Now this could probably go on a few tribes i started specifically the vegetalismo tribe and i might repost it there...
but on solstice there was something that i experienced that i felt was neat enough to share here...
i had not eaten nearly all day it was a bit of a fast so to speak, the day was spent in prayer and communion with friends and spirit, the forest deer, eagle, fir...
towards the end of the day i was invited to spend some time with my areas more famous musicians. he offered to cook me dinner and we would take medicine together and have a solstice ceremony.
I went to his home and we in his Pea gazabo he had made and talked then he went to start cooking while i was left to pick his strawberries...
and there where MANY... strawberries...

i could not help but really admire this plant and especially its fruit... I ate as I picked as many of us do... and put enough in the bowl to take inside. we talked and he cooked, and we ate strawberries while doing so... and then we sat and discussed the medicine we where about to ingest, i felt it would be better to eat a heavier meal after words and so we saved the food he had cooked until after words... still eating the strawberries... and talking and putting off the medicine until it felt like the time was right.
when it was we ingested our medicine and it came upon us quickly... i was fully immersed and before me was lushes sensuality, thin green vines with red brilliant energy at the ends... it was dripping with just the most sensual energy, it was nearly sexual, as a fruit is the sexual reproduction of the strawberry, i could see how it had co-evolved as a domestic fruit attracting humans with its sensuality. it was powerful its ability attract and reproduce in a nearly lusty way. it drew attention to my sacral chakra and saw work to be done there i saw that strawberry was having a definite effect on it and it showed me that i needed to release energy in my solar chakra to allow that energy to move... i thank strawberry for its assistance and for sharing itself with me. it is a most amazing plant.
It got me thinking today about the associations we have with strawberry its a very lusty and sensual fruit IMHO... lol especially dipped in chocolate... now thats a spirit i would like to meet some day lol
i also started thinking about how we bring a plant or animals spirit into us, it becomes us and we share our spirit with them when we eat them. it is good to honor your food.