Blog entry

November has arrived suddenly!  It's been gorgeous - chilly and fresh, and tonight there may be a little snow. I've been rushing to plant hundreds of tulip and daffodil bulbs before it gets really cold.

There's so much to be done that I can hardly begin. One thing I have gotten done is to sort through some of the giant collections of silk scraps. Above is a little of the walnut dyed vintage silk.

Scraps of indigo dyed silk

Inspiration on the ground.

Every instantt here are a thousand tiny changes in the garden, the sky and the world.

It's a gift to be able to notice a few of them.  These morning glory vines have climbed up to the back porch window. I love to see these first, even before I step outside.

Brugmansia flower buds  look a bit like baby bananas

Very brief rainbow.

I've been collecting these annual coreopsis flowers all summer. They're small but they pack a punch in the dye pot. These plants are getting a little ragged but are still popping out the blossoms.

 The brew has a nice, fresh medicinal smell

Silk embroidery threads dyed with coreopsis flowers. The one on the right was dyed with coreopsis and madder roots.

A lot of honey bees have been visiting the garden lately. They love the Impatiens balfourii.

 An interestings thing is that they always arrive in the late afternoon and hang around until a little after sunset.

 The really interesting thing is that they don;t go inside the flowers like other bees. They grasp the tail end of the flower and seem to drink nectar from this part.