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June 20
Quiet misty morning. Our youngest son will fly away today.
The days rush along so quickly. It's good to notice the small and wonderful changes.
Classic June
The un-mowed patch of grass on the corner was like a silvery-green sea this morning.
Happy morning
Our youngest son is coming home today to vist after a really long time.
This is a very happy morning...:)
In the midst of major tidy-ing up, I came across these little odds and ends of wool yarn. They were dyed with cochineal, indigo, and coreopsis flowers.
June 4 2019
Summer in this old neighborhood. The next-door neighbor's porch is crumbling, The big elm tree had to be trimmed a bit more.
Beauty lives in both growth and decline.
Chubby robin children on the front porch yesterday evening
I love this part of town.
June 2019
Lots of rain lately. The columbines are blooming.
It's fun to plant a packet of mived color columbine seeds. These were planted last year and the blooms are a lovely suprise.I love their color and shape.
Sunlight between storms. (Yes, the garage has seen better days.)
Muddy path
Dry land!
Madder silks
I've been gathering amd sorting some madder dyed silks .
Organza
Raw silk
May 11
Woad in bloom. Simple and swetly scented.
It looks a little weedy next to the fancy tulips, but it's just as precious to me.
May
I dyed some hemp silk fabrics with madder roots and indigo. This is one of my very favorite,most intersting kinds of fabric.
This piece of hemp/silk dyed with madder seems to echo the tulip shades.
The madder patch is thriving
April 18
April is the change-iest month! This is how things looked last Sunday.
Cold woad plant
Poor daffodils
Chilly scilla
T Today the serviceberry is about to bloom.
And the daffodils are fine!
April 11
Bloodroot ( Sanguiria canadensis)
After such a long winter, the garden in April is a thrill!
May apples (Podophyllum peltatum)
The May apples begin like little umbrellas
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
These trilliums will have gorgeous garnet-red blooms
Scilla
This patch of blue began as a dozen little bulbs many years ago..
Woad (Isatis tinctoria)
Testing the germination of some woad seeds. Despite cold, wet and windy weather, so far, so good.
Clearing out the boxes again
It's time to sort through the heaps again.....
Most of these are pieces leftover from other projects and experiments.. Some have imperfections. I was waiting to find a way to use them or fix them. I'm pretty sure I won't after all.
This one isn't so bad really.
Vintage silk pieces dyed with cochineal, weld, indigo and madder roots.
Fancy vintage Japanese silk and fresh indigo leaves.
Silk organza indigo and snow
I'm so fortunate to be able to work with color every day. Off to fill up the baskets again!
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