Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to muse on the Brother Cadfael books and the most excellent series starring the most excellent Derek Jacobi. There is something cosy about the thought of a herbarium with the plants hanging and drying from the beams above, and the delicious smells of all the lovely herbs, getting ready for aid the sick and ailing. Anyone who doesn't know about Cadfael check out the website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadfael that will tell you all about the works of Ellis Peters who wrote the books and about the television series and also about the character of Cadfael the 12th Century Shrewsbury Monk. Just wanted to share some thoughts on herbs and Cadfael with some quotes from Robin Whiteman's excellent book 'Brother Cadfael's Book of Days' published by Headline, so sit back and enjoy Cadfael's musings and thoughts, and passages from Ellis Peter's excellent chronicles...

..."In the herb-garden, shaded along one side by its high hedge from the declining sun, the heavy fragrances of the day hung like a spell..."

..."August was high harvest time among the herbs, and all the medicines for the winter demanding Cadfael's care..."

and from Cadfael himself...

..."'I grow herbs', said Brother Cadfael, 'dry them, and make remedies for all the ills that visit us. I physic a great many souls besides those of us within.'..."

..."I know my herbs', said Cadfael. 'They have fixed properties, and follow sacred rules'..."

If you get chance to read the Cadfael Chronicles do, because you'll wonder why you hadn't found them before - enjoy!