I thought it would be fun to take you on a little ramble through my garden. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve already seen it. 🙂
And, yes. My dress does have root vegetables on it.

I found another dragonfly in the garden. I’m not sure what kind it is. Maybe you know? I also saw a praying mantis, but they are still too small and quick to get a photo.

We have black raspberries.


We also have yucca in the front landscaping that are flowering. I was surprised someone planted them here. But they seem to be surviving. I have a yucca story to share with you.
When I was a student at the University of California, San Diego, I took a Southwestern American Art class. We had to weave a traditional Pueblo basket as a project. Most students bought reed at the hobby store, but not me. I saw a traditional basket woven from yucca at a museum, so I had the bright idea that I was going to find yucca and strip it and weave my basket with it! So, I dragged my surfer boyfriend out to the desert to look for yuccas with me. I had a photo from a book so I would know what they looked like. We spent an entire day hiking. We did not find a single yucca. We went home and I was exhausted and sad because I couldn’t weave my traditional yucca basket, and guess what! There. Was. A. Yucca. Growing. Right. By. Our. Front. Door. In the landscaping of the condo complex where we lived.
I did weave my basket and I still have it. I used Rit to dye the yucca fiber because traditional methods called for urine as a mordant and I didn’t have the guts to try that. I got an A. The end.

What a garden you have going there. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your basket!!!
We need rain so very badly. We got next to none today. I hope Fireman has a good cycling night with his team .
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You deserved that A! That’s the kind of thing I’d have done; I can relate. Although I would probably have used the urine.
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I loved the tour of your garden! Everything looks great. I hope you’ll share with us how the flax goes.
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I love your yucca story! And your resulting basket is pretty cool 🙂 Loved the garden tour as well – everything is coming along so well!
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Great story……
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I think it’s a Widow Skimmer dragonfly? Check Google and see if that looks right.
Fun story about your yucca weaving project. That sounds like the kind of quest-related project I would have enjoyed. 🙂
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Yes, that’s it. Thank you!
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Your garden is looking fantastic! I love the yucca story!
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Your yucca story was fun. 🙂 The garden looks great, and so does the flowering yucca – love the pictures.
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What a great tour.
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