Being from Tennessee means that I grew up in a climate with 4 very distinct season and plenty of rain. When I moved to the desert 6 years ago, it was a huge adjustment. So now every year, I get super excited for the monsoon season. The grass starts to grow, everything turns green, it is humid, and if you use some imagination, you can almost trick yourself into believing you are somewhere other than the desert.
In my opinion there is nothing more comforting than listening to those monsoon rains fall, but the season does have some down sides and one of those is mosquitoes! For some reason these bugs have always been attracted to me. If there is one mosquito in a room, it will find me and bite me. Well, as it turns out they seem to really like Miss O as well. We can hardly go outside with out getting eaten up! I am not a big fan of bug spray, I would rather suffer through the bites than use it, but it breaks my heart to see those bites all over Miss O's legs. SO, I decide to make some that was more natural. I got this recipe from The Rhythm of Family: Discovering a Sense of Wonder Through the Seasons by Amanda Blake Soule and Stephen Soule. It smells nice and only uses witch hazel and essential oils.We will be testing this spray out this weekend when we go on our camping trip to the lake!
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