being here

what a day.

this morning i posted on the facebook shifu group page 

a notice about this

and within a little while i had eight new orders

plus one not yet verified.

holy cow.

anyway, susan byrd*

who moderates over there

said of course you should post about it. 

i went to the post office after the rains.

 (there were major downpours)

but not until after i got in a good walk.

 hence all the morning photos.

 i'm fascinated by the structures farmers build.

 even this one looks good

with round bales in the sunshine

 staghorn sumac is *almost*

 and here is the stag

 so curious that i'm out 

walking 

at 6 am

see his "horns"? 

 and now he's off.

 i've been gathering up the done blossoms

into the freezer they go

for fall printing.

 the button box

please, if you have a button related story

go over to this site and think about yours

and submit! 

this is perfect for the stitchers amongst us.
and who hasn't a button story?

  last night

for something different

i peeled up some slippery elm bark

and twined a yard or two

 which made my hands very happy

 i've been thinking about 
and
trying to process bark in different ways.

i prepped up a half dozen more

Poor (Wo)man's Asparagus.

 and this:

this is a new road into the woods.

as the crow flies it's about 1/2 mile away, 2 miles by road.

i tried to buy this property several years ago.
a new family purchased an old dairy farm and wanted to sell a bit of it.

i walked the land and loved the high rocky ridges.

but went to the owner with questions:

is that dump yours? what will be done with it?

for there was a dump on the land,

plastic toys and garbage and JUNK.

he was annoyed by the question.

and suddenly he could no longer quote me a price for the land.

the next year he sold that portion

and a hideous trophy house was built,

and then another,

and now, another road into the woods.

we would have been good neighbors, 

instead, mr. organic back to the land farmer,

has mc mansions for neighbors.

serves him right.
and i know about his dump.
so do you.
ha! 

* author of A Song of Praise For Shifu