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a thursday of August

 

 

this, and a lot of stitching

the Mexican Elderberry leaves:
on the lft, a little lighter. just in the canning jar and a day of Sun
the right, the copper pot and some hours of Sun
both, washed with Ivory soap, seem color fast.

tomatoes canned. from the Farmer's Market. two jars had to go into freezer because i didn't want to
do the 45 min processing for two additional jars. here, where i normally give away bags, 3 were harvested.
used the water bath water in an aluminum pot with elderberry leaves and muslin. haven't looked yet.

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7 responses to “a thursday of August”

  1. nandas Avatar
    nandas

    ggrace what is the blue piece with the tree like figure? its beautiful… its all beautiful really. no canning tomatoes for me yet… but i did put up some soup. tuna is next week. zucchini relish soon too. i need some time to dye…maybe toward the end of the week.

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    grace Forrest~Maestas

    KELLIE!~ hey! yes…Deb g lives up your way andstarted my thing about Elderberrybut go on her blog, beecreative,she got an ENTIRELY different colornot green at all! this dye batch was from the leaves.last year there was a bumper cropof fruits that a friend took for wine making…this year, hardly any at all, but some coming on thati will try.i would like to hear anything at all about your composting results…thats on my list alongwith rust…Pennys project….thank you for good encouragementabout stitching. am hoping to finish it in the morning???i often think of the things youcreated…i really like them a lot…they hold such a quiet intensity and mystery. 2 Rooms,Chair and Butterfly is still acomplete favorite…thank you andi will keep seeing if you make ablog…..hint. thank you

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  3. kellie Avatar
    kellie

    hello Grace~I have been thinking about you and just checking in on how things are going for you. the piece you are working on does look balanced and is very beautiful. you have a great way of mixing simple yet complex…thought provoking 🙂 For elderberry dye, did you use berries or leaves? I wonder if we have those here in the northwest? I just dug out some fabric I put in a pot of soil with my zinnias. In a week and a half it already started decomposing. very interesting. hope all is well.

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  4. ger Avatar
    ger

    Love the grey-mottled fabric…

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  5. Penny Berens Avatar
    Penny Berens

    Mmmmm..yummy, Grace..both cloth and tomatoes that is. I have visitors and so cant dye or stitch at the moment.

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  6. Penny Berens Avatar
    Penny Berens

    Hi Grace- let me know how the rusty rebar goes. BTW what do you mean by full of energy?! If you mean the number of posts..notice how there is nothing much about stitching. Visitors kind of put a curb on that.

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  7. twhIch aye Avatar
    twhIch aye

    beautiful… it looks so airy and light. does not quite look like muslin anymore in the photo. uh uh no trouble… im happy you asked 🙂 i will be heading to houston with sis and shes online. after that heading to southern new mexico with dad and i think? he has internet. but that wont be for awhile.much love to you

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