the first day of autumn - a good point to look back over the summer and see how i did with my goals.
1. not work so much but instead take time to enjoy other things. one of these was cooking. we got our first bar-b-q and experimented with vegetarian grilling. made wonderful kebobs all summer and last evening enjoyed fresh corn grilled in foil with butter and chopped garlic.
2. get a green house and grow some of our own food. yesterday i picked and then pulled up the last cucumber and pepper plants from inside the greenhouse. the tomatoes are still going strong.
3. learn how to use acid dyes so that i can get brilliant colours (a difficult task with natural plant dyes) to give me more control over the colours i use and to save money not having to buy pre-dyed fleece.
i accomplished this (thanks to the guidance and encouragement of brenda). i finally got all the equipment and supplies i needed (pots, burner, mask, dyes etc.) and yesterday being a perfect day, set up shop in the backyard and dyed up 2 pounds of fleece. so excited about the colours i was getting and can't wait to get back at it today.
1 comment:
Great colors...glad to see you're able to start creating your own as you need them. LOVE that orange.
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