From the Compost Heap header. A pencil style illustration of a compost heap with flowers and plants growing around it. A bee buzzes by and a white rabbit hops by.
  • Laptop with yellow hobbit hole wallpaper. An edison bulb lamp sheds a dim golden glow on a goddess vase filled with pens. The workspace is otherwise shrouded in darkness.

    Have I mentioned I set up a desk in our living room? I’ve been using it since January or February. It was especially nice when the severe winter weather meant I couldn’t use the studio.

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  • Black and white photograph of a blood lab with materials for drawing blood arranged in a grid on the wall.

    New doctor new bloodwork. I’ll be writing about chronic illness soon so I thought I’d take a photo while I waited for the nurse.

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  • A tiny oak tree sprouting from an acorn in a mason jar full of water.

    We found this beauty when we were weeding the mulch under the jungle gym. A fascinating science project to see how an acorn sprouts into a mighty oak.

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  • A pile of weeds from the wildflower area of our backyard and a green nitrile glove.

    This is the first year I’ve been well enough to really spend time weeding the wildflower area of our garden. Years past I’ve let the seeds go truly wild and only pulled a few “mean dandelions” (you know, the spiky ones) and weeds I suspected might be poisonous. This year I’m enjoying sitting among the bachelor buttons and pulling up plants that are less desirable so we have fewer weedy seedlings competing with wildflowers next year.

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  • Blue Love-in-a-Mist ethereal flowers with delicate leaves and spiraling center that transforms into a seed pod. These flowers evoke fairyland to me.

    Love-in-a-Mist are some of my favorite self seeders.

    As suggested in my Chaos Gardening zine.

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  • Blue flowers against a wooden fence. The bachelor buttons are tufts of royal blue and a few white and sky blue love in a mist are hidden by leaves.

    Bachelor Buttons and Love-in-a-Mist.

    Two of my favorite self seeders.

    As suggested in my Chaos Gardening zine.

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  • Holding a large clover leaf with wildflowers blurred in the background
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  • My front garden is largely overrun with weeds, but the daisies and bachelor buttons (self seeded into the yard outside the garden bed) are living their best life. A black armillary sphere peeks up behind.

    My front garden is largely overrun with weeds, but the daisies and bachelor buttons (self seeded into the yard outside the garden bed) are living their best life.

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  • Mood board including maps, trees, spirals, artifacts, hag stones, reflections, yggdrasil, angel oak, and bowl of water. Woven across the image with thread and objects tucked in - a key, a root, a branch of yellow leaves. A photograph printed on cloth shows my grandmother holding my mum as a baby.

    I finally finished the physical mood board for my work in progress.

    Here’s a timelapse.

    You can see earlier timelapse videos here.

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  • A fig tree freshly planted in our backyard.

    Meet our new tree, Loial.

    I was unmoored after the last episode and wandered around the garden centers until I came home with this fig tree. We planted it in honor of Brother Book.

    Your name sings in our ears @hammedhamz. Thank you for bringing this beloved character to life. His spirit will live on in our garden and perhaps one day bear figs. 🍃

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