Zinnia and Zip
My Picture Of The Day
Zinnia and Zip
Maria Wulf Full Moon Fiber Art
Fly
“Oh why would you swat them, the poor
things , forever
wringing their skinny hands”
Kobayashi Issa
I may lift them out of the animals water bucket, set them on the fence post to dry out and fly away, but I never hesitated to kill a fly in the house.
Until I read this quote by Issa.
Now I think twice before swatting a fly. It comes down to how annoying they are.
Working On My “Reflecting Pond” Mediation Mat
Before I got to work on my new Meditation Mat, Reflecting Pond, I got this message from Lynne…
“I was thrilled to see and read about the creation of your meditation mat. Some years ago, when visiting our daughter my husband and I came to an open day on your farm and I enjoy visualising it from your descriptions. She made me a quilt to remind me of our visit and fabrics were carefully chosen to reflect aspects of the trip. I love to watch her pond and garden which teem with life and I was especially thrilled to spot the green scrap of dragonflies that she sent you.”
Lynne’s message made me think of the expanding circles on the surface of the water when a drop of dew falls from a leaf into the pond.
The circle that Lynne began when she came to the farm is still expanding….
Cutting a stripe from this piece of fabric. The solid teal was just the right color.
I did get a bit more done on Reflecting Pond today, I’m working on repeating the colors surrounding the center piece only in a straight line that will go on the bottom. I don’t have it all figured out yet but I’ll be working on it more tomorrow.
Good Monday Morning From Bedlam Farm 8/31/26
More Bedlam Farm Wool Pellets For Sale
My Bedlam Farm Wool Pellets, for the garden, were delivered this weekend. I’ll write about them more this coming week, but I just wanted to let you all know I now have some for sale again. ( You can read about my Wool Pellets here)
I still have some Potholders available too, along with my magnets.
You can see them all and buy them in my Etsy Shop, just click here.
Robin checking out this years Wool Pellets. That’s his mother Lori on the bag. (Robin was on the bag last year)
My Picture Of The Day
Two Living Room Window Drawings
Signs Of Autumn
The moon was impressive yesterday morning a day after it was full. A glowing ghost hovering above the tree line. The Sturgeon Moon, last full moon of the summer.
I’ve been seeing the signs of autumn around me, I’m ready for the fall.
This is what I saw….
Turkey vultures migrating
My back porch garden is more seed than flowers and there are more dahlia’s every day.
The first wild aster growing by the pond
The thistle had gone to seed, snowing all over the farm (although I haven’t seen as many goldfinches eating the seeds as I have in past years).
The chickens are molting. Losing their feathers and growing a new coat of the winter. They’ve also stopped laying eggs and are stay in the coop long after I open the door.
The birdsong has dwindled dominated by the calls of bluejays and crows.
It’s dark at 5am
This morning I saw the first flock of Canada Geese flying south over the farm.
Making apple sauce.
I’m curious about the signs of fall in other places around the country or the ones nearby that I’ve missed….
Another Good Apple Year For Apple Sauce
All week I’ve been gathering apples from our big beautiful Macintosh tree.
This morning I couldn’t fit another apple in the drawer in the fridge so it was time to make the apple sauce.
Jon sat with me as I peeled and cut up the apples. Fate sat nearby eating the rotting apples I left on the ground.
When I had a bowl full of apple peels and cores I dumped them over the fence for the sheep and donkeys to eat.
Constance was the one of the first to come out. But not everyone showed up.
It’s been a good apple year so I guess they’ve had their fill of apples.
There was a breeze that kept the mosquitos and gnats away, but it didn’t take the Yellowjackets long to show up. They are brazen landing on my apple-sticky hands, the knife and the apples in the pot.
I made sure they were all out of the pot before bringing it in the house and cooking the apples.
With just a little water and some cinnamon the apples cooked quickly. I’ll freeze most of the apple sauce using some in my muffins when I make them another day.
“Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and bees…” Joni Mitchell
My “Scrap Box Potholders” For Sale
My iPhone camera didn’t know what to do with all these different colors and tones together. It popped the reds and pinks and softened the greens and blues.
It is an eclectic mix, my latest batch of Potholders. Made from the scraps in a cardboard box that’s I’ve been working from for years. I finally decided they needed to move on, to become what they would be and the Potholders above are the results.
This is possibly the most fun I have making my Potholders, trying to make sense of random scraps. It a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces have flat edges and are square or rectangular.
Makes it easier in some ways, but the possibilities are endless.
My Scrap Box Potholders are $25 each plus shipping which is $6 for one or more. You can see them all up close and buy them in my Etsy Shop, just click here.
Or you can email me at [email protected]. I take checks, PayPal and Venmo.
