Wild Blessings

A learning resource that can help you get outside and connect with nature.

An Eye for Wild Blessings in 2023

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How many of the plants in ‘Happy New Year’ can you name?

Happy New Year Wild Ones!  I look forward to 2023 and all the wild blessings God has in store for us.  Start each day hiking to your sit spot, asking God for eyes to see evidences of His love all around you hidden in plain view!!  Here are some ways to expand your wild BUCKET LIST!

Love, Holly

“You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.”  Psalm 65:11

 
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Look for the unusual
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Listen to the birds singing songs of God’s love to you. They sing no matter what the weather. “I will sing praises even with my soul” Psalms 108:1
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Smell Milkweed blossoms, they have the most heady aroma. Find a Milkweed patch in July and be amazed.
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Lay on your back and watch the clouds kaleidoscope over head.
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Look for rainbows after every storm
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Observe dew and mist as the morning sun illuminates and bedazzles even the grass with jewels
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Walk in the woods and be inspired by what you find at your feet.
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Look for Morels (every April). I am always hopeful that THIS year they won’t evade me!
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If you work remote as many do, remember to make the woods your office. Here is my office pup, Max.
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Read your Bible outside breathing fresh air, feeling cool breezes, listening to bird calls and observing the seasons as they morph and change. Caution, balls and terriers are a huge distraction
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Dogs need outdoor time too.
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Find a shadowy path that beckons you to discover where it leads. “He led her into the wilderness and there He spoke to her heart.” Hosea 2:14
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Bring the outdoors in with essential oils, diffuse them to purify the indoor air quality and to set mood, or use pretty roller bottles to put them on you for all the reasons.
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Bring home your wild blessings
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Watch the sun bite a hole in the horizon and feel it’s rays warm your face. “I stand in awe of Your signs, You make the dawn and the sunset shout for JOY.” Psalms 65:8
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Ask for eyes to see every wild blessing. “Open my eyes that I might behold wonderful things from Your worLd.” Psalms 119:18
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Listen to water rushing every chance you get. “God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved.” Psalms 46:5
Play with nature scraps
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Forage for all the WILD nuts this Fall!
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Pick flowers to give away
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Eat something wild everyday
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Time in nature can be just the adventure we need to reset our focus, heal our bodies, and feed our souls restoring a sense of wonder.
Invest in rewilding yourself by attending Wild Blessings fabulous in-person events – Wild Food Feasts, Foraging Adventures, Plant Walks, Befriending Plants Intensives. Check WildBlessings.com for 2023 dates.
Join me every Teaching Tuesday at 8pm (EST) to surf nature’s wave, herb around, sip virtual wild teas and learn about plants as the seasons roll by!
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“Nature is such a liberating force from the religious fog because it’s God’s and it speaks volumes about His nature.” John Eldredge

About the Author

Holly Drake

My name is Holly Drake and I love to study, teach, and talk about wild foods. I live in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina with my husband Jason and my dog Max where I explore the beauty of God's creation to learn as much as I can about wild foods that are available to us for free. [READ ALL ARTICLES]

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