At last, the thistles in our adjacent paddock have dried out and thinned enough that i could become the intrepid explorer today and visit my wrapped trees.
I think the most exciting thing i have to report tho was the 7 foot tall male kangaroo who i woke from a nap under this tree and who needed some convincing to move along. He looked as tho he'd prefer to "stand and defend", so it was a bit touch and go for a few minutes there, they can disembowel one if they decide to do so. Anyway, needless to say, even tho i had my camera i totally forgot to take his portrait while arguing the point with him.
Euc 1, protected from the weather and atmosphere by this thorny shrub, and the wrap is still quite pristine.
Euc 2, out in the weather and looks a bit torn and coloured up, but don't get excited, i think it's mostly redbrown dirt.
Same as above but the other side.
Euc 3, again it's probably mostly dust, bull dust.
The original scene of the header, but taken this afternoon. You can see the three trees that i wrapped, tho now they're all unwrapped. As you can also see, there's been a bit of growth here with the thistles, grass and prickly bushes. It's usually a lovely spot but right now it's a bit scary and i won't return again until mid Winter probably. One snake crossed my path, but i was dressed for the occasion with long jeans and knee length boots, so it wasn't a problem. I was actually more concerned about the possibility of feral pigs, they are really nasty if accidentally cornered.I have unwrapped all the trees and brought the cloths home for closer inspection which i'll do in a day or so. Also brought home a few leaves and bark for bundle dyeing of each one, again, in a few days. When that's all done i'll post up the results. for now, cheerio, kaite
7 comments:
Well I did get excited about the red brown and bull dust color on your wrapt cloths; terrific. Maybe the color will hold. When hurricane Iniki hit Kauai, a t-shirt vendor noticed that the t-shirts were stained with red dirt and decided to market them. Became one of the best sellers in helping the island economy.
Like the idea of your gathering leaves and bark from your wrapt trees for future projects. It's what I am doing with my crabapple cloths; the crabapple tree has moved from bare thorny branches to crabapple blossoms to now, greening leaves that are beginning to show the hints of red.
Love your wraps Kaite and yes I sure wish that you had taken a photo of the Kangaroo but I'm sure glad it didn't harm you and that you didn't have any dangerous interactions with the wildlife. How about we post what we do with our wraps?
Marti, i'll iron the dusty cloths and maybe soak them in alum and soda ash to see if they will hold.
Tammy, i did suggest earlier that we might post up pics of what we've done with these cloths, that is IF we do anything, there's absolutely no pressure here.
Another thought is maybe post them up on your own blogs and a short post here with a link to your own blogs. Marti doesn't have her own blog so i've encouraged her to post her wrapt cloths here.
good idea to post the cloths experience after leaving the tree. haven't decided what to do with mine as yet, but will keep you all posted.
Well done Kaite on surviving the trip to and from your wrapt trees..
The colours look interesting, dirt and all.. I hope some might stick to give you something to work with.
hugs
Annette
face to face with a kangaroo i would have forgotten all about what i came for.......... what a wonderful land you live in Kaite.
XXXm
Wow, that was quite the adventure! I'm glad that you came to no harm. I hope that you get some colour on the cloth for all your effort.
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