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Friday, 23 May 2014

happy wanderer

You know you're working in a good place when neighbourhood dogs swing by for a quiet word with the house pups and are welcome to hang out together in the sunshine for a while

I've been made welcome too and am being pampered within an inch of my life. 

Our outdoor studio is just beautiful. 
Each afternoon the pot goes on the fire
In the mornings I step out (carefully) into fields of flowers
My grandmother would have loved the dandelion patch below. She used the flowers for champagne, the leaves in salad and made ersatz coffee from the roots
We are making exquisite bundles
And above our heads
notes about dyeing with plants
flutter like prayerflags in the breeze

I'm counting my blessings today
grateful that my work takes me to magical places like this
(and so very happy to be so wonderfully hosted by Hilary, John, Binou and Diva)


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12 comments:

  1. Valerianna23 May 2014 at 01:41

    I love dandelion root coffee. And you do visit some grand places... enjoy!!

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  2. Sweetpea23 May 2014 at 07:09

    Worth every second of the long drive to get there, I'd say ... all so beautiful ... slice of heaven for the students, too.

    Not to mention, a very fine place for dogs ;>]]

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  3. ronnie23 May 2014 at 07:26

    I think I just felt one of the breezes that whooshed through the prayer flags.... 'make bundles' it whispered... I also caught a whiff of smoke (but that might just be the hazard reduction burns happening all around me at the moment)

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  4. Gardener in the Distance23 May 2014 at 14:52

    Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.

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  5. Annie23 May 2014 at 15:06

    So blessed to share this time with you.

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  6. Unknown23 May 2014 at 15:50

    waou, what a place to work in lucky you all are , learned new again we have a lot of dandelion her in Denmark i new using leaves to salat but not the other with flower and roots , thank you , enjoy your time

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  7. kath / AliaK23 May 2014 at 17:46

    lovely. do you have any ebooks of your books? i travel a lot and can't always carry printed copies any more. not having much luck finding ebook versions on amazon. are they elsewhere? thanks

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    1. india flint26 May 2014 at 06:42

      The only ebook so far is the collection of student work...the other two books are in the hands of Murdoch

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  8. Tammy23 May 2014 at 23:22

    Lovely place to be teaching .. love that line "am being pampered within and inch of my life"....we should all have a day or two of that ....one day i'll be at one of your workshops.

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  9. Birdsong25 May 2014 at 07:39

    Thanks for sharing your vagabonding through Canada! All that water looks so appealing here in drought-stricken California. Happy teaching and traveling!

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  10. Anonymous27 May 2014 at 02:52

    YOU are an exquisite bundle... this place looks quite heavenly! esp. that outdoor fireplace.

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