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it's been a while since i started from a beginning.  I think over a month…could go look,  but a while is enough to know because i can't really remember how the small cloths happen.   I know that a piece of them just "floats to the surface" of one of those 13 bags.   And it somehow goes from there.   Today though,  it didn't.    That purple cloth…i love it a lot…it's FULL of imagery but i have never been able to use it.  Even when i was making much larger Cloths.  And same today.   And then the one on the left,  more love.  So i'll just wait.   I enjoy looking at this "installation" a lot.  It feels good.  The purple cloth feels really good.  I'll practice being content.

 


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and well…..eeeeee.   There was zucchini pizza in the oven  this morning.   But this front being?????  the first of it's kind?  and it seems from the regular yellow squash plant,  but i don't think that's possible?   Is it edible?   is it ornamental?   is ornamental also edible?  The squash plants were from little ones that Jenny brought from Tractor Supply.   They had the usual identifying thingys…none mentioned or pictured this.   Any one know?

and back to the cloths at the top.   Crows have become present throughout the days lately.  They don't light in these trees but have been flying low and loud.   More than ever before.   That Purple….i think….Crow.   Maybe i'll need to cut a small piece of it and use it.  

 

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16 responses to “somewhat familiar”

  1. maria Avatar
    maria

    is ornamental also edible ? or is it just for looking at and food for the ….. fill in by yourself !!!!

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  2. grace Forrest Avatar

    a surprising Amazement!

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  3. grace Forrest Avatar

    either way…feeds the Soul

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  4. jude Avatar

    it looked like a gourd to me.
    to practice being content makes so much sense to me.

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  5. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    To be content can take so many forms and I experienced two wonderful stages of contentment early this morning:
    First: planted the Egyptian Walking Onions that you sent, they arrived yesterday and by 5:30 am this morning, I could not wait so planted them in my large round pot. I took the clump apart, planted each bublette and even made a sign for the pot!
    2nd contentment: sorted and tore cloths that you sent, got my alum mordant going and after a long soak and rinse, took my wooden rack outside and hung the cloths to get sun and wind…it is such a huge joy to know I have walking onions getting ready to stroll across the pot and cloths waiting for foraged alchemy!
    Now, re eating ornamentals: I know of ornamental gourds but have never attempted to eat one so I went looking: from a website, Gardening Know How, this:
    “Gourd edibility is negotiable, but history indicates that some were eaten, at least in part. First, we have to determine what is a gourd before going into ways to eat gourds. You can probably find a gourd shaped like anything you can imagine. Whether warty, smooth, or bearing strange protuberances, gourds exceed the imagination and give wings to creativity. But are gourds edible? That is a subject for debate, considering the interior flesh is minimal and hardly worth the effort. If you are really desperate, you might consider eating decorative gourds. After all, they are usually sold in the produce section. Many native tribes used the seeds, but there is no record of wild gourd flesh being eaten. This is probably due to the unpalatability, which is said to be bitter and tart. Additionally, most gourds are small, and there is relatively little flesh to make the effort of cracking one open sensible. Decorative gourds are dried, and the pith is shriveled and hard. For these reasons, eating decorative gourds is probably inadvisable.”
    But

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  6. Beth Avatar

    Could the squash just have been on vine too long? I’ve had this happen, although not to that degree. It should be eatable although the skin is likely quite hard.

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  7. Faith Avatar

    It does look like the bitter melon (in which case the aloo karela bhaaji might be good), but my first thought was what Beth said, or too hot, or both.
    I can see crows. :^)

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  8. Mo Crow Avatar

    I saw one growing down the road in a big pot and trellissed last summer and asked the owner what it was! It has the most beautiful foliage and grew really well here in Sydney all summer, produced lots of these fruit, they start off green and become yellow with age.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’m not sure…still looking

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’ll have to look at the leaves….was low on battery, so
    maybe tomorrow

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. noticing the moments of contentment….sitting
    inside them intentionally

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    no…it’s about the size of the usual yellow squash.
    there’s no way to solve this i think, but to cut it open

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    it doesn’t seem possible tho. All that’s there, in those pots at B Garden are squash starts from Tractor Supply….
    from a commercial garden plant company. Zucchini and Yellow Crookneck. Maybe it’s just going to need to be a mystery.
    I won’t eat it.

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