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Toyon.   Color is not true.   the berries are a vibrant orange/red.   i learned this eve they are edible.   I think of Marti.   Would they mark cloth?

 

 


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the Plumcot.   Every year she has developed a curled leaf thing.    It should be fairly easy to find out what that means and how to avoid it.      And this year,  she has created a child.   that needs to be moved?   

so many things like this and time goes like a blink of the eye.   This circle of seasons i want to be OF.    Of this Place.   I think those words…what does it mean?,   OF this Place?   thinking………..

 

 

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14 responses to “to be Of”

  1. Jude Avatar
    Jude

    Fungus or aphids.

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  2. Barbara Avatar
    Barbara

    There is a wonderful book, Harvesting Color by Rebecca Burgess that has a section on dyeing with Toyon. She suggests harvesting the suckers at the base of the trunk in the winter. She says that harvested Toyon should be put in water and cooked soon after harvest. It makes a golden color.
    “Ratio 5:1, Toyon branch to fiber weight
    Fibers premordanted in alum”

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  3. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    “Of”…something to consider. My dearest friend used to say ‘of’ instead of ‘with’ in reference to a pregnancy. So, it sounded like this “When I was pregnant of Nancy” (or whomever). “Of”…
    Thinking and rereading my comment, I think how even the spelling is curious. It sounds more like ‘uv’ 🙂

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  4. Faith Avatar
    Faith

    Curled tree leaves here usually mean not enough water. My poor old cherry tree has curled leaves by the end of every summer because where it’s planted gets particularly dry.

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  5. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    I am curious to know how the child plumcot came to be? A squirrel planting it’s seed? or a root sucker? Just from fallen fruit? Will it be true to its mother as a plumcot? Can it be dug up and moved over a bit so as next year it has space to flourish?

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Jenny knows. We just need to DO something with what
    she knows

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Barbara!….I will find this book…Thank You beyond
    Thank You for this. Toyon is a big part of this Hill. and
    here it is. going into Winter. perfect timing.
    more and more….Thank YOU!

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes…the spelling…so aware of that with Emrie beginning to sound out words…there being NO EXPLANATION for how it often is…as in Of Uv. Here… it’s the Sight Words. She
    told me the other day about her Sight Words, how she got them all right until the last one…Can. How she Knew it,
    but how her mind had just gotten tired and she couldn’t
    find it. So she just got a gummie instead of a Dojo Buck.
    The Dojo is where you can go at the end of the week and exchange any earned bucks for stuff. i loved that she saw
    it that way…that her mind was just too tired.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    we water. it’s not that….tho this year the heat may
    have contributed to it. She always begins so beautifully.
    and the Asain Pear…not the same issues.

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    who knows? She had a bumper crop this year. My guess is a combo squirrel and self planted pit. Will it be true to
    it’s mother???? am not sure.
    and YES. moved over a bit. YES. I vow.

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  11. Liz A Avatar
    Liz A

    Parker played Travelopoly (https://imgoingtotexas.home.blog/2021/01/17/making-a-game-of-it/) for the first time the other day … we teamed up, Parker and Nana against Griffin and PopPop … in spite of all the new-to-her words, counting the dice and then moving the playing piece, and money, all the counting of money … she hung with it for quite a while, then hit the saturation point and asked if she could stitch on her ribbon pillow, so we called it a tie and put the game away … being a Kindergartener is hard work!

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  12. CatherinE Avatar
    CatherinE

    I have never heard of Toyon. Interesting! Yes, the tired mind, I know that feeling. I remember learning to read as a child and I came across the word “Mother” and thought that is such a long, hard word, I will never get it. Odd how my memory includes the word I would never get. I relate to being Of a Place because I am definitely Of Maine and seeking to become more so.

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    love this story, thank you for it…
    it IS hard i think it’s the hardest of all, really,
    because EVERYTHING is new and for the first time
    but just so Beauty Full to watch happen…

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i keep wanting to write on your Blog about my experience
    of your photographs of Maine…your Place…
    i will do it today…might not be all of what i want
    to say, but will be better than waiting

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