Friday

My yard is still mainly weeds but some are very pretty weeds. The little blue blooms on this low profile plant is Madder. It covers a lot of my yard and belongs to the coffee family (Rubiaceae). Madder is native to Eurasia. The roots have been used since ancient times as a red dye. If you pull a little clump you’ll see the bright red roots.

I noticed last week an acre was fenced off on a neighbor’s pasture. It’s next to an addition where nice homes are enjoyed. Next a privacy fence went up between the acre and the first house. Days later heavy equipment showed up. The culverts were big concrete ones…several. This surely wasn’t going to be a new house. Logan R. Always finds out first. We know the owner of the farmland. My new neighbor is the Dollar General. I have mixed emotions, but mostly sad feelings. I guess if my knee wasn’t in bad shape, I could walk to shop. It’s about a  1/4 of a mile from me! 

I sorted out all my small yarn leftovers. I’m making a many color afghan from them. I’m choosing dark to light as mother did when making a patched quilt!

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