So…this is our first spring here. Seeing with beginner eyes. And there is a LOT. A few weeks ago this plant started popping up in front of the house. It’s in a strange place. And it looked like asparagus. Now this. 
False Blue Indigo. Attracts butterflies. Leaves like legumes. 
And this
became this:
The result of purple iris and dandelion blossoms. And this is amazing, a gift, the thickest black walnut paste ever–
And the dyer’s garden is happy…coming along. It’s been a cool spring and for that I am grateful…
I’ve been calling this weld. Started it last year in my much missed garden. Dug it up this spring and moved it here. But I think it’s woad.
And this–(look close–the succulent stems are about to unfold) will be MADDER
…and in five years the roots can be harvested. I paused, just now, to imagine madder root in five years. Calculated how old I would be–72–and love the thought of my own roots growing in tandem with madder. Deep. The color of blood…liquid life.
And finally, because these help me do other things, a baskowl inspired by orange poppies:
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you are INCREDIBLY LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!! just look at This!!!!
i am so excited for you….how amazing that it is all just there, like it was Waiting for YOU!
this makes me so so Happy
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we are incredibly lucky–who would have known that so much would unfold. and there’s a quality here of serenity.. and so for now we will caretake this space …and appreciate its beauty
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Such beauty … truly you have found your place in the world.
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hi Liz. i’ve lived in so many different places –have loved most of them–and when i moved on, easily loved the next place. what truly amazes me is how welcoming the earth is.
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What unfolding treasure! Every day must reveal new beauties. I am looking forward to the progress of your dye garden and the prospective cloth that will arise from it.
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yes, the season is calling me loudly…back to the plants…to the dyeing…to the magic of all that. and i thank you for your interest. it helps me.
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such a beautiful garden and you will make it even more so!
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and you will like this–today i planted five milkweed plants–once so prolific but now endangered…and i dream of monarchs.
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very much like here… this is the best time of year, the unveiling.
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yes. the renewal. and this year a gentle ease into the heat of summer. hi Jude
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