Good morning
I forgot this little crabapple turns a delightful orange in November after most of the other leaves have dropped. It looked like a beacon this morning against the dark forest and rainy sky. I...
Category: plants
Horseradish interlude
I’ve had this sheaf of dried horseradish ribs hanging around in the house for almost a year now and the time finally came to process it into usable fiber. I reviewed my posts from...
On the edge
A big storm to the south of us. This morning, on my walk, the island (MDI) looked shrouded and maybe rainy. But just a hint of rain and wind here so far. I love...
Garden days, cloth dreams
Rain. Lots of it. And thunder. I scurried around yesterday afternoon to spread hay mulch and do some ongoing garden cleanup. Harvest the rest of the bumper cucumber crop and remove the dead vines....
October wonders
I ordered new glasses today. A big milestone and relief. It’s a long story I won’t go into right now. I took a late afternoon walk as clouds rolled in. I noticed this view...
Vibrancy
Cloudy day but the tree outside my window is bright. I stitched together two strips of two-inch squares that seemed to belong together. I tried to force some others together, but they refused. Not...
Cyanotype on linen
I really like how this turned out. My first cyanotype on fabric, specifically linen, using leftover chemistry from the goldenrod project. The composition is crowded but it gave me information on how the different...