This view (plus exercise) is why I went on a three-hour walk today.

It's a walk that takes me from my door through an incredible diversity of landscapes and historical contexts, and then I can sit down here and look at this for a little while, and then I get up and walk home.

#Salem #Massachusetts

hey #bloomscrolling , a plant anatomy question.

A house in the neighborhood has these beautiful lilies at the sidewalk. They have highly curved orange petals with dark spots like freckles. They have these coffee-bean-like pods that appear on the nodes of the stems. Are those seeds? If I grow a plant from one, is it likely to look like the parent?

The stars have aligned.

#sewing #pattern #patterndrafting

I finally tried out making a planter from scrap cloth. This tiny jade plant isn't yet at the point where it really needs water, but I'm hoping that the cotton will prevent overwatering without losing water so quickly that the soil stays dry.

The walls of the pot are made from 4 layers of cotton bedsheet material and I got to use the decorative stitches on my new machine to add a bit of stiffness. All biodegradable.

#sewing #houseplants #maker #recycle #reuse

About a month ago I left this #jade leaf on top of some dry soil. This is the best picture I could get of it through a loupe. Tiny leaves have started to grow; underneath them are tiny roots.

I would love to see more pictures of #jadeplant and #succulents or just #houseplants