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I feel energetic today. Maybe because I finished (or started?) some things that had been on my mind for awhile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday a walk with a friend along the shore that felt like we were in a butterfly house, there were so many monarch butterflies. This morning I woke up with the word Lepidoptera in my head, which I couldn\u2019t come up with yesterday. It\u2019s filed in there somewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are rebuilding the beds in the hoophouse for winter growing. This is the view from the upstairs window with two beds done. It\u2019s a team effort. I dismantled the old rotten beds. Sam built and filled the new beds. Today I planted spinach, escarole, and carrots. Pretty reliable winter crops except maybe the carrots which I\u2019ve had trouble growing this year. Two more beds to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I finished the stitching on this little book (Handmade Book Club project). It took me a long time because I deviated from the directions. The stitching is all done through prepunched holes so it was painstaking. I\u2019m not so much liking the \u201cpristine\u201d aesthetic here but I have the paper, so I\u2019m using it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cordage is in progress from dried dandelion stems – with inclusions. I\u2019ve twisted dandelion cord before but never with inclusions like this: feathers, old beaded things, scraps of fabric, random charms and unworn earrings. I like the idea of gathering up bits and pieces. Although I don\u2019t have any jewelry making skills that would let me attach wires. There\u2019s some eyelash yarn making a very fuzzy reddish section – good way to use something I was given and had no idea how to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Latest nine- patches with three-inch squares. The top one is like a meadow and the bottom one is like a barely told story. I am loving the dock seed-dyed eyelet for background, but I don\u2019t have much more than is showing in the photo. I think it\u2019s destined to be cut up for squares. Maybe not\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While walking with my friend we were talking about how much we love October. I said there should be a way to really celebrate this coming month. Later at home I thought of maybe visiting Acadia park once a week to walk or bike. I looked up a map of the carriage trails. I like this idea. We never go there in the summer, too crowded compared to over here where we can see it from quiet spots across the bay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And lastly a pot of goldenrod dye on the stove. It looks muddy because there\u2019s powdered chalk in it. I read that calcium carbonate makes flavonoid dyes like goldenrod brighter. We\u2019ll see. I\u2019m not really a recipe follower when it comes to dyeing so I certainly can\u2019t predict success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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