today, "One Small Stitch" has been gathering comments - and dust - for 14 years
I don't know what I expected when I started
but
blogging has encouraged me to keep making so there is something to write about
I've taken hundreds more pictures than is/was necessary
the Happy Gang were created during Covid, they gave me something to think/write about and kept me company
someone new has joined occasionally - is it time for a new member?
when I read back looking for dyeing instructions or a weaving pattern, I find work I don't remember doing and people who left comments who have moved on to other places
and best of all I've met some very nice people - your comments are what keep me going - thank you
and today is time for the September photo challenge - the subjects this month are seeds and leaves
with a long, dry Summer it is a bit early in the season so most of the pictures were taken in previous years
the leaves are only starting to turn
this is my front path when the Japanese maple drops all its leaves suddenly, in one or two days
and maple leaves from my neighbor's tree
ginkgo trees grow very slowly, I have a tiny tree, grow from a seed brought from Japan many years ago, and it's still only 18 inches tall
it doesn't help that the deer munch on it, even with protective fencing!
amazing colours in one leaf
so much potential in a handful of seeds
flax - which of course every serious weaver, spinner and dyer knows well
teasels - I brought the seeds from England about 50 years ago
teasel seed heads were once mounted in a wooden frame and used to brush woolen fabric to raise the nap and give a soft finish
sunflower heads drying in the sun
the seed pods from a rather nondescript pale yellow iris are spectacular
and so begins another year
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