this year's greens and blooms

did you know that chive flowers are  bee friendly? i didn't until the other day when i poked my head out and saw all the blooms covered in bees while others were hovering around.these chives qualify as historical, i planted them about 20 years ago and brought  a small plant pot with them when we moved up north.they are enjoying life up north and putting up a show i had never seen.

i've been reading and studying for this year's crops.

one of the decisions was to properly train the cucumber plants so they dont take over and i have space to plant lettuce.i keep grinding eggshells bcse slugs love lettuce.and hostas too, but you don't eat those.  ( ¨¨ ω¨¨ )    

the toms were also submitted to research and following what i read they are doing very well with lots of flower clusters and less leaves. can't wait for those salads. that is if temps don't drop again.

still waiting for eggplant plantules to arrive in the market.

on another note due to heavy solar activity of the past days we've been graced with aurora borealis phenomena.haven't seen them myself but people have gone insane posting photos. let's the negationists take on this.curious about it.

neki desu

 

self discoveries

it's not a sin to doctor a bit.via warp painting, a weaving warp.the first 20 cms were too yellowy, i was expecting more of a lime green.after the weft  color change, the base color will be the greenish yellow,things were still not satisfactory.out came the very last remnants of my beloved sennelier peintex inks and a sponge brush. they both performed as expected. a side note on peintex;wonder why sennelier discontinued them .the color range was excellent and so was their performance.every two years during my pilgrimage to lausanne for the tapestry biennial i would stopover in lyon ate like a princess and bought my peintex bottles. both the biennial and peintex are long gone and my friends in geneva have moved  away.it was jolly great while it lasted.

the warp shows more contrast after the 

intervention.as i'm weaving with two  colors one of them changing maybe i could add a color change in the warp paint as well.

this is a weaving while singing project, meaning no stress just enjoyment. my regular thin yarns are testing, to say the least.

neki desu 

 

shibui and beyond

no motainai,nothing is wasted.

have a good weekend.

neki desu