Sunday, October 03, 2010

high tides turning

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After a few days of rain, the river levels were about 7 feet higher than normal today. A blue sky reflects its color in the muddy waters. Weeks have gone by without a walk down by the riverrim, so it was especially nice to soak up the sun and watch the water rush by. A few days ago, when the river was cresting, pumpkins tumbled over riding the white water..I thought how disappointed the farmer must be, an entire growing season stolen by the river!

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I collected some rocks today, for a future project....I took my time selecting exactly the type of rocks I wanted. As I turned the rocks over in my hands, looking for just the right shape, I discovered a curious egg case. I think it is beautiful!

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What creature made this? Spider? I wonder...

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Sassafras mittens of orange and red and yellow are waving to me, overhead. Sassafras is always the first to go, the rest will follow in a few weeks. The passenger train, with 5 cars full of leaf peepers, sounds the whistle at the crossing. I wave to the passengers, my hands feel the cool of the mountain air... soon I will be wearing my mittens too....

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As I walk back to the cabin, I notice my yarn is still on the line. On Friday, Grace invited the spin group over for a little dyeing...I'm drying some singles..."dyed THEN plied". The plying part comes next.

I love seeing the yarn on the clothesline...it says "a spinner lives here!"

10 comments:

Janice in GA said...

Sassafras and dogwoods are the first to turn here in my part of GA. :)

Lisa at Greenbow said...

The river looks angry with all that muddy water raging by. I know it wasn't very good that the pumpkins were bobbing down the river but it made a comical picture in my mind. The yarn is quite beautiful. I love those colors.

Lynn said...

I think that might be a dobsonfly egg case - take a look at the 5th photo down on this page:
http://www.marylandinsects.com/DobsonfliesAntlions.html

Sharon said...

I wonder where the pumkins ended up?
The yarn is lovely, thats an interesting way of dyeing - will be interested to see how you ply it and how it turns out.

Judy said...

Beautiful yarn can't wait to see the final results. Also wondering what the rocks will be used for....

elizabeth said...

I love the smell of sassafras trees! What a great trip and story you tell - that egg case is beautiful!

DebbieB said...

Oh, my - what gorgeous yarn!!

Mette said...

Thanks for taking us with you on your walks. The photo of the Sassafras is a piece of art.

~ Phyllis ~ said...

That does look like a very interesting egg case.
That's some gorgeous looking yarn you have.

Laughingrat said...

I've seen egg cases like that too, but never did figure out who they belong to. Do your singles hold together pretty well when you process them this way?

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