almost ready

a few more days and i'll have tofu cucumber salad with yuzu and sansho pepper. too bad its not for today as the forecast says 32º at two o'clock

the toms look cute,but are ridiculously small this year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

yuzu stopped being seedlings and are little trees now doing well. not so the momiji which ,with  a few exceptions , have all shriveled.also my gorgeous golden dreams momiji is a goner(╯_╰)

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the good news dept. includes next season's calamodins.

more good news today is tanabata🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋the festival of lights celebrating orihime the patron saint

of weavers.

on the seven day of the seventh month as the stars vega and altair come closer he meets with her lover in heaven 🎋🎋🎋✨✨

neki desu

 

of dyes

would you believe this is buckthorn? ever since i am doing extractions the japanese way colors are clearer. the japanese way means boiling water oven the dyestuff off the fire let it steep. save the water and do two or three more extractions . add the waters and dye. since i am dyeing-mind the spelling- silk i dye in cold barely 36 º in the beginning and let the yarn steep for days.it is an act of patience, but i think i am getting much clearer colors as heat tends to bring out the browns in most anthraquinones and flavonoids.

not so happy with the kakishibu prints.kakishibu acts better as a coverage brushed on or immersion if you are lucky enough to have unlimited access to it.

not the case here therfore i am dosing carefully the two and a half jars i have.althogethetrer they must amount to 100 grams of precious powder.

changing pages, i think my new system of filing photos not according to subject but to season and year  is working.

i have separate folders inside with the subjects, whether sumi-e,dyeing, knitting etc.i stopped agonizing and frantically searching for photos.life is good.

neki desu

 

the law of desire

 

with apologies to pedro almodovar.

have a good weekend

 neki desu