Saint John's Day

Today is the perfect day for gathering St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum - unless it rains.
(You should never gather plants when it rains. Not because of your hairdo, but because the plants will rot.)
It is good against depression. Even if you don't ingest it. :)

Funny, isn't it, that nature would produce a powerful antidepressant at the time when it is needed the most?
Well, some would say it's exactly six months later that it is needed - and after six months, your concoctions should be just perfect.
But I don't need an antidepressant on December 21 - 23.
To me, those are the happiest days of the year.

It is NOW that it's the saddest time of the year.