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violet. twenty-something. a work in progress. i care about social issues, mental health, fighting against oppression, & i'm very into compassion & self-care. nature is what keeps me alive. this is a safe space for me to learn and grow, to reconstruct my unsure identity. ASK TAGS LINKS

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Roots of a plane tree on the bank of the Krios river in Cyprus.

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dingle peninsula, county kerry, ireland

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2013-03-02

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“Everything you see. Everything you know. The world, Chuck. Planes in the sky, manhole covers in the street. Every year that you live, that world inside your head will get bigger and brighter and more detailed and complex. You will build cities and countries and continents, and you will fill them with people and faces, real and imagined. You fill the whole thing with everyone you ever meet, everyone you ever know, everyone you ever just imagine. It'll be a universe. A whole universe right between my hands. You contain multitudes.” THE LIFE OF CHUCK (2024) dir. Mike Flanagan

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official episode posters for stranger things season 5 volume 1

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Doesn't bother me though 'cause I'm having a Good Morning every day!!!

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Constantly tired is the new normal.

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Cottontail Rabbit in the Snow by Joel Sartore.

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Adventures in Plant Dyeing Part 11: Weld

This is my second time dyeing with weld, which is one of the most ancient plant dyes and gives a bright, acid yellow. This time I'm dyeing some handspun yarn as part of my undergraduate dissertation!

I had two 25g skeins of handspun yarn made from a fleece that I cleaned and combed myself, and one skein of other handspun yarn that I used to exhaust the dye bath. First I mordanted them using alum to improve the colourfastness.

I used 50g of dried weld with the first two skeins, meaning I had a 1:1 dyestuff to fibre ratio - this should guarantee a bright colour, which is what I needed. I added the weld to a pot of hot water and left it to steep overnight. In the morning I set it on low heat for 45 minutes and then strained the plant material out, leaving a dark orange-brown dye liquor.

I added the mordanted skeins and left them in the dye bath for half an hour, stirring every 5 minutes to ensure that the dye took evenly. They turned a bright yellow instantly but I still kept them in the dye bath for the full time. Then I took them out and rinsed them then washed them in a gentle soap to remove any excess dye that wasn't bonded to the fibre.

All of these steps were timed, as for my project I am analysing the labour that goes into the different steps of producing ancient textiles. The third skein however was not part of the project so I added it to the dye bath after taking the others out. I left it in for roughly half an hour, still stirring it every so often, and when I took it out and rinsed it the yarn was a slightly paler yellow, as expected.

I then hung them up to dry outside and when they were dry I twisted them back up into skeins, ready to be wound into balls when I need them for the next step of my dissertation project! Here's what the three skeins look like all done:

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Cold Full Moon December 4, 2025

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Panther finding a box in its enclosure.

(via Big Cat Rescue)

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