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dillyd
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dillyd
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Some landscapes

A forest scene. It's noon but we're in the north close to solstice, and the sun is low in the sky, casting long tree shadows towards us. The ground is partly brown, with lovely patches of bright green moss. A gray rocky shore in the bottom third of the photo, deep blue lake in the middle third, and blue sky with a few clouds at the horizon in the top third. We're looking East across lake Champlain, standing in New York, looking at Vermont on the far shore.
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Similarly ripply

A small green plant and algae-covered rocks under shallow water. The bright wavy lines of the caustics are bright green because of the algae. The same view, just a few seconds later, when a wind created some ripples. You can see their distortions at the surface of the water at the upper left of the photo, and at the lower right, the caustics have changed to a series of parallel lines
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I got to take a lovely sunny hike today, and I saw some really cool and beautiful things. Like this delicate fern moss growing between the rings of a decomposing tree stump.
#mosstodon

Side view of a cut tree stump in the forest. It is decomposing between the individual rings, and tiny green feathery moss is growing in the gaps. A closer look at some of the moss, looking straight down. Little green tendrils coming out of the valleys between the tree rings.
dillyd
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Turn the bags inside out, fill with the stuffing. The instructions said to mix the lavender with rice. I also happened to have some old wheat and barley that I didn't think I was ever going to cook, so I threw them in. Tie them shut and voilà!

One sewn fabric bag that is still inside out, with a lot of excess fabric at the bottom, next to several bags that have been turned right side out. Spooning a mixture of lavender and grains into a small fabric bag. A pack of kitchen twine in front of filled fabric bags, some of which have already been tied shut with the twine.
dillyd
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I tried it out with one handkerchief, and once I was happy with the size, I chain-sewed the rest. I didn't bother pressing the seams or trimming the extra fabric - it simply wasn't necessary for the final look of this project.

Two handkerchiefs, folded in half, being run through a sewing machine. The sewing machine foot is at the edge of the blue handkerchief and about to move to the brown handkerchief. Three folded handkerchiefs that have been chain-stitched Scissors cutting between two seams on a folded blue handkerchief.
dillyd
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I looked up some online instructions for how to sew the bags shut. The first suggestion was to use premade drawstring sachets. Not what I had in mind, since I didn't want to spend money. I found this site with the excellent idea of tying them shut. Faster than sewing, and with the added benefit of reusability. When the lavender loses its scent with age, I can simply refill them. 
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-make-lavender-sachets-4685886

dillyd
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I didn't feel like hemming the opening of 32 tiny fabric bags. But I had some already hemmed handkerchiefs. Used once, and disappointing because the edges got really wrinkled after a first wash. I'm not willing to use something that has to be ironed between each wash. But I am willing to iron something once for a project.

Some handkerchiefs, red, blue, and brown, with a beige checkered pattern. The edges are super wrinkly. If you folded these to put in your pocket, they would be super bulky because of the wrinkles. The same handkerchiefs, now nicely pressed flat.
dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

I looked up some online instructions for how to sew the bags shut. The first suggestion was to use premade drawstring sachets. Not what I had in mind, since I didn't want to spend money. I found this site with the excellent idea of tying them shut. Faster than sewing, and with the added benefit of reusability. When the lavender loses its scent with age, I can simply refill them. 
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-make-lavender-sachets-4685886

dillyd
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RE: https://turtleisland.social/@dillyd/114721861230082312

I made lavender sachets with some handkerchiefs and kitchen twine.
#lavender #crafts #sewing

A beige basket full of lavender sachets made from various colors and styles of handkerchiefs.
dillyd
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Draw me like one of your French girls.
#DogsOfMastodon

A small gray dog lying on his back, stretched all the way out, with his right hind leg reaching up, and his pink tongue out in a glorious mlem. His head is hanging over the edge of the couch. He looks like he might fall out of his sexy pose and tumble onto the floor. No dogs were hurt in the taking of this photo.
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I'm so glad to be able to use this hashtag again.
#icetodon

A lake surface, mostly icy, covered with snow at the top and bottom of the frame, with a break in the ice in the middle, showing darker water with some fallen leaves caught under the ice.