Sunshine, shopping and a walk.....

When the sun shines it changes every thing and lifts my soul. Today the sun did shine and I enjoyed a days shopping in Totnes followed by a decaf latte at my favourite garden centre topped off with a 2 hour walk, I struggled a bit got out of breath and was feeling a bit weak half way through which I take to mean fatigue but walked through it and got home to a camera full of inspiration (I take a lot of photos). Luckily I had my partner with me (I've been having some nasty falls) just in case I took a tumble my GP reckons its the beta blocker Atenalol that I'm taking for migraines he said my blood pressure might be dropping too much and this is causing a very quick and temporary black out!!! hence the reason why I've had 3 falls in 2 weeks!!! I really hurt myself last time and I was with a 70 year old!!! It was sort of amusing bit like the blind leading the blind but still a bit frightening especially as it was on a cliff path. I don't want to stop taking the Atenalol as it appears to be working and I haven't had a full on migraine now for the best part of 2 weeks which is a small miracle for me.

Next week is an appointment free week (don't get many of those) so I'm planning on doing some painting, it really is beautiful down here at the moment all the flowers are in bloom and the leaves are out on the trees, May and June are by far my favourite months in nature. All the colours are ultra bright and I feel super sensitive to all that nature is offering.

Love and light to all xxx

Plant Power Rules

The power of nature to triumph over adversity has yet again proved itself to me, I have always had an affinity with nature, instinctually I love all nature from animals to plants, it is ironic that chemotherapy is developed from plants or from trees like the very poisonous yew tree, or mistletoe. Just watched a documentary on the Himalayas (check it out on the iplayer or BBC 4) at the end of the documentary they discussed the importance of the native plants of that region mainly plants from the Peony and Rhododendron families that have long been used by the local people as healing aids, a scientist from the millennium seed bank at kew spoke of how these plants are being studied in the use of healing and curing of such diseases like Alzheimer's, Diabetes's and Cancer to make the plants the pharmaceutical's of the future, these plants are in danger of extinction due to climate change with global warming proving to be a real threat, thankfully kew are collecting and storing seeds all the time to help avoid extinctions of this kind. I believe the key to finding a cure for cancer is in nature and plants and that we are tantalizingly on the cusp of finding the cure, until that time drinking green juice and smoothies will help in some way to prolong life for those of us afflicted with this terrible disease, I hope and pray it is long enough to find the cure for this blight of society.

The documentary was so beautiful and thought provoking, I think it must of been one of those 'thin places' (I mentioned in previous post) as I could not contain the tears, intuitively I know this is a very special spiritual place.