Today's polish is a gorgeous wintery green, although my pictures make it look more teal than it looks in real life. That being said I think I have at least one or two polishes that are very close to this one. I love the way this one looked in the sun though. This is Balsam Fir from Polished for Days.

Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Part 3. Canaan Valley is the highest mountain valley of its size east of the Mississippi River and hosts the largest wetlands complex in the Central and Southern Appalachians. Most of these wetlands are now protected by Canaan Valley State Resort Park and Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The Freeland Boardwalk Trail in the refuge is an ideal place to get an up-close experience with one of the wetland types - a balsam fir swamp. A half-mile long, raised boardwalk with wildlife viewing platforms winds through the swamp, allowing visitors to interact with the wildlife and plants without damaging the fragile ecosystem.

From top: Bur marigold (Bidens laevis), also known as smooth beggartick, a wetlands-loving beauty that produces a profusion of golden flowerheads; bog goldenrod (Solidago uliginosa), another wetlands native with a bright red stem and closely-packed flowers on a plume-like inflorescence; the bright blue berries of arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum); the ripening berries of American black elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), also known as American black elder; white meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), a native spirea of Appalachia’s wetlands that draws hordes of pollinators with its beautiful spikes of white flowers; grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia), also known as flat-top goldentop, not a true Solidago, but even more beautiful with its flat panicles of golden-yellow flowers and graceful foliage; and an industrious bumblebee prying open the closed petals of a narrowleaf gentian (Gentiana linearis) to get at the nectar pot below.

Funeral Cleansing Spell (2)

According to Seneca tradition, the oils of two evergreen trees, Canadian hemlock and balsam fir are used to wash and prepare the body. Bodies are then laid out for funerary ceremonies on boughs of the trees.

(from The Element Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes)

Balsam fir from the forest loves Bears in Trees

Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea) in Spring, Mt. Mitchell State Park, North Carolina, 2017.

Balsam Bolt

Uncommon, Weapon (Heavy Crossbow)

Made from live edge wood of the Balsam Blizzard Fir, it perpetually emits a subtle woody aroma.

This weapon has 3 charges which you can use to augment the ammunition it fires.  When you hit a creature with a ranged attack using this weapon you can choose one of the following options. The weapon regains all spent charges at dawn, or spends 1 hour completely covered in snow.

Sticking Sap. (1 Charge) Viscous sap leaks out from the bolt, coating the creature in sticky sap.  The target's movement speed is halved.  This effect lasts until the end of their next turn.

Restraining Resin. (2 Charges) A thin liquid leaks from the bolt and pools at the base of the target's feet where it rapidly hardens into a strong amber.  The target can make a DC 13 Dex save, becoming restrained on a fail.  At the end of their turn, creatures restrained in this way can make a DC 13 Str save ending the effect on a success.

Live Ammunition. The bolts fired from this weapon are living tree saplings.  You can fire this weapon at the ground within range, planting a Blizzard Balsam Fir sapling on the target. Once planted, this sapling is just a regular Blizzard Balsam Fir sapling.  It will grow at the normal rate and is only able to survive in certain environments.

Land of Fraxinus, Populous, Quercus & Acer - A dream of mine.

Tantrico (eau de parfum) Laboratorio Olfattivo Nose: Lucien Ferrero

Woods

«What is more noble for a perfumer than Sandal attar? Without doubt it is the most precious essential oil in the history of perfumery, with a refined elegance, an unparalleled sensuality and an intimacy that I invite you to try.»

An indisputable symbol of spirituality and a medium of communication between the land and the divine for many civilizations, if we think of Sandalwood, we cannot but refer to its sensuality which is released in the contact between this raw material and the skin. In Tantrico, the velvety character of Sandalwood is tickled by the aromatic touch of Sage, Juniper and Cypress creating a jus in perfect balance between discretion and sensuality that binds to the skin immediately, creating a persistent but intimate aura.

Top notes: Juniper berry, Lime, Clary sage, Grapefruit Heart notes: Cypress, Pepper, Sandalwood Base notes: White musk, Balsam fir, Atlas cedar

What is this ?

Can't find if the white things are mealybugs or a slime-fongus

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

(Shuh-WAH-muh-guhn)

Park Falls, Wisconsin, United States

Late afternoon at the balsam fir swamp in Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

From top: nodding bur-marigold (Bidens cernua), also sometimes referred to as nodding beggarticks, a clumping, wetlands-loving annual whose flowerheads nod as they mature and get heavier; bushy St. John's wort (Hypericum densiflorum), a gorgeous, densely-packed shrub with vibrant yellow flowers and copper-colored bark; white meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), a rapidly-colonizing shrub whose branching clusters of white flowers are one of summer's most generous gifts; narrow-leaved gentian (Gentiana linearis), a tall, elegant bottle gentian that can only be pollinated by bumblebees strong enough to pry open (or chew through) its closed petals; flat-topped white aster (Doellingeria umbellata), also known as parasol whitetop, a tall, attractive mountain aster with flat, branching clusters of white flowers; and the dainty white flowers of virgin's bower (Clematis virginiana), a vigorous, twining vine that forms beautiful, dense waves of foliage and flowers.

[ID. A digital bust drawing of Aela the Huntress transforming into a werewolf. Her mouth is gaping, a glowing eye resting inside. The text at the bottom reads: Lycanthropy. End ID.]

so true beastie

question! are you taking requests currently for sp templates?

not currently, no !! i kinda lost my motivation for templates ^^; you're free to edit anything i've already posted to fit what you need, though!

mosses and lichens from today’s balsam poplar bud foraging

oh how i love burning scented candles with no ventilation