Having Everything In The Right Order

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·@clareartista·
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Having Everything In The Right Order
##### Cleaning and sorting my jars of herbs and spices and teas today, got me thinking how essential and rewarding some aesthetics and order is, in a happy functioning kitchen/ larder...

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*the herbal tisanes and steaming shelf*

I had a load in the kitchen in front of where I cook, and a load in the cantina (cellar) - behind the kitchen and down some steps. 

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*marigold (calendula) and olive leaves*

I had the realisation, in detoxing from caffeine (yikes - ****ing brutal!) that it's much less convenient to make up a pot of herbal tea, particularly if the herbs aren't fresh - and in clear view in front of me!

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*astralago, for steaming - very bitter and smelly!*

So I spent a lot of today moving my empty 20 milk bottles (I use them for water harvesting from the local spring) into the cantina - and moving all the wild flower, leaf, bark and seed teas back up to the kitchen. 

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*vitex agnus castus, for medicine and steaming; thankfully I'd harvested these last year, before my neighbours poisoned the tree and killed it*   :-(

## Bringing my inner world into order, by putting my house in order.

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*delicious rose petals, which I often make a strong tisane from and use in the bath*
 
Doing this, I remember what a wealth of healing, pleasure and perfume I posess! And new daily practises, ideas and pleasure-full therapies come to mind!

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*my cooking spices, cereals and popcorn and olives and suchlike - these shelves are made from old drawers* :-D

Being an artist, I often spend multiple hours at a time, deeply immersed in creative flow; I can quite forget about bodily needs, as I'm energised by the inspiration of simply being in Divine Union With this Flow. Oopah!

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*freshly-dried peppers for making paprika, hanging by their stems*

But having things beautifully arranged, in colourful jars and boxes, where the light can hit them, means that just walking into the kitchen is aesthetically stimulating!

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*wee, recently-harvested peperoncini,from seeds I'd harvested locally and then replanted in the town's flower chests (which they abandoned)*

Which in turn inspires me to also be creative in the kitchen; to bring that Flow from the studio in here too, rather than seeing the two rooms as difference dimensions!

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*recently picked tomatoes - joy!*

**I love to see my veggies and things displayed beautifully: the deep sense of metaphor bringing all things into symbiosis - of harmony of colour, texture, weight, composition... the whole image, over months and years, coming more and more into wholeness. Just like painting, a certain feeling of completion coming, the longer we dedicate to making it more beautiful and special.**

Yum!

*Blessings on your kitchen! Share a photo below if you're so-inspired; I adore seeing inside others' kitchens!*


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