of fruit and berries
dye stuffs
feathers
and of course
stones
the last stone is my favorite
it reminds me of a friend from a country full of sunshine that loves birds
who has the most beautiful book available now for preorder
(all of these treasures were gathered on the shore of lake huron)
The weather is turning cool this week and may even tip just below freezing overnight. Time to bring the color indoors and find a suitable warm cozy place for the indigo and woad fermentation vats. I am thinking the warm south facing kitchen will be the best choice. That is where I was was shooting the product shots for my etsy shop. It was also a wonderful surprise to see my favorite etsy shop couple as the featured sellers today.
This was really such a happy colorful family of stones and pebbles that it will be hard for me to send them out into the world.
ps there are still some beautiful hand dyed stones and scarves in the shop. This might be the last update before the season of giving. If you would like any of the bamboo pebbles turned in to brooches just send a little message after purchase.
xo
m
Have you ever in your life met a person and known right from the start that you could be the best of friends. It wouldn't matter that the person was half your age or twice your age. Your had so many areas of common interest and you knew that you both could learn so much from each other.
I had that experience the first time I met this wonderful woman that I went to visit at Lake Huron in August. When I entered into her home my first impressions were immediately confirmed when I my eyes were immediately entertained with all manner of trays of stones and fossils, paintings of lake stones , shells and the most wonderful nature books.
She even had a fossil of a sea scorpion and a very old and beautiful book called The Universe, the infinitely great and the infinitely small. I listened to her rock collecting stories with great genuine enthusiasm. She told me how she would deal with her desire to go shopping by instead walking up and down the pristine beach in front of the home she and her late husband built searching for treasures. The shore of the lake did not disappoint her. She also described how there were times she could hear the lake throwing stones up onto the sandy beach as if to say here look at this one. At different times and years, completely different treasures would surface.
At her home she handed out some bags to my daughter and I and asked us if we wanted to go "shopping". Of course we did.
The brachiopod was my favorite find but I really think all these stones and fossils are so inspiring. I might try to use this as I prepare some fabric for indigo dyeing in the course I am taking.
I apologize for the heaviness of this post:)
