Beyond Knitting
Nature Is the Best Mood Board
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Sometimes I think we try too hard when looking for inspiration. A ramble in the backyard can give a knitter all sorts of ideas.
This has been the greenest spring in the history of Nashville. Surely.
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A match for Jill Draper’s Rifton, in the colorway Spring. Which I happen to be knitting right now.
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The magnolia buds are as hard as hand grenades.
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Moss growing on lichens.
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The honeysuckle in the warm sun.
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The hellebores haven’t given up.
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The hostas.
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Roses.
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Mahonia.
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Some flowers are already done. This tulip dropped its petals soon after I took this photograph.
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The fig tree, which damn near died in the hard winter two years ago, has launched a confused, early fig.
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The ants are busy getting the peonies ready.
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Finally, here’s the oak tree I planted last spring. It has doubled in size, from two feet to four feet. The oak tree behind it is 90 years old. The barred owl lives there, in a big hole on the far side.
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If you’re looking for something to make you feel great, planting a tree is right up there.
Bravo to nature!
Nature IS the best mood board, and I remember you were always the best headline-writer! Lovely photos, Ann.