Full moon eclipse.

  

A super blood moon eclipse warrants a night in the tipi. 

So beautiful. So lucky to have seen this. Just after the eclipse a heavy fog settled down. 

Scaffolding

 Need scaffolding.

Just go and harvest some!!!

This is one of my favorite plants to visit. 

Its nestled in a small food forest with; Cherimoya, Banana, Sugarcane, Kefir lime, Fejoa, Pine nut, Avocado, Passionfruit, Loquat,....and of course since we are harvesting sunlight some solar panels.

Eco printing

 

After my adventures in using kokowai I had a go with eco printing. 

My favorites where liquid amber leaves and eucalypt bark. Now we have fancy covers for our tipi mattresses.

And am looking around with new eyes at potential new dye sources.

Kokowai

 Kokowai.

This is the colour of this land. Ngati pukeko. 

This is one of my first attempts of dying cloth with clay from this whenua. 

Mordanted with raw milk then soaked in clay.

Usually I avoid white clothes. Now I am on the lookout!!

Happy harvest

 Ours was spent with the best of friends. Sharing kai, clay creations, great conversations and of course music late into the night.

We ended up staying in the tipi overnight. Breakfast was leftovers and foraged fruit.