The last time I made charred bones in the woodstove was when Rob was still working overseas. So, when I presented my foil-wrapped tin box to put beneath the fire he was building yesterday morning, it was a new request … Read the rest “Warm Winter Fires & Charred Bones for Pigment”
Category: Sustainability
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Running Errands, Preparing for Bad Weather
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Musings from an Ozark nature artist
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Coronavirus Hermit | Journal Entry for the week of 032020
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A Nature Artist’s Business Plan | 2020
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The Bear Issue with Our Spring-fed Water Line
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Decorating with Nature: Paintings Made from Ozark Pigments
If you like decorating with nature, oh boy, do I have some artwork for you. Think earthy colors and natural tones: ochres, umbers, and siennas. Yellows, reds, browns, oranges, and shades of black and gray. I mean, literally, shades … Read the rest “Decorating with Nature: Paintings Made from Ozark Pigments”
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Endings and Hopeful for New Beginnings
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In Honor of Forests- Two Worthy Fundraisers for Earth Day
We all depend on trees. A single tree planted in an urban lawn is better than no tree, but the larger collectives of forests are needed, too.
The Earth needs large swaths of unbroken forests to maintain habitats that support … Read the rest “In Honor of Forests- Two Worthy Fundraisers for Earth Day”
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Installing a Culvert Retaining Wall was Today’s Homestead Project
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Repairing Our Wild Ozark Spring Water Line
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A problem in our gravity feed spring water system
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Did you know Osage Oranges evolved with wooly mammoths?
Osage
Maclura pomifera, also known as Osage Orange, Bois d’Arc, Hedge-apple, or Horse-apple, the osage tree is native to our area. Even so, there aren’t very many of them in our particular neck of the woods.
… Read the rest “Did you know Osage Oranges evolved with wooly mammoths?”
A bedraggled osage tree.
