Allisonians'

I have neglected my blog. I am sorry.

2017-04-06T21:15:00.001-07:00

This spring has brought much abundance and joy, along with life's sorrows which I have embraced and am much fortunate for. In my spiritual search, I have read several times about embracing sorrow. It is a deep experience, not to be taken out of context.
I know we all have a personal journey and we all have each other where we meet and such. There is tacit knowledge and I find it interesting how tempting it is to explain it, when the word itself means knowledge without or beyond words. I see that it may be seen as something you know before you have the word for it, which it is, but it is also of knowing which does not have words at all. Tacit.

Have a wonderful spring.
Humbly Yours,
Allisonian

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Lastly; on Cleavers... I have an abundance of cleavers! I have more seed than I can believe! Time to try that coffee substitute called 'roasted cleaver seeds'... I will post how I plan to roast them asap

2016-06-25T00:02:00.002-07:00

Cleaver and Horsetail on the Wild West End

Here are a couple of amazing patches of cleaver. Well only one photographed published here now. Will get the others later.

Cleaver and Me Came To Be
Friends of the past 3 seasons
I learned much and will do all
That I can to be always thankful
For That.

This is what cleaver looks like in mid June most years. It is in great shape this year. This is out on the bogs in the wild west end. Will post the forest edge plants soon, they are much much greener...

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IN Search of Burdock; and the wicked world of work... LoL.... I love working, If I was Wise, this would have been my work, YET... this is something that work helps acheive, maybe...

2016-06-24T23:49:00.000-07:00

I remember when I decided to study evening primrose;
Silly.
Looking back.
They say only look back if you are going that way.
I argue only that I am remembering this because it was such a gift.
A, last gift.
A gift of change.
My study included transplanting my find, watching it grow,
Listening.
Big change.
Transplanted it again and watched it grow to the sky that summer.
Thank you Lynah!
So, at harvest time I moved eastward and brought the plants stock and seed heads with me hoping to have time and room to work with it.
Turns out I didn't
But what did happen was only special to me.
Who doesn't want to spread their love and ideas, if they seem "right".
So that hot September day my evening primrose sent its baby seeds out the back of my truck over 45 miles of space...
The plants dried out quite fast in the bed of the truck. and they took their time spreading out.
I didn't clean it (the bed of my truck),except when I finally need the space.
hm. I call that quite a study. (was busy finding refuge before the quickly approaching rainy season ensued..lol)(which helped my friend eveningprimrose take root and grow, or get washed into some cavern and wait dormantly untime the perfect time of it's rebirth)))))))))))))))
May seem like a lame little story. But seeds are little.
Life is only lame if YoU let it.

Today I embark on learning about burdock. that sounds quite hollow.
I want to meet Miss Burdock and hang out with her for awhile. I think she's out there somewhere waiting for someone to come along with some mundame human question.
Maybe she just loves the birds and seeks no human friend.
I think I shall be sure to ask.
Til then my friends!
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Note to self and anyone who is reading; I can't wait to post photos of my adventure.
I would post from the link below, but my mentor wants our own work. no cheeting! :D
Truly Your's;
Alli McD
Resources;
I found this lovely bit of Identification information;
https://druidgarden.wordpress.com/tag/identifying-burdock/

Time, Age, Family & Obligation; But what are we here to do?

2016-05-16T08:41:00.003-07:00

I have busy with my time.
Why did our culture make words like age?
Family is how you know love and all of it's feelings.
What true obligates? What does obligate mean to you?
Is it a word made for prosper, or despair?

I don't know about you, but my life is a full life.

Full of wonder.
Full

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Oh What a Year it was! And other stories. :D

2016-01-05T19:32:00.002-08:00

My year was quite exceptional. I learnt of life cycles on some levels that I'd not previously known.

The cycles of life are amazing. As I write it has snowed just enough to dust the land. Last week I found baby cleavers and had to pick some to have a green drink post haste. It was lovely! The smell. You just don't forget the smell, if that is the drink for you.
At the land today, snow patched walk, I thought I'd spy some more and there they were. I asked if I could try them again. I have not made it yet. I decided to write first.
I only took a tiny bit, but am excited to have it to look forward to.

This year I planted red potatoes under my rhody. They came out just perfectly! I planted in another area that they did not do so well.

my main plant has been the nasturium. It has taken over and is sooo lovely! It looks quite professional. And they are all volunteers for a couple of years now.

I had some purslane, but did only nibble. I didn't get to use it, but it will come back. It showed up on its on, and has come back ever since.
I grew Strawberries. They love it here! I also have a beautiful Rosemary!
I have also grown flax! It is so beautiful!

I lost one of the great loves of my life this year. Her strength we did sometimes contend. Contention is a lesson in itself, but this is the most complete of them all. My Mom left us in Novemeber; and she is greatly missed!
It was a year of exceptional growth in the ways of the cycle of life.

Chapter 2

I read on 'Walking in the Woods', just now. I really rather personal account of walking alone in the woods and that it is a personal gift. And that if they walked with you that it meant they must love you very much.

It is this way with walking thru life. The woods are so wonderful and I wish that each human has that opportunity. To be walked in the woods and allowed a little space to fancy it's magnificent magik on this earth.

It is my wish that you walk in the woods. Don't go alone, unless you are called to do so. And I think it is your duty to take someone if there is someone that needs to be invited into it's magnitude.

I also think that if you take someone that you don't love that you may just find a little place in your heart for them. If you teach them the way of the woods.
Happy Trails!

Chapter 3

Of the wood folk;
I have worked on cleaning an ancient cellar where two brown squirrels live. They were quite angry with me for disturbing their home. It was a quite large establishment and still is. I moved out some things that needed removed and left a box quite empty. The next day I went back to work and the box was quite full of walnuts from the walnut tree just above. The next day the box was empty and the ceiling of wrong way hung insulation and Styrofoam board was hanging down blocking the door. Poor dears had moved all of their stash into the ceiling of insulation and it had been too heavy.
I had to pull down the ceiling Styrofoam panel and insulation and throw it all away. I was scolded by the two residence. It was quite nasty anyway and I told them that insulation wasn't the best storage unit, but they apparently had no choice.
I am not a fan of insulation(fiberglass) and Styrofoam and it was such a conflict for me to deal with it in the first place, but I did and I hope the squirrels are not in any harm for living in it as they did.

Will write again soon. It's been such a full year! It is a good thing! I will now go sit quietly and contemplate on my higher potential.

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Pre-Autumn 2015

2015-08-30T17:47:00.002-07:00

Such a Full Summer, full year in fact! From spectacular Sunrises and sunsets! This sunset was taken from my favorite vantage spot on my poor neglected bicycle! Yet I got to witness some amazing times, and amazing people!

My bountiful nasturtium volunteer crop, along with chocolate mint and purslane. I made a gallon of nasturtium vinegar and am just putting up nasturtium tincture. Here is a great article for your reading pleasure. https://myrobalanclinic.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/nasturtium-more-than-just-a-pretty-face/

Purslane landed itself in my garden a couple of years ago after I had turned the earth here. A friend said that I ought to pay attention and so I did. It has been around ever since. Eat The Weeds says this; Link; http://www.eattheweeds.com/purslane-omega-3-fatty-weed/ Susun Weed says this; Link: 2006 http://www.susunweed.com/Article_Joy-of-Purslane.htm

Had Roofing projects, 100 year old home. Cedar roof.

The sun shone red but would not so in my camera's lense, yet the floor did show it's spiry firey depth. Washington(the state in USA) was very hot and much was on fire.... Storms have changed things, but only the quality of air for much of the west coast USA.

From my roof top the fire haze from a fire 100's of miles away...

...an acre of nearly a 100 year old orchard before the crew clean-up...

...and the beauty of it, though parched, shines on with not of familiarous... but it does live... only one wild folk found during the harvest... Lots of evidence of deer and coyote.

And the clouds soar by in our two day storm... and it continues...

.And I'm glad to be back, however briefly it may be. I have quite a lot of business and some pleasure. Much work before me. I am honored and sometimes have to redirect myself. As always. Hoping these notes and photos find y'all well and full of life's wonders!
Al.
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So, I've been on Retreat from the WWW! And I am currently Traveling! My First Time on a Train since I was 2 years Old! All By MYSELF, is a first time! Here is a pictorial of some of my other ventures

2014-11-03T16:51:00.002-08:00

Home-Made Clam Chowder!

Tornado Touchdown! An Amazing Event! Gordon Ramsey would love my take on it! I'd tell him myself,,, lol

Chanterelles

UpSide Down Appple Cranberry Cakes

Mexicali Casserole!

Festive!

Looking Down and what did I see! Amazing Mother Nature Talking to Me! Bella Bella

Here is the tree belonging to the above's amazingly beautiful RooTs!

AND MY TRAIN TRIP IN PROGRESS!

Waiting on the train!

The Old Trestle Tracks

On by, on the train!

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Mallow!

2014-07-26T18:53:00.000-07:00

Wednesday. Fresh. July 23rd, 2014

Dry. Today July 26, 2014

A very nice grean color! I pulled it and half bagged it to make sure that the moisture is completely gone, which will be tomorrow. I won't leave it too much longer than that in the busdhydrator or that green will fade and the properties will too. :D

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June 20, 2014. Shamrock Plants are still under protection. They seem to do well in their sanctuary. Will return asap

2014-06-25T01:26:00.001-07:00

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SHaMRoCK PLaNT and African Violet Babies

2014-05-25T03:27:00.000-07:00

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Took Shamrock babies back home and also some new african violet babies... I transplanted Sham and rooted AV! this kind of work! Meanwhile, at home I took some of the tiny sham plants I couldn't get going and put them with mamma snap. The Sham itty bitty;s popped out mini leaves of approval!@ Sooo excellent! Planted my little strawberries in the earth too. Big fun in ktwn!

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trust. I am enthusiastic, open, and trusting about my new found feelings, capacity, passion, and hearts desire.

2014-05-23T13:59:00.000-07:00

planter box start built on this date 3.22.14

5.23.14 today with salad seedlings I just planted in forground left with it's friends dock!

zuch 5.14.14

5.23.14 zuch and friend dock

zuch 5.23.14

salad 5.23.14 planted in earth today...

oh snap!

2 cuc 2 tom 5.14.14

2 cuc 2 tom(only one showing) golden flaz seedlings in background. Plant the length of the building 5.23.14

The sun does rise with spectacular moon! Shining like a bright pearl. 5.22.14 HBHD21

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Busy............

2014-05-15T07:37:00.002-07:00

I am.
Yesterday was a magnificent day!
Yoga, sun, biking, planting, maintaining...
Very warm indeed!

Poppy Biking@Straight Down Ktown

Zuch 5.7.14

Zuch 5.14.14

New fence(ett) for Nasturtiums and Flax! Do the Wave!

2 Cucs, SnapDrgn, and 2 Toms! Many Garlic!

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Yellow Dock Babies and their neighbors

2014-04-27T21:45:00.000-07:00

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Dream Gates! (by Robert Moss and inspired this post)

2014-04-23T19:26:00.004-07:00

The tree that leaves me with no trace
Of yesterday or the human race....

I find that my 'new' life is a part and wholly for me. (or,,,
The whole life is for all.
My life is a part and a whole for all.
We share this life in all of it's mysteries and novelties.
It's lows and it's highs.

Dreams uncover mountains of life.
The fear, the celebrations, the let downs and the up lifts.
They are all together a part, and a part they are all together.

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Dinner and a good book! ©Allisonians

A New Resource; http://debrasnaturalgourmet.blogspot.com/

2014-04-20T23:37:00.000-07:00

http://debrasnaturalgourmet.blogspot.com/

Turtle and the Blood Moon

2014-04-16T17:53:00.000-07:00

Abscond the turtle of the full blood moon
Be wary of the big high tides.
As she was heading away you see,
Upon the ocean sea was she. (undone, instead of 'was she')

The Floor reflection over head,
The lowly off's of the lowly beds
She looked above for the moon to be,
And raised her eye for the light of thee

Upon the wave as it did break,
She glided down its firey wake
And up and down she contemplate
Is the earth flat or is it round
Or is it plainly up side down?

She saw the color ebb and flow,
She knew not whenced that she would go (at least not the way 'we' know...)
But move ahead she did, she did
She swam back up to ride again!

Steady did she go, my friend!

Full Moon thru cloth

Upon the sand and water gleamed
The white and pink of the big moon's beam
She crossed the wake
And was not late
To the edge of her world
She did contemplate!

The sand did glow as she moved ahead,
To the place she'd go to lay her eggs
So go she did without a doubt
Even though the world was inside out.
She had her clutch...

By ©Allison Dahl

The Full Blood moon is for certain one interesting moon!

Planters, Full Moon 4.15.14 taken at the same location some time before the eclipse, about half passed eleven; same photo as 'thru the cloth' is, and at the same time...

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Sea Turtle links;
http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?page=behavior

and a list;
https://www.google.com/search?q=turtle+wisdom+mythology&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS533US576&oq=turtle+wisdom+mythology&aqs=chrome..69i57.7956j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

My Dream House!A

2014-04-08T00:32:00.002-07:00

An Elder, CHECK!

With DAN DE LION~~CHECK and Chevy looks happy here too! Tee-Hee! and Horah

And a baby elder protected right in the middle. Not mowing this baby down! What a smart mamma!

Look at this place! This elder is also friends with miss cliver! Me Too! CHECK~~~

...and look, a FOR RENT sign! CHECK~~~ just beautiful! My dream house... would like it in the woods, but not too worried, it's a dream, I'll add it, right? Cheers

Rhody is Happy!

2014-04-08T00:21:00.001-07:00

Teeny Tiny is Just Fine with Me!

2014-04-08T00:00:00.000-07:00

My tiny Garden is fairng it's own.

I enter this photo upside down because it won't load right. aka right side up? So weird because when I tried to load this particular area shot last time the same thing happend. There is no way to correct it on blogger. Maybe I will try to save the photo upside down and load it again and see if that rights it. But for now, here is my topsy turvy little seedings. and bulb babies!

There is a teeny tiny somebody/thing that has taken a tiny bulb from on tray, which I replaced because I found one teeny tiny bulb in the box of dry dirt that had a few nasti seeds. So, I sow the nasti seeds hittler kilter on the right edge of my teeny tiny garden.
I moved the bulbs up on a temporary shelf for sunning and also to let the earth below the peet seedling boxes dry.
It's kind of cool the way the two boards are, I can move the shelves to let more or less sun and so that I can lower the plank that protects my seedlings from the down pours.

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.... a little bit closer look at Salmon Berry(Rubus Spectabilis) blossoms

2014-04-07T07:17:00.001-07:00

The most Bright and beautiful and jazzy of bloom to berry, in my opinion.
Bright Pink blossoms, and beautiful bright orange fruit.

My view.... they are looking so good this year! :D

nice link;
http://www.nwplants.com/business/catalog/rub_spe.html

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April Walk back at Ostrander; as spring progresses

2014-04-07T07:04:00.001-07:00

Went walking after work this afternoon...
One of my favorite places, easy local for a quick refuge;
Sun hit me as I drove in to my driveway after work,

Bonus;
The sun stayed out for the whole walk,

Double Bonus;
From the course of the day I would not have expected sun; I really only semi noticed the distant
April rays as I ran a couple of errands after work.. nevertheless...
.....
Earlier;
I felt another of our mother earth's elements in wonderment, and looked up from my work of this regular day, which really rather wore on as a reflection of it's transcending atmosphere.
I worked hard as if to help the clock ever so slowly turn.
Not fighting the slow flow, nor just being that...
then,,,
It was all transmuted to heaven's liquid splendor.
And there it was; the fine mist of rain so thin yet filling the air completely.
It was just a mist, and yet a full on thin mist.
Although I am sure there were down pours throughout the morning, I hadn't noticed the day's climate, not really.
But this liquid dew of flight drew me out.
I couldn't even really have told you what I was doing before that.
I just awakened, and was completely enchanted like nothing before existed,
and yet this simple existence was born.
And then,
It only really took a moment to be revived!

I am so grateful for that little moment.

I love weather patterns. This year is amazing...
As someone passed I was brought back to the task at hand.
I stocked, then scrubbed the bristo with bravado! I still have a few layers and that work is never ever done,
Hence the job security....
I simply call it, shining diamonds...

The mist out the window today felt just like at the beach I haven't been to in two years!
I was transported right then and there!
Folks east of the Rockies call us coasties.
They consider where I live the coast.
I know, comparatively, it's true;
But it's an hour plus to get to the sea from here.
I do have my rivers and the valleys and streams
The Ostrander Brook is my refuge to nature these days.
So it goes that my herbs of study are those I know and can find in my environment;

Ostrander gave me these beauties to say hello to today;

Cleaver
Wood Sorrel
Salmon Berry
Horsetail and Nettle(didn't get photo)

Here is my example of the progression of the very same Cleaver clump I posted back on February 25th. And today I donned my jean jacket as well! Nice to have the warmth of the world and be in it!

Wood Sorrel in bloom!

Salmon Berry blossoms on Waters...

Here's a little of everything. There is Salmon Berry blossoms, Cleaver, and Sorrel, and much much more! :D

This is my favorite water whole! The background dons sorrel and such!

GUIDED SLEEP MEDITATION TALKDOWN - Insomnia - Relaxation

2014-04-06T22:59:00.001-07:00

Oranges! Not for fools! Happy April! Showers, flowers.... You decide!

2014-04-01T06:34:00.000-07:00

Going on a spring orange date.
Read about Sanicle tea.
Interesting little article from this site;
True Health and Healing
http://www.truehealthandhealing.org/sanicle.html

Orange Date:
5 to 8 glasses of Orange Juice a day
Drink the juice as soon as the oranges are squeezed or the juice box is open.

Slippery Elm downing.

After 5 to 10 days, eat very plain, simple, and nourishing meals.

Also, if someone wanting to do this orange date(s) is feeling week many modifications are just fine and in order! Apples chewed to full mastication, or blended; a few nuts and what ever else is needed, but oranges are a wonderful treat and if you are like me, you will learn to live on oranges more than once a year!
I eat the whites and on occasion the outers. The skins boiled with cinnamon are wonderful for the air and the smell is divine!

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Oh, See Here, See Here~~~~ I should add the pallet beds I made out of 3 pallets! Good Fun

2014-03-25T14:35:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Mint, Hyacinth, Strawberries, Lettuce, and Miss Rhody

2014-03-25T14:27:00.000-07:00

Chocolate Mint 3.24.14

I posted photos of my new micro garden's new fence the other day, Saturday, me thinks. The photo on the left is chocolate mint that I put in the shelter of the front corner post and I also put a big piece of wood on top of the bin in case the rain got wild. I'm not in ktown at the moment and won't be til tomorrow, aka protections up.

The right photo is the lovely hyacinth bulbs I wintered over and planted a couple of weeks ago in twelve(thought 12/16/12) in a row!!! and a starter box of 8 strawberries in the middle. On the left starter carton without bulbs is lettuce the little bamboo sticks shows us where the zuchx seeds went they will most likely grow up here.( I will started carton some too and force them with my little mini forcing area that I set up in the breezeway...

where ever the bulbs end up, they will adolesce here. This is a temporary shelter/garden system that I simply am playing with. Pallet's are like legos for adults,. soo much fun!

Chocolate Mint will be moved elsewhere in whole or in parts into areas of the grounds that don't grow well. They/she will be my test plant to see if it will grow under and around the rhodey. As will other things until I and miss r are satisfied The strawberries will end up in the nextdoor attached bin, and/or elsewhere in my 60'x3' garden.... It's so fun to have babies! :D

And if we took advice from the rhody, we'd be wise to work up from the bottom and take all due course, she does agree save where the 'varie gat us' shows up(aka where the sun and her natural complextion commune and you know it's all okay for now; and who among us would hide their spots without consequence anyway, right?. hahaha

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