This is one of the Bromeliads that I moved in June from a too sunny location in the courtyard to its new garden space under Brugmansia.
Attempted to remove the leaf litter from the Bromeliad. It doesn’t just look sharp, it is sharp! I didn’t have tweezers at the ready.
Potted up the UnTrapped Cactus. It was yellowing, most likely the result of too much sun.
The plants were starts from Trapped Cactus.
April 2018 Image of the Trapped Cactus Parent Plant
Now in the Plant Hospital
Plan to Document the Changes to This Plant
Quote Used–Be Yourself; everyone else is already taken.
On a bazillion sites the quote is attributed to Oscar Wilde. According to Wilde folks, he did not write it or say it.
Top Portion–Be Yourself;>
I layout out the code multiple ways to make sure that I really want to use it. I often use an old version of Flash to layout my projects. I like Flash because I make symbols and it is easy peasy to replace them.
The code is based on Morse Code.
Left to Right–Dot, Spacer, Dash
Center Section is Bargello Embroidery
Bottom Portion–Everyone else is already taken.
Completed Piece
Border in rust yarn is based on tap code. The code is–Not an Oscar Wilde Quote
Tap code is a 5 x 5 code with k and c the same code.
The hanger is not a rod it is a piece of tubing that showed up after my husband did an annual on his Cessna. I believe is used for the brake lines.
I stitched on a layer of grey felt to the back of the piece to prevent seeing the wall through, but also to add a sleeve for the hanger (based on quilt hangers), and to add a pocket. The pocket is for notes on the piece. It is common for me to forget the quote used in a piece. Find myself needing to read the code to figure out the quote. The plan is to pop the information on the code and decisions made into the pocket.
…for the excellent work and quick response to the fire near our home.
September 6th, Morning After the Fire
Firefighters were bulldozing the area until 10 pm and worked through the night extinguishing embers.
September 10th, Photos Taken at 10:00 am
Wasn’t able to check out the fire damage because the hiking trail is closed.
Yep, the sky is orange.
Quote from Return to Montauk
“There are only two things that matter…There’s the thing you did that you regret; the thing that cannot be undone. And then there is the thing that you did not do, that you should have done that you regret too. But it is too late now.”
I condensed it to–The thing you did that cannot be undone. The thing you did not do, that you should have done. And the word, Regret.
Layout
Body Blocks
Body Dash Block
Materials
Tree wrap (1.25″ x 1.75″), bamboo (1″ x 1.25″), fiber, and safety pin.
Regret Blocks
Regret is an act of perseveration. If left unchecked, it can alter and erode a life. It can become a darkness.
Regret Dash Block
Materials
Tree wrap (1.25″ x 1.75″), roofing felt (1″ x 1.25″), fiber, and safety pin.
The current administration is vehemently against the removal of confederate sculptures, but supports denigrating the sacredness of our White House, our Washington Monument, our Capitol, and our American Flag.
Today I found fungus growth in a few of my recently repotted plants. The potting mix is a combination of peat, bark, decomposed granite, and pea gravel. The potting mix for a few plants that are not succulents, had the addition of a manufactured cactus mix.
Removed From Two Potted Plant
Evening–Found more potted plants with evidence of fungi.
When I opened the soil bin, this is what I found.
Did not see the fungi when I used the cactus soil as part of a soil potting mix.
Just finished repotting every plant that I used the soil potting mix.
Gosh, it was a lot of work to clean the plants and scrub and disinfect the pots, make a potting mix, and repot all of the plants. Good that only a few plants were potted up the day I used the soil potting mix.
Drimiopsis
Gift from a friend received and potted 7/23/20.
Detail Dietes Flower
Aphids on Milkweed Plants
