May 2, 2015, Granite Dells-  I spent the day immersing myself in better health practices.  Around 10:30, I set out to this dazzling blend of rock, water and greenery, to pay a call on a natural healer and anthropologist, who calls herself Happy Oasis.  She lives with her husband, John, in a delightful two or three acres of land, known as Heaven on Earth.  Happy has been all over the planet, in the course of her twenty-five year career, yet she has chosen, and fought hard for, this sublime paradise.

Thanks to her efforts, there are trails aplenty where there could have been condos too many.  So, Happy and her associate, Jack, took thirty of us on a walk of discovery- to meet the wild plants which can be foraged for sustenance, in the ecosystem of the Dells. It rained a bit, as if to bless our jaunt.

Here are some scenes of this unique experience.

The home of our hosts is a work in progress, after a fire took out its predecessor.  They are nothing, if not multi-talented.

Here is a slippery elm, with its full supply of salad greens.

I don’t remember what the next several plants are, but they are safe and taste very nice.

Here is a mustard plant.

THIS, however, is loco weed.  It is highly hallucinogenic, if ingested.

Happy, in front, showed us about a dozen plants that can sustain a person, in the wilds of Granite Dells.

This flowering plant is often called prairie rose.  It tastes fine, flowers and all.

Here are some of my classmates, as we enjoyed the fruits of nature’s labours.

It was one of the loveliest of days, so far this year.  In late afternoon and evening, I visited with a friend and  essential oils colleague, encouraging her in teaching a class on our oils. The day left me with the knowledge that there is more good in our future than not.