and reduces evaporation. The spiral can be built as a round or oval shape to take advantage of the movement of summer sunlight.

15 REASONS TO BUILD AN HERB SPIRAL FOR YOUR PERMACULTURE GARDEN

1. Maximize growing space to grow more food. 2. Multiple microclimates available for optimal plant growth.

3. Healthier plants where growing needs are met and companion planting is easy to reduce insect problems and foster beneficial plant relationships for better growth. 4. Aesthetic garden focal point.

5. Maximizes space even in very small areas on top of concrete or in high-rise buildings. 6. Harvesting access is easy and all plants are effortlessly accessible. 7. No bending, everything is at waist height — hooray!

8. Save money by growing your own food. 9. Eat organic, using heirloom seeds and avoid pesticides and genetically engineered seeds. 10. Reduces maintenance, little weeding and easy to turn and mulch.

11. Manage water amounts and use natural forces to perpetuate the growing season. 12. Reduce building costs when you use local available materials. 13. Use drip irrigation or a small sprinkler for easy watering and irrigation.

14. Create a bio-diverse habitat for creatures who come to visit. 15. Build an herb spiral to grow medicinal herbs to avoid Big Pharm drugs.

Sources for this article: http://www.mitra.biz http://themicrogardener.com http://welcometovoluntarysimplicity.wordpress.com http://www.mysquarefootgarden.net/creating-an-herb-spiral/