hiking – Raine Dawn Valentine

Burns Valley Herbals and Retreat

This past week was filled with peace and self care. Taking time to work on things here and there. I am blessed to have amazing people in my life… Brenda and Joe Solonoski are two of them. They own Burns Valley Herbals and Retreat which is so much more than just an AirBnb in Doylesburg…

Raine Dawn

March 29, 2020

Art, Divine I Am, Earth, Existence, Most Popular, Revealing Treasures in your Own Backyard

Burns Valley Herbals and Retreat, Coronavirus, COVID 19, Hemlock, hiking, Mind Body Soul, nature, Tuscarora State Forest

Sitting with ourselves

In the summer of 2016 I went on a hiking trip with my dear friend. We hiked the Appalachian Trail starting at PenMar Park in Western Maryland. We hiked south towards Ravens Rock shelter. Pen Mar Park was owned and operated by the Western Maryland Railroad and had its beginning as far back as 1878.…

Raine Dawn

October 2, 2018

Divine I Am, Existence, Revealing Treasures in your Own Backyard

Anxiety, Appalachian Trail, Fear, High Rock, hiking, Imagination, Overlook, Pennsylvania, Shadows

9… 8…

Yesterday was 8/8….and if you add 2+0+1+5 you get 8. What an awesome date! 8/8/8 It was also a busy day as well… I hosted a maryland flag and crab painting party at The Stone Mill. It was a wonderful evening meeting new people, making new connections and creating new things! So yesterday I…

Raine Dawn

August 9, 2015

Art Class, Existence, Wine and Painting Party

Art, Art Education, camping, hiking, lists, paint night, painting, painting party, reading, summer, The Stone Mill

Revealing Treasures in Your own Backyard!

Hiking excursions, painting parties and cooking oh my! Its been such an adventurous summer so far! I’ve been spending some time researching and identifying local medicinal plants. Such as sassafras. // “Sassafras7” by Original uploader was Wowbobwow12 at en.wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons using CommonsHelper.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia…

Raine Dawn

June 30, 2015

Existence, Revealing Treasures in your Own Backyard, Southern York

herbs, hiking, Lyme, nature, plants, sassafras, summer

Summer, where did you go!?

July just flew by, and August seems to be following along! I think it might have something to do with all this nice cool weather, or just the fact that ALOT has been going on! We went on the Steam Into History train ride! It was so much fun! I am going to be…

Raine Dawn

August 9, 2014

Existence, Most Popular, Southern York

Codorus State Park, Glen Rock, hiking, La Ho Trail, PA, Steam into History, Stone Mill 1792, summer, Train, york county

Nixon Park

This was our view today when we went to Richard Nixon Park. It was a beautiful day for a hike! Landyn and I came to this park with his class on his first field trip…. I realized right away we would have to come back with Element and Theo. We were going to hike…

Raine Dawn

July 17, 2014

Existence, Most Popular, Southern York

Crystals, field trip, Geology, hiking, PA, Quartz, Richard Nixon Park, summer, york

Happy July

What a wonderful weekend it has been! I had a great time playing cards with some friends, camping and hiking, and spending time with my family! We usually travel west to the Appalachian trail…but yesterday we decided to try something new. We headed out to Codorus state park. We have lived in Glen Rock for…

Raine Dawn

July 6, 2014