SEPTEMBER 27

We lived in a townhouse for 14 years, which meant no gardening, just flowers in pots. We now have a messy, bird/pollinator friendly yard full of random wildflowers. I have been harvesting some of these and dyeing watercolor paper with the results.

It's been very haphazard and slapdash (what great words!). But this pinkish paper and thread are the result of turning Black Eyed Susan flowers (rudbeckia) into dye. Yes, the yellowy-orange and black flowers made pink dye. Strange but definitely fun.