#alder cones

[riverwindphotography]

Alder cones on river sand

(c) riverwindphotography

#original photographers #alder cones #spring #sand #nature

[bumblebeeappletree]

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How to naturally dye fabric with alder cones.

An alder cone dye adventure.

How do you dye fabric with vegetable?

How do you natural dye?

Which plants and vegetables make the best dye?

How do you dye fabric naturally?

BillyNou is about the wonderful process of natural dyeing I do for my brand, life, motherhood and the trails and errors of making and crafting.

I’d like to inspire others to become more conscientious, to find a connection with nature and benefit from this immense and totally accessible energy.

I am by no means an expert but I love what I do and try to live what I love. I offer you a window into my personal journey with the hope of being some benefit to you in one way or another.

#BillyNou #dye #natural dye #how to #how to dye #diy #do it yourself #alder cones #fabric #Solarpunk #Youtube

[fleetingfutures]

I made a terrarium using moss collected from a local forest today! I think I’ve got star moss, fern moss, and thread moss in here. It’s my first terrarium, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it changes over time. 🌱

#i added some alder cones and leaf litter after taking this picture and i adore how it looks #i’ve already seen a good-sized earthworm running around in there. not really sure how that happened because i added the soil slowly 🤷 #the wood is pretty soft- maybe it came out of there?? #i’ll probably toss it back into the garden the next time i see it so it doesn’t make a mess of my moss #other than that i think the only animals are little white springtails #they’re super cute!! #mine #fleetingfutures #terrariums #terrarium

[developwithhappiie]

Camera: Nikon D5000 Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-300mm 1:4.5-5.6G

#photography #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #alderconse #alder #cones #macro #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #outdoors #photographer #photographerintraining

[gitaspeaxdaily]

Kitchen - Rustic Kitchen Example of a large eat-in kitchen with a farmhouse sink, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, quartz countertops, beige backsplash, wood backsplash, paneled appliances, two islands, and a medium tone wood floor and brown floor in a mountain style.

#kitchen banquette #knotty alder wood window trim #white kitchen cabinets #tropical kitchen wallpaper #metal cone chandelier #wooden flooring in kitchens

[bekkathyst]

Little alder cone earrings! These turned out so cute

#original #jewelry

[mousetoe-wc]

I Got bored one time awhile ago and made a list of every prefix plus some into organised sections so I thought I might as well share.

All the ones that aren’t cannon to warriors, yet at lest are bold

Describing names

Colours: red, russet, copper, golden, amber, yellow, green, blue, violet, pink, white, gray, black, ebony, dark, pale, silver, brown, tawny, fallow

Pattern, Texture + Size: spot/ted, dapple, speckle, freckle, brindle, patch, mottle, ragged, tangle, kink, bristle, fuzzy, curl/y, wooly, soft, sleek, little, tiny, small, slight, short, tall, long, big, heavy, crooked, broken, half, stumpy, shred, torn, jagged

Actions + Character: flip, pounce, bounce, jump, hop, crouch, down, low, drift, flail, strike, running, fidget, mumble, whistle, snap, sneeze, shiver/ing, shining, flutter, fallen, lost, rush, fleet, quick, shy, sweet, brave, loud, quiet, wild, hope, wish,

Other: claw, whisker, dead, odd, one, spike, fringe, echo, song, hallow, haven

Elements

Time + Weather: day, night, dusk, dawn, morning, sky, sun/ny, moon, storm, lightning, thunder, cloud/y, mist/y, fog, snow, blizzard, ice, frost, dew, drizzle, rain, clear, wind, breeze, gale, shadow, shade, bright, light,

Earth/Water/Fire names: stone, rock, boulder, slate, flint, pebble, gravel, sand/y, dust, mud/dy, meadow, hill, rubble, river, ripple, whorl, float, rapid, shimmer, lake, swamp, marsh, wave, wet, bubbling, splash, puddle, pool, creek, fire, flame, flicker, flash, blaze, scorch, ember, spark, ash, soot, cinder, smoke

Plants

Trees: alder, aspen, birch, beech, cedar, cypress, pine, elm, willow, oak, larch, maple, bay, rowan, timber, bark, log, wood, twig, acorn, cone, seed, spire

Berry/Nut/Fruit/Herb: juniper, elder, sloe, holly, yew, mistle, bramble, hickory, hazel, chestnut, nut, apple, cherry, cranberry, olive, pear, plum, peach, chive, mint, fennel, sage, basil, mallow, parsley

Flowers: aster, poppy, primrose, rose, bluebell, marigold, tansy, pansy, briar, cherry, daisy, dandelion, daffodil, tulip, violet, lily, myrtle, thrift, yarrow, heather, lavender, blossom, bloom, flower, petal

Other: leaf, frond, fern, bracken, sorrel, hay, rye, oat, wheat, cotton, reed, pod, cinnamon, milkweed, grass, clover, weed, stem, sedge, gorse, furze, flax, nettle, thistle, ivy, moss, lichen, bush, vine, root, thorn, prickle, nectar

Animals

Mammals: mouse, rat, mole, vole, shrew, squirrel, hedgehog, bat, rabbit, hare, ferret, weasel, stoat, mink, marten, otter, hog, wolf, hound, fox, vixen, badger, deer, doe, stag, fawn, sheep, cow, pig, lion, tiger, leopard, lynx, milk

Birds: robin, jay, cardinal, thrush, sparrow, swallow, shrike, starling, rook, swift, dove, pigeon, crow, raven, duck, goose, heron, wren, finch, swan, stork, quail, gull, lark, owl, eagle, hawk, kestrel, buzzard, kite, hoot, feather, bird, egg, talon

Fish, Reptiles + Amphibians: pike, perch, pollack, trout, tench, cod, carp, bass, bream, eel, minnow, fin, snake, adder, lizard, turtle, frog, toad, newt

Bug type Names: bug, lady or ladybug, moth, spider, ant, snail, slug, beetle, bee, wasp, dragon or dragonfly, bumble, worm, maggot, cricket, fly, midge, web, honey

Skyclan + Warriorclan: Bella, Billy, Big, Harry, Harvey, Snook, Ebony, Monkey

#warrior cats #wc

[julesofnature]

By the lake or river-side Where the Alders dwell, In the Autumn may be spied Baby catkins; cones beside — Old and new as well. Seasons come and seasons go; That's the tale they tell!

After Autumn, Winter's cold Leads us to the Spring; And, before the leaves unfold, On the Alder you'll behold, Crimson catkins swing! They are making ready now; That's the song I sing! ~ Cicely Mary Barker

#by j marion brown #photographers on tumblr #nature photography #wisconsin #alder

[foragewitch]

spell jar for mental health:

pink wax: emotional healing

alder cones: strength

amaranth: protection

lavender: anti-stress

himalayan salt: emotional balance

#spell jar #spell jars #spelljars #spelljar #witchcraft #witchy #witchtip #herbalism #witchy vibes #greenwitch #green witch #witches #witchesoftumblr #witchyshop #spellcraft #spellwork #wicca #witch tips #etsy shop #etsy #etsy seller #small business

[yoga-onion]

Legends and myths about trees

Celtic beliefs in trees (13)

F for Fearn (Alder) - March 18th - April 14th

“The tree of Bran the Blessed - Fourth month of the Celtic tree calendar (Ref)”

Colour: purple; Gemstone: amethyst; Gender: male; Patrons: Bran, Apollo, Aranrhod, Odin, Lug; Symbols: shield + foundation, discrimination + inner confidence, loyalty

In Celtic also Norse mythology, March was known as the 'month of lengthening days', which wakes the alder from its winter slumber.

Alder trees are found in the northern hemisphere. Although it is a broad-leaved tree, only alder bears cones, so it is easy to recognise them at a glance in winter. Alder wood can survive completely submerged in water, and never far from water, Alder trees can most often be found lining the banks of a stream, loch, or river, or in boggy wet ground and swamps.

Alder trees, which fix nitrogen around their roots, are also soil-enriching blessing trees. The alder tree, which does not rot even when in water, appeared to be a source of great mystery to the ancients. However, the main reason why the ancient Celts worshipped the alder tree was its sap turns a deep red when exposed to air, as if cutting it would cause it to bleed.

The alder month is a time when the days lengthen, the winter chill slackens and the sun gains momentum, and the ancient Celts would have been uplifted by the blossoming of the alder and its various blessings. The alder tree, which sacrifices itself to fertilise the soil, was also considered sacred. While it was also said to protect the road leading to fairyland, it was also believed that if an alder was cut down, the person's house would burn down in a fire. According to Irish legend, the first man was made from an alder tree and the first woman was made from a rowan tree.

The alder is the totemic tree of Bran the Blessed, the god. He is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. According to legend, after fighting the Irish, Bran knew he was dying and ordered his fellows to cut off his head and bring it back to London. The party spent 7 years in Harlech and 80 years in Benbrook on the way, but Bran's head remained alive and undecomposed. Bran's head was buried in the White Hill below the Tower of London. Bran's totemic bird was the raven, so 2 ravens are kept at the Tower of London, but their wings have been clipped. This is because legend has it that if the ravens abandon the Tower of London and fly away, the UK will be destroyed.

Apparently, the ravens are loved and looked after, really well by the Beefeater Guards.

木にまつわる伝説・神話

ケルト人の樹木の信仰 (13)

FはFearn (ﾊﾝﾉｷ) - 3月18日～4月14日

『祝福された人ブランの木〜 ケルトの木の暦（参照）の第4月』

色: 紫; 宝石: アメジスト; 性: 男性; 守護神: ブラン、アポロ、アランロド、オーディン、ルグ; シンボル: 楯＋基礎、識別力＋内なる自信、忠誠

ケルト神話や北欧神話では、ハンノキを冬の眠りから覚ます「日が長くなる月」として知られていた。

広葉樹でありながら球果をつけるのはハンノキだけなので、冬にはひと目で見分けることができる。ハンノキの木は完全に水に浸かっても生きていけるので、小川、湖、川の岸辺や、湿地帯、沼地など、水辺でよく見かけることができる。

根の周囲に窒素を固定させるハンノキは、土壌を豊かにする恵みの木でもある。水の中にあっても腐らないハンノキは、古代人にとって特別な木に見えた。昔はハンノキを切り倒して沼沢地に道を造り、クラノグ(湖上住居)も、ハンノキで立てたのだ。しかし、古代ケルト人が、ハンノキを崇拝した最大の理由は、樹液が空気に触れると深い赤色になり、まるで切ると血が出るかのようだからだ。

ハンノキの月は、日脚が延びて、冬の寒気がゆるみ、日差しが勢いを増してくる時期であり、ハンノキの花開き、さまざまな恵みに古代ケルト人たちの気持ちも昂揚していただろう。また、自分を犠牲にして土壌を肥やすハンノキは神聖なものと考えられていた。妖精の���へ導く道を守るとも言われる一方で、ハンノキを切り倒すと、その人の家が火災にあって全焼するとも信じていた。アイルランドの伝説では、最初の男性はハンノキからつくられ、女性はナナカマドからつくられたことになっている。

ハンノキは、ウェールズ神話に登場する巨人であり、ブリテンの王であるブラン神のトーテムの木である。伝説によれば、アイルランド人と戦ったのち、死期が近づいているのを悟ったブランは、自分の首を刎ね、ロンドンまで持ち帰るよう仲間たちに命じた。一行は途中ハーレックで７年、ベンブルークで80年過ごしたものの、それでもブランの首は腐敗せず生き続けた。ブランの首はロンドン塔の下に広がる白い丘に埋葬された。ブランのトーテムの鳥はワタリガラスであったので、ロンドン塔ではワタリガラスが飼われているが、翼が切られている。ワタリガラスがロンドン塔を見捨てて飛んでいってしまうと英国は滅亡するという言い伝えがあるためである。

ロンドン塔のワタリガラスたちはビーフィーター・ガードたちに愛され、本当によく世話をしてもらっているそうです。

#trees #tree legend #tree myth #legend #mythology #celtic mythology #alder #celtic tree calendar #4th month #spring #bran the blessed #ravens #nature #art #tower of london

[riverwindphotography]

Alder cones in morning light, Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming

(c) riverwindphotography

#original photographers #alder cones #winter #sunlight #nature

[plaguedocboi]

Burrito the leech has thrown up like five times over the last 24 hours and I’m getting very worried. He fed a week ago and had no problems until last night. I’m trying to treat him with alder cones and catappa leaves but I’m having to change his water so frequently I don’t know if it’ll even work. Leechkeeper friends, any suggestions?

#leeches

[verecunda]

10 First Lines

I was tagged by @bryndeavour. Thankee, dear! <3

This is the first line of the last ten fics posted, isn't it?

Shadow March (Kidnapped/Frontier Wolf crossover, gen, G)

It was three years since my adventures, and just a little over two since I had come into my full inheritance, when Alan visited me again at the house of Shaws.

The Washer at the Ford (The Flight of the Heron, Ewen/Keith, G)

The mist came upon them suddenly: no thick incoming tide of sea-fog, but one that fell around them almost like a curtain.

Yellow and Gold (LOTR, Legolas/Gimli, G)

When Gimli and the others had left the Lonely Mountain to attend Master Elrond’s council, the year had been on the wane: the alders and the beech trees shimmering with gold on either hand of the road, the whin bushes on the moors dark, with just a few brave yellow flowers still hanging on, as if in defiance, not just of the oncoming winter, but of the great Shadow that threatened them all.

Leave of Duty (ROP, Elendil/Míriel, G)

She knew it was Elendil even before he was announced.

The Natural Element (The Flight of the Heron, Ewen/Keith, G)

The afternoon sun had burned away the last wisps of mist from the great cone of Ben Tee, and warmed the red granite of the creag ruadh almost to a glow.

Revealed by Night (The Silmarillion, Maeglin/Salgant, G)

Though the evening was yet young, the feasting in the King’s Hall was already at its height.

A Shadow of Despair (LOTR, Witch-king of Angmar, G)

Standing upon the walls of his dark fortress of Carn Dûm, his face turned into the teeth of the wind, the Lord of Angmar thinks — in whatever part of his mind that is yet his own — that his master chose this seat well for him.

Gie Me a Cannie Hour at E'en (Kidnapped, Alan/David, G)

I had come into my kingdom at last, and after having come through so many trials and travails — et terris iactatus et alto, as Mr Rankeillor might have said — I was now filled with a strange, unreal sense of calm and satisfaction as I sat up into the night, contemplating the future that now lay before me.

Reversals (LOTR/Silmarillion, Galadriel & Celebrimbor, G)

When Celebrimbor was not to be found in the smithy, Galadriel sought him in the gardens.

What Watchful Cares (The Silmarillion, Celebrimbor, Lúthien & Huan, G)

The night was far advanced, but one solitary light still burned in the smithies of Nargothrond.

(Heavens, we've been very prim and G-rated here over the last six months, haven't we? XD)

This one's been doing the rounds quite a bit recently, so apologies if I end up tagging anyone who's already been tagged: @di-daydreamer, @cilil, @chiropteracupola, @swanmaids, @cycas, @cuddlytogas, @imakemywings, @m-madeleine, @dilkinazm, @themalhambird, and @sanguinarysanguinity.

#meme #my fic

[okaima]

Karelian language - Fishing with net

Verkonpyydö - fishing with net

Apaja - the spot in lake or river used for net fishing

Apajamies - experienced seine fisher

Ardo - stand meant for drying nets after use

Harva, harvaverkko - first net in seine fishing, loosely weaved

Jeäverkko - fishing net used under the ice during winter

Junta - several fishing nets tied together during communal fishing

Kalavakka - basket into which caught fish is placed

Kevätnuotta - net used during spring fishing

Kevättäjä - spring fisher

Kez��nuotta - net used during summer fishing

Kotkela, keskiverkko - the net between harva and rinda in seine fishing, medium dense

Kovetah - to hang fishing net up to dry

Kudunuotta - net used during fish spawning

Kuulle - small net without the povi

Kuplatušverkko - net that is made to float near the water surface

Nuotta - seine net

Nuottuija - to fish with seine

Moavoato - stand for drying the net that is set further away from the shore

Motku - very small, one or two person operable seine net

Povi - the cone shaped tail end of the seine net

Povimies - the person in charge of emptying seine into fishing baskets

Rinda, nuotanrinda - the net after kotkela in seine fishing, densely weaved

Rouka - dye made from dried alder- or birchbark, used to dye the nets

Tuulastamine - fishing with net, with the aid of fire that's lit to burn on the bow of the boat

Tuulastai, tuulastaja - person who fishes with tuulastamine method

#карельский язык #karjalan kieli #karjal #karelian #karjala #karelia #karelian language #kariela #каре́льский язы́к

[plantsifound]

Hazel Alder

Location: Northeast shore of Phillips Lake, Dedham, Maine

Notes: this was a very difficult ID! This identification is based on leaf shape, cone shape, habitat, bark lenticels, leaf veins, and tree size.

Leaf shape was a rough match for several birch and many alder species. However, most had more serration or a different degree of roundness. The one characteristic these leaves had that stood out to me was that the major leaf veins did not visibly branch. They were very neat and well defined.

Hazel Alder is a perfect match for leaf shape, veining pattern, and degree of serration. The form of a woody shrub at the waters edge is consistent with hazel alder.

#plantblr #plants #plant identification #native plants #maine #botany

[bekkathyst]

I named this piece Hoar Frost because the way the black amethyst glitters looks so much like the glittery ice. I thought the alder cone and twig was the perfect addition for this little frost flower of a crystal. Seeing hoar frost outside always feels so magical, especially knowing what perfect conditions that had to coincide to make the ice form that way.

This necklace is available here.

#original #crystals #nature #jewelry #crystal jewelry