Sweetfern and onion skin
I tried some bundle-dyeing with some of the goldenrod cloth and some paper for an upcoming book project. The cloth turned out okay but I really like the papers. This is a bit of...
Category: Making
Yellows and greens
The goldenrod dyeing is done. Let’s just say that and put that equipment away. Only the “seaside” variety of goldenrod is still in glorious bloom. I bought this at a plant sale last year,...
Fall-ing
It’s really starting to feel like fall. I’ve been curious this year about what contributes to this feeling of change. It doesn’t happen all at once. But I read the signs, even if it’s...
Autumn arrives
It’s been raining heavily most of the day. A solemn feeling. Yesterday I walked. And took these photos of weathered wood (decorated) and wild turkeys. And I was finally able to take a photo...
Weekend
Saturday there was a cruise on a catamaran in Saco Bay (Southern Maine). My sister and her husband from Delaware came up to visit and my sister in Saco chartered this boat ride. Different...
A lot
I feel energetic today. Maybe because I finished (or started?) some things that had been on my mind for awhile. Yesterday a walk with a friend along the shore that felt like we were...
Curly dock seed
A new dye plant makes itself known! Bits of information and observation came into alignment and I realized this dark brown flag of seeds was curly dock and that it could be used as...