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Colour Cottage

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Tag Archives: garden

Latergrams

14 Sunday Apr 2019

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Latergrams, Photography

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blogging, flowers, garden, nature, plants, seasons, spring, weather

For a while my blog brain has been really, really silent, so I’m going to treat you to collections of Instagram posts for those of you who don’t use that platform. Who knows, maybe my words will be jumpstarted along the way.

Today, spring flowers! It’s pretty cold out still, and I don’t think my vine and hydrangea can get out of winter storage until next month. But it looks pretty and full of hope.

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Plant pigment

27 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by Pia in Painting, Pigment, Plant Dyeing, Show-and-tell

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close to home, colour, crafts, DIY, garden, mordant, nature, plants, primitivepaints, scruffyartsupplies, summer

Five years ago I did a brief test of concentrated plant dye baths to see what they were like as watercolours. I didn’t add anything to it as I recall and I’m not sure where my sample is now!

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Summer briefing

02 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Farm Life, Garden, Shop, Show-and-tell

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blogging, country life, crafts, creativity, exercise, fatigue, garden, gardening, health, intention, life, summer, weather, weight loss

While I’m cooking up that promised weaving post, I’m going to drag you through a bit of a general status update of life at the cottage.

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Lincoln green 1

17 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Pia in Plant Dyeing, Yarn and Fiber

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blue, dyeing, garden, green, vaid, vau, weld, woad, wool

I created this post 2 years ago with the intention of writing a series devoted to different procedures. But my woad crops failed and other stuff happened, as per usual, and here we are. So while waiting for black paint to arrive some time in the distant future; in between holiday house chores, I have a bit of green for you.

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August!

03 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Pia in Books & reading, Chit Chat, Garden, Painting, Weaving, Yarn and Fiber

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autumn, garden, life, orange, summer, texture, weather

How has summer been treating you so far? Here in DK, children will be starting school again soon, in other countries I know August is the big holiday month. Do you have plans or did they already happen?

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Point and shoot 3

12 Friday May 2017

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Garden, Photography

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colour, country life, flowers, garden, nature, spring, weather

Despite cold winds and rain, nature persists in getting on with spring. Last weekend was fabulous which also meant catching up on some outdoors jobs before the next storm, but I managed an ultra short “blind” photo session (as in “I can’t see a bloody thing on the display in this light”) to remind me that sweater and woodstove days will eventually be over.

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Today I noticed the rape seed fields are blooming, which means I’ll be scanning the skyline soon for a very longterm project that I’ve pondered for a while but finally begun to organize at least. Too windy and chilly today however and not enough sun. Hopefully it’s still happening when my back has recovered from last weekend!

How is spring coming along in your part of the world? (or autumn, if that’s the case)

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A day in the life of

24 Wednesday Aug 2016

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Critters, Farm Life, Garden

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country life, garden, life, nature, quiet, relax, seasons, spider, summer, tranquility, video, weather, wildlife, wordy wednesday

I’m blogging you today from my garden office, as we’ve suddenly been gifted with summer weather. So much of it in fact that I realize in a minute I’ll have to step inside for shorts and a lighter t-shirt!

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Mayday

01 Sunday May 2016

Posted by Pia in Chit Chat, Critters, Farm Life, Garden

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country life, flowers, garden, green, life, plants, spring, sunday, weather

Finally we’re getting somewhere and suddenly I have a lot of yardwork to do! 😉

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My favourite salad topping
My favourite salad topping
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And cake-to-be!
And cake-to-be!
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Mille
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Mid July images

21 Tuesday Jul 2015

Posted by Pia in Critters, Farm Life, Garden, Painting, Photography

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dog, flowers, garden, summer

Investigating other forms of plant "dyeing".

Investigating other forms of plant “dyeing”.

I don’t eat fish balls in a tin, but they are excellent for teaching dogs to follow scent trails
Face wash coming right up
The garden has been overflowing with various poppies this year

Dog proofing my new fig tree, birthday present from my Mum
Plastic vanes suck.
Tomatoes coming along, but slow getting red. Again. Although some are black!

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Three jumbos before lunch

16 Thursday Jul 2015

Posted by Pia in Farm Life, Food, Spinning, Yarn and Fiber

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berries, country life, creativity, dessert, funyarn, garden, relax, summer, wool

Not half bad for a day’s work.

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