My eremurus robustus has pink pollen; I noticed this because the honeybees that are on it all day while it is in flower have pink socks
Nature
The season races along. . .
Summer is here; maybe not officially by the calendar, but I count the first rose and peony, and the first hailstorm, as the opening events of the season. I’m working on a scent for a Hailstorm soap….
Northern Lights

The latest batch of Northern Lights turned out so well I had to share pics of it; it’s not a ‘new’ soap, it’s one of my signature soaps for the past ten years, but sometimes the planets are in alignment or I’m standing on one foot just so or am in the zone, somehow, and […]
Green and leafy, fruity, spicy and sweet

The amazing smell of chlorophyll, that green life that drives the planet, is in full force now, and heavy on the air with all the rain we are having. I tinkered a bit with essential oils to evoke that GREEN, fresh scent, and ended up with a blend of lime, lime leaf (my new favorite […]
Recent soaps

Here are a few pics of recent soaps. I have more curing, and on the sketchboard, but I wanted to share some of my favorite winter soaping. First, there’s Night Sky with Planets, a deep dark vetiver scented soap studded with moons and planets and sprinkled with sparkly mica stars and bits of the Milky […]