Opuntia Botanica

The Opuntia trailer is officially underway! I've finally busted through some spring cleaning, ripped out some crumbly particle board, scrubbed walls and pulled out random plywood boards, de-cobwebbed the windows ad screens and begun to move a few herbs and other accouterments into the space. After an almost-meltown while realizing how much work there actually is to be done to the trailer and having only little old me to put in the elbow grease - I decided, first I make the inside workable and pleasant, THEN paint and de-coup the outside and deal with other structural issues.

Realistically, this may be more of a stationary apothecary, rather than a roaming workspace. Logistics pertaining to the size of my car, the title, and the overall roadworthiness of the trailer are all concerns that I don't have the time or energy to take on presently - maybe in the future. But for now my top priorities are basically preparing the interior to be functional for my herb crafting and for guests to stay in if we should have any (and we will - SXSW is just around the corner). Exterior beautification comes next - and maybe will only take a day or two if I'm efficient.


Holy is the day! ... let's all go worship the sun!

*peek HERE to see my decided color scheme for the exterior.

The Big Fat "Before"

For now it's all and dreaming and drill bits.

The days aren't long enough to accomplish what I want in my desired time-line. There just aren't enough days of the week - and I am impatient. Just ask my roommates how nuts I go on my days off. I only have two days a week to get everything done that should take me an entire week. But, sigh, the rest of the week I work to realize the dream of someone else. So many projects bubbling in this dome, scratched across three calendars, rattling around in my head and nagging me in my sleep. Oh, the woes of a passionate woman! Don't feel bad, I wouldn't have it any other way. Stagnancy makes me ache for crunch time.

THIS weekend, I've committed myself to starting and finishing all of the preparations that need to be mailed (and with any luck they will be mailed tomorrow!)- priority to the Valentine's day package "commissioned" from me by Angelena Vargas. She gave me total freedom and so far as the time of this blog being written, this is what I imagine it will consist of (who knows what it will morph into by the time the day is done, these projects have a tendency to shape themselves).

- Damiana infused, warming massage oil.
- Lovers Tea
- Love Spell Herb and mineral bath

Angelena also has a long-time-coming "gypsy box" as she refers to it, that will be full of magical items and personal herbal confections such as feathers, talismans, desert dream salve (mugwort and chaparral infused oil, with essential oils of sage and rose, to encourage lucid dreaming), a hand bound book for keeping track of her own magical practices (and she is a very powerful witch indeed, whether or not she affords herself the title), and a solid perfumed cheek rouge, naturally tinted with beet - I call this one "Beetnick." Oh, the cleverness of me!


Photos of the finished projects will follow - maybe tomorrow? Along with "before" photos of the trailer. It will be in a state of "before" for quite a while. Check back soon!