There have been some cooler days, a lot of rain and no mowing. Looks like grass but really a little wild grass and mostly what they call "weeds". I wait to mow till leaves fall. That results in a good mix of green and brown for the compost . And the wild thyme, which has really been spreading, has finished blooming. Twice before winter. There is about 1.5 acres of open surface here. A lot of compost.
We ordered firewood this year. Splitting will not be happening. But stacking, I need the exercise. I can handle that. Too much sitting lately. There is a big dead tree leaning over the road in that needs to come down before winter. Wood for next year. And we still have a cord or two under the deck, leftover from last season.
The morning's coffee straining has turned into a daily temple building challenge. I am getting better at it. That happens if you keep doing it over and over.
I have been thinking about this for a while. Blurring the edge of patchwork. I started imagining a while back. It began with Marshmallow Dyeing. I have been reconsidering its possibilities for a while. Mostly in terms of larger cloth. I think life is settling a bit, and maybe I can get back to it.
The heat has returned, so a few days of sweating will have to pass first. Maybe just small for now. Maybe even just looking.
Yeah, probably just looking, which leads to thinking, and thinking is a way of doing. Especially when there are so many other things to actually do.
I collect a few fallen walnuts each time I walk by the river. They’re soaking in a bucket and I’m reluctant to lift the lid … that pungent citrus smell!! Your cloth inspiration though …
I love the smell, a bit spicy!
Beautiful land you have there! The light is changing here, too. I love your house, clouds, sky, sun . . . they all shift this time of year . . .
it is a nice property, I love to watch the shift…
The heat was on when I opened my office this morning! Really beautiful days here right now. Looking…it works for so many things.
Too hot but it will pass, after a week of…… more rain!
You are so good at getting to the essence of/deconstructing/reconstructing things- a way of seeing the layers that make up the idea of patchwork. Love that you play with your coffee grounds. There are often conversations with teabags here in the morning.
I have just been thinking about patchwork for a very long time.
Oh yay ! New ways of seeing once again… I am loving the tiny glimpse of a cloud ..
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That just happened, how they fell into the basket.
This summer has been a blur here. Living the moments has been wonderful, but thinking back on them is a blur.
It was and remains quite a blur here.
I just checked out the marshmallow video– interesting. I don’t have indigo but may have to try it with something else.
I have done a few with walnut.
Love those edges…the blur of life.
Low 80’s today. Feels nice.
it’s all a blur if you break it down…
Yes it feels nice to step into cooler mornings here filling bird feeders and birdbaths… so many birds keep coming 🌞
Do you use your coffee grounds for dying? I used to use them and tea to make my drawing paper look aged when I was a teenager. I liked everything antique, and now I’m an antique! 😬
Love the blurred edges..the becoming and disappearing…
Weather here at it’s worst. The hottest time..but the light has started to change in the evenings.
Coffee..aah…:)
softening has some truth in it. the blur we often don’t notice.
I don’t really, I used to stain cloth with them but now I use the walnut vat, the coffee grounds go in the compost.
Ha, antique is such a nice word for old.
Stepping outside, I thought to myself yesterday, “I think the light has changed”
Perhaps Summer is waning after all.
Softer light, softer edges.
nice.
It has, and the leaves are shrinking, Still green but thinner. Summer has softened, I love the inbetweens.
“daily temple building challenge” may be a good way to look at every day, even though I don’t drink coffee at home
Now that looks like coffee to pick a person up in the morning!
I love this time of year, Jude. Indian Summer, and the Plant World knows exactly what to do…🌱💚
Love it too, remembering going down to the beach for a late swim after school.
Yes, building is such an important concept.