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Tansy - its history and use

bunch of tansy on studio table

Posted by Jane Lindsey on August 21 2020 at 09:40
Tags: natural dyes nature notes
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Growing winter salad

basket of chard

Posted by Jane Lindsey on July 23 2020 at 10:27
Tags: gardening
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The summer sock project

summer sock project natural plant dye

Posted by Jane Lindsey on June 18 2020 at 11:29
Tags: nature notes natural dye
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Making a Midsummer Wreath

making a grass wreath

Posted by Jane Lindsey on June 11 2020 at 10:50
Tags: tutorial summer wreaths
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Plantain and nettle balm

plantain ribwort

Posted by Jane Lindsey on June 1 2020 at 11:23
Tags: tutorial summer nature notes
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The good foraging code

bottles of meadow buttercups

Posted by Jane Lindsey on May 29 2020 at 10:09
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Making a knitted coat hanger

making a knitted coat hanger

Posted by Jane Lindsey on May 24 2020 at 08:20
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Foraging for wood sorrel

wood sorrel

Posted by Jane Lindsey on May 10 2020 at 08:09
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Grow your own salad leaf mix

growing salad in boxes

Posted by Jane Lindsey on April 10 2020 at 08:36
Tags: autumn growing summer growing spring growing gardening
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Make your own felt Christmas tree

make your own felt tree

Posted by Jane Lindsey on December 13 2019 at 08:54
Tags: tutorial
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It's not about the bread

Posted by Jane Lindsey on December 5 2019 at 12:23
Tags: simple living recipe
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Making Simple Festive Table Decorations

make a Christmas table centre

Posted by Jane Lindsey on November 28 2019 at 09:44
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Seeing yourself

seeing yourselves as others see you

Posted by Jane Lindsey on November 21 2019 at 08:47
Tags: life
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Make a pretty honesty heart

Posted by Jane Lindsey on November 18 2019 at 11:45
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Making a dogwood wreath

Posted by Jane Lindsey on November 13 2019 at 13:08
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Radical Self Compassion - Should we begin?

compassion Amanda palmer

Posted by Jane Lindsey on November 6 2019 at 13:15
Tags: life
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Knit your own mug cosy

knit your own mug cosy pattern

Posted by Jane Lindsey on October 29 2019 at 08:34
Tags: eco living making tutorial
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Simple beeswax wraps

Posted by Jane Lindsey on October 28 2019 at 17:00
Tags: making eco living tutorial
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Create your magical life a little bit at a time

Posted by Jane Lindsey on October 15 2019 at 15:30
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Natural gift wrap - autumn leaves

natural gift wrapping ideasx

Posted by Jane Lindsey on October 14 2019 at 11:22
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Seraphina's eleven babies have grown so fast.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Now when she tries to gather them under her - usually if she hears the buzzard overhead - they all head under her feathers but their heads and tails stick out the side.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ She seems unperturbed and a little like an overstuffed tea cosy.
I think that the last time I had this wooden clothes horse out was when we needed to dry cloth nappies c. 2001.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The plant dyed alpaca house socks have all cured now, the dye is well sunk into the fibres, so over the past couple of days I've been washing and pressing and packaging them.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The link to the shop page for them will go out in Friday's newsletter first - the actual newsletter is all about the dye deck and if you want to get it straight into your inbox you can sign up on the website www.snapdragonlife.com or through my profile.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ These were all dyed with tansy - the very yellow ones from the plant at the top of the Studio meadow, the slightly more orange ones from the plant down by the Studio door.
Last year, in the spring, I got a tiny amount of seed of a grey Shirley poppy. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I sowed half and gave half to @gracealexanderflowers .⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ None came up, in my garden at least.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ This year two plants have appeared - a little fey and wan as Shirley poppies go, but with definitely grey flowers. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Well kind of a purply grey . . . and if I'm honest I prefer the rich plums of Pandora . . . but It is eminently instagrammable.
Yesterday Seth Godin wrote that instead of getting our ideas spread like wildfire (uncontrolled, destructive, leaving nothing) we should get them to spread like wildflowers instead.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I loved this idea. Ideas that self seed and spread in groups, ideas that place themselves where they are happiest, where they can thrive.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Ideas that take root in unpromising places and bring joy. These daisies moved into the top of the Studio Meadow last year- spreading from the garden rather than the fields- but wilding themselves none the less.
A bright new morning starting a bright new week. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ A row of dog daisies and love in a mist, fresh and light and optimistic.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I feel like I'm hovering on the edge of planning things outside my studio this week. It is tentative.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Today I have a meeting about something that will involve me leaving the premises. I'm part excited, part terrified - I think they are probably the same things in many ways.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I'm building up to going on holiday in a few weeks. It feels vertiginous. I definitely need to build my social muscles back up.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀
The globe thistles shouldn't be there. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ It was meant to be a temporary nursery bed.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ They were a root cutting from my parents' garden - memories of pulling off the heads as missiles.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ It is the perfect place for them.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Low sun barrels along the path as the gloaming comes. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ They glow in the golden hour.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I leave the heads alone.
Of all the half hardy annuals that are beginning to flower here, I think that cosmos purity is my favourite. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Happy and light and generous with its flowers.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ As you pick it, the foliage smells that dense herby/incense way that is perfect for the late summer/early autumn time.
Yesterday I was chatting to Eileen, who volunteers in the garden on Wednesday mornings, about how the Studio meadow changes in the light. In particular how the warmer light in August - especially the soft evening light - makes everything glow.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Walking back from checking things at work I snapped these big daisies with a speckle of purple loosestrife behind them. Softly glowing.⁠⠀ ⁠
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At Snapdragon Life I gently guide you through bringing the changing seasons into your daily life, helping you slow down, so that you can experience increased well being, calm and creativity.

Through my communities, both free and paid for, through my writing on the blog, through carefully hand crafted activity kits, and through my online and in-person workshops I aim to bring people back in touch with the rhythms of a seasonal life.

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