tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post2112957342326574158..comments2023-11-17T03:50:24.606-05:00Comments on <a href="http://www.velmabolyard.com">Wake Robin</a> : today, remembranceVelma Bolyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-71754109522930944052010-11-14T10:36:31.957-05:002010-11-14T10:36:31.957-05:00i will think about that...i enjoy making bone fold...i will think about that...i enjoy making bone folders and tools.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-4845152116139382942010-11-14T10:28:18.634-05:002010-11-14T10:28:18.634-05:00What wonderful stories your land tells you. If you...What wonderful stories your land tells you. If you go back for a bone, I'd love to see the process of making bone folders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-1938977261638212122010-11-14T10:08:47.408-05:002010-11-14T10:08:47.408-05:00wildness and stones. funny how they speak. it'...wildness and stones. funny how they speak. it's the hearing that can sometimes befuddles.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-72726022375200513952010-11-14T01:23:03.072-05:002010-11-14T01:23:03.072-05:00i've come home with a pocketful of stones too....i've come home with a pocketful of stones too...<br />they're thinking about what they might do.india flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510066677833871579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-17182142663718648382010-11-13T12:58:14.396-05:002010-11-13T12:58:14.396-05:00wild.wild.judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01514075228644109700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-66422125619739933172010-11-12T18:46:18.049-05:002010-11-12T18:46:18.049-05:00ger--i have lived in two pretty big cities, and lo...ger--i have lived in two pretty big cities, and loved city life, but not as i love it here. there could indeed be a predatory tone at times.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-59443839037857422112010-11-12T08:12:44.096-05:002010-11-12T08:12:44.096-05:00How different this seems to be from life in the ci...How different this seems to be from life in the city of Berlin... - but is it, really? Just different ways of hunting, perhaps...gerfileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00261124126907317343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-73563826326489465002010-11-12T07:00:10.879-05:002010-11-12T07:00:10.879-05:00ronnie-i love living on this piece of earth. it...ronnie-i love living on this piece of earth. it's beautiful, but not a "pretty" place. harsh, difficult, i'm sure the prior farming family struggled to make ends meet. happy dreams!<br />kaite-i never thought of a rock quilt! i should go out there and make paper with the beaver!<br />neki-it was a great day off.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-60429378389341550652010-11-12T05:08:11.930-05:002010-11-12T05:08:11.930-05:00fungi dyeing, bone folders, pebble books, ponds an...fungi dyeing, bone folders, pebble books, ponds and grasses.wow!<br /> mental circumlocutions for not thinking about guns and rifles and wild hunters.neki desuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780249422205001288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-6424765079528871302010-11-12T00:09:41.044-05:002010-11-12T00:09:41.044-05:00Seems to be a bit of an Aussie rightofreply going ...Seems to be a bit of an Aussie rightofreply going on here now, so i'll add to it. <br />a rock quilt perhaps, sheltering all the little critters under it. <br />Amateur shooters upset me greatly, but even worse are their dogs which we have some of around here. the shooters let their dogs roam free with disastrous consequences.<br />That's a lot of water happening there right now, good grasses and sedges for paper and basketry.kaiteMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299002622308267375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-52009772953910142042010-11-11T23:03:42.173-05:002010-11-11T23:03:42.173-05:00wow velma - such a wonderfully evocative story.......wow velma - such a wonderfully evocative story..... I'm struck by the similarities in your connection to land and how I live/walk/make on my little farm her at sams creek.... no I don't have dear hunters..... but I do have to contend with kangaroo shooters..... (with strikingly gruesome results...... hmmmmmm) so I do sympathise... (ps I'm also thinking and dreaming of books right now......)ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260679591630131813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-32031133134773524572010-11-11T21:01:02.794-05:002010-11-11T21:01:02.794-05:00great name, currypunk! in all the fungi dyeing i d...great name, currypunk! in all the fungi dyeing i did years ago, the best find was a purple (on wool) from a red polypore from pines i found in the adirondacks. i know more techniques now, i might be able to coax different color. i'll report the name if i find it.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528563144963903992.post-19773952758555940302010-11-11T20:16:11.808-05:002010-11-11T20:16:11.808-05:00I was gong to ask what type of fungus it was. I ha...I was gong to ask what type of fungus it was. I have been working with one here in Tasmania which is a Piptoporus australiensis or currypunk. I am getting the most amazing saffron yellow/orange just with cold water and washing soda. Unbelievable.Trace Willanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18051875824520264093noreply@blogger.com