It actually started snowing last night, but not enough for any to stay. This morning it's snowing those beautiful, fat and lazy snowflakes. I wasn't the only one excited to see the snow. My kids loved it too. We'll see how long their excitement will last when it's snowing so thick we need to shovel snow - ha ha ha!
We purchased some horsetail salve to try last year. It is said to help with severely dry, cracked skin. My husband was the first to try it, with very, very dry and cracked hands from work. He loves it! He joked I could not have it back. I started the infused, horsetail oil the last part of March. Something I learned: horsetail is also called shavegrass. I infused horsetail in oil, and strained it. I then made horsetail salve. I remembered to label my jar with what oil(s) I used, so I can journal this all in my "Herbal Remedies" journal. I often forget to write the oil used. Now, the one we bought, has more in it than I put in ours, as far as ingredients (the purchased salve had lanolin, and aloe). We'll see if ours works just as good. I added the sage essential oil, and vitamin E oil. A "first" time experience for us this year. I bought the larger tins at a seed store in an Amish area last year. They a...

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Being in south Texas, it will be a long time before I see snow again. We did get a day of heavy wet snow last Dec.
Have a blessed day.
So nice stopping by to visit with you!
Kindly, ldh