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Neighbor Gary has extended his vegetable garden along my fence, cucumbers and peppers. He needed more acreage, so I suggested he just continue along the fence.
When the sage flowers fade, this lovely housing is what they leave behind
Then natural dyeing happened, to the tee I got the blueberry juice on, and, since I had only a few blueberries, I added in a bag of red onion skins from the freezer, similar color.
I just simmered everything together for several hours
Then rinsed off the debris from the shirt, till the water ran clear
I'm going to do white sashiko stitching, with swirls around the original blueberry stains
It's a pinker color than you see here. I didn't use a mordant so we'll see how colorfast it is in practice. The color is pretty solid, not patchy, surprising, since I didn't use any preparation.
Later I left the share of chocolate dipped cookies next door and visited, lovely people, and how I wanted to be home and not have to talk...Aditha is going to replace the curry plant which died, from her flourishing collection.
And I came across a old Lubitsch movie from a novel I'd read many times, Cluny Brown, what a gem. Funny, old fashioned in a "nice movie" kind of way, stars galore. Perfect lightweight summer watching.
I seem to have found a whole lot of this era of movies, from the black and white period, mercifully not "colorized". So I may see more.
Sashiko stitching today, bit of knitting, maybe stitching on my vest which is patiently waiting.
Happy day everyone, with art from survivors of colonial oppression. Art saves!
