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this pic from a couple days ago.   that one on the right

 


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the Hopeful Bit of Information that Liz found…  Comments on 5/17  post   ….. and i was so glad to receive.

this morning i glanced over and was startled.   How can i imagine that the necessary cycle has not been disrupted.   ?    I am so Sorry.   But also 

Love

the  Beauty.   double click.

and understand how it is for Emrie,  when she picks a flower even though she knows that it will end it's life,  but sometimes picks it anyway.  And we sit,  some hours later,  looking at the wilt.  How every thing is So many things.   I will keep this gall forever.

 

 

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6 responses to “first hand”

  1. Liz A Avatar
    Liz A

    you have been witness to the creation of a new bit of knowledge … and now I wonder, are there creatures that eat the galls when they are new and tender and fall to the ground? … or do they simply decompose and thereby nourish the soil?

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  2. LaceLady Avatar
    LaceLady

    beautiful oak galls ~ if I recall, your oaks are Live Oaks? Decades ago, I was a’trippin’ in Texas Hill Country with my life-time gal-friend Clyde (who has since returned her stardust to the universe). We saw so many oaks with galls, and I was amazed, coming from Southeast Alaska. Long before Ms Google, so I asked everyone about them. At the marvelous Hill Country Weavers shop, we discovered artisans who use the galls to make ink, and because the galls are a good source of tannin, they also used the galls for mordant and/or dying yarn and fabric. Their knowledge base and observations of oak galls, were very similar to the link that Liz posted. They had galls and gall powder available at their shop.
    Had a different experience with oak galls, in Ohio (same trip with Clyde). The oaks looked a bit different than the Texas ones, so am including a link to the information that adds to our Texas experience. “HOW WASPS MAKE BEAUTIFUL AND COMPLEX “OAK APPLES”. https://bit.ly/3PBvTgs
    I had quite a few oak galls from Oregon (land of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde) from the trees on a daughter-in-law’s property. Recently sent them to an artisan for her ink making. I wanted to “do” things with them myself, but the course of my life has changed. The dream(s) are still there, maybe someday. Dreams, past and present, do help me keep my feet going forward!
    Thanks ever so much for showing yours! And figs/wasps, I love the entymology of these as well! A sister has fig trees, 60 to 80 feet tall. She sends bunches of them to me every year, and I make conserves of several times, and chutneys with them. I am allergic to latex, so figs are not edible to me, but they are beautiful. Wasps love the “sticky” – when I was able to pick them, the wasps didn’t bother me. Had my EpiPen at the ready though!
    Blessings to all who commune here.

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  3. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    This comment goes with yesterday’s post and todays… I believe we envelope all that we come across, absorbing a spirit along with the interaction and knowledge gained from the experience whether we notice that exchange immediately or not. We are the world around us.

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i’ll watch. but what i know in this moment is that they just remain. affixed to the branch. Wither and wither and wither.

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i love you. i love your life. i love
    i love
    and that you mention latex, allergy,
    Alyssia, her intuition…cannot love a fig
    the Beauty tho
    again.
    I love you. i love your life that is so much more than
    my own

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    whether we notice that exchange immediately or not…
    or
    never
    WE Are the Word Around Us
    WE ARE The World Around Us

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