Mending Roots

met at the crossroads with for a transformative samhain celebration.
card for the year ~ the tower (processing)
[image description - square-cropped digital collage with a background of a besom against a chain-link fence, near bottom is a crossroads with silhouettes of 2 humanoids and 1 cryptid, top left Irish coin, top right tower card, wispy text reads: meet me at the crossroads.]

shout out to and for another awesome forest sessions today. 🍄🌿
[image description: 1) close-up of a cluster of gold and white honey mushrooms 2) five-leaved chocolate vine covering the trunk of a black walnut tree 3) split yellow husk with exposed white fruit with black seeds held in hand with orange-handled knife visible 4) hand holding artist conch mushroom with brown oyster-like top up 5) hand holding artist conch mushroom with white underside up, smiley face scratched into surface 6) hand holding black and and green, round black walnut hull 7) two black walnut trees, covered in chocolate vines with blue sky background and sun rays 8) close-up of turkeytail mushroom with white scalloped edges and multi-colored stripes 9) close-up of wood ear mushroom, dark brown with auricular appearance 10) close-up of hand holding inverted orangish mushroom cap with gills

maypop•echinacea•mugwort
[image description: closeup photo of three ball jars containing grain alcohol and fresh plant material]

thank you so much to Justin Robinson for today’s class on the botanical history of the u.s. 🌾 and for outlining the pattern of displacement and enslavement of plants and people on this day.
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