livin in a camper, crossin th river

This was taken from the summer of 2008.

I lived in this here cute 16 ft camper for most of the summer.

On the opposite side of the river from the rest of town 

(Dawson City, YT)

Here I was, a lot of days,waiting.  Looking at this... 

there are worse places to be waiting!

That mighty Yukon river rolls along still,  in my heart.

and here is a random page. a list of things:

 I did get my cycle beads (the first note on the list)

and here's a little painting of them!

 

and what are Cycle Beads?  This is my review, and a link.  

Natural Family planning.  Menstrual tracking.  in a Pretty way!

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closing up the garden

 

One of the last carrot harvests.

I will miss my garden veggies.

But I am kinda looking foreword for the fun and comfy part of winter.

The lack of a garden to tend means that all that energy can go into indoor stitchery and such!

dancing around in the new snow!

The beets and Carrots got a heavy layer of leaf mulch in efforts to extend their lives underground!  

Still, i am getting carrots from under the snow, and we have already seen -20 C.

I did leave some carrots in there intentionally so that next fall, i can attempt to save their seed. As carrots are biennial and you can not save their seed until they flower in their second season!

goodbye my crunchy and flavourful garden treats... 

soon we'll see your face again!

potato stamps for my tea lids

For the loose leaf teas, I used a lot of baby food jars with the lids spray painted green.

I wanted to somehow stamp the lid tops, how to make a quick stamp....

Just like in kindergarten!!  potatoes!

and just like in kindergarten, I made a couple mistakes... 

the 'F' (fairytale tea) and the 'S' (sleepy tea).  

Backwards

The "F" was changed to personalized painted tops.

I just left the dang "S" as it was...

 

happily used Stamps

The kiddo had fun with the paints!  

Paper is never her preferred media. 

the forehead is her canvas.

she enjoyed paining my forehead. 

I sure liked it too- it felt so incredibly soothing!  

She must have been painting on my 3rd eye chakra... 

I am pretty sure she can see it.  (i have reasons, but that is for another post)

I guess my 3rd eye is off balance?

 

...or maybe she was just making art that day

baby painting

whenever this one paints, the forehead gets it too!!

i think she's going for the 3rd eye. 

I'm a busy elf

I have been a busy elf preparing for the Santa supermarket Christmas craft faire...

 Assembling Tea Blends

these little quilts get turned into magnets

 I am enjoying pencil crayons!! 

They are where its at.

They gotta be really sharp though.

Calendula, comfrey, chamomile and chickweed doing a solar infusion

(mostly calendula and chamomile)

This smells wonderful. I can't get enough!

 melting down beezwax

 Calendula Salve

smells deliciously soothing.

Lip balm - turned out really nice! minty.

yes sir.   

Its been fun preparing everything!  

I have no idea what is going to sell.

But whatever doesn't gets to be instant xmas presents!

The Soaps are the main thing...

and then we felted some of it.

 this night was fun and productive 

happy Christmas creating!

~old journal entries~ random thoughts and recipes

 

PEACH BUTTER?! yum? sounds like! I never tried it yet... 

but now am reminded to!  

The squashed plant on the left is Twin flower. 

my very favorite plant in the wild.

This is what I have decided to name my li'l buisness. 

Twinflower Creations and Soaps!

I recently made the final logo.

it's at the printers getting made into stickers!

I don't know about you, but the following post represents how I feel about 40-70% of the time.  

I feel like I am going through a transformation of sorts right now. 

Turning into the kind of person I want to be!  
Finding new creative outlets.  

Feeling strong.  

(for today...)

Doodleations.

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 for whatever reason.