Judith Browning

Oftentimes, things are not in their right place—
something feels disconcerting or agitating
because we're honing in on a small bit of the picture.
But when we can keep stepping back
and reminding ourselves of the possibilities of equanimity,
that's when the heart settles.
We can let people and circumstances be what they are,
we can let the world be what it is.
When we're not comparing, pushing, manipulating,
or trying to get it to be a certain way,
we're a lot more accepting,
and just reminding ourselves of this simple perspective
gives us an opportunity for clear seeing.

Ajahn Pasanno
(1949-pres., abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat International
Forest Monastery in Northeast Thailand)

looks like a warping board/frame to me...set up the other way round it would be at a nice height for winding a warp.
It probably measures 36" from side to side as an easy way to measure a warp.

nice find!
any other bits and pieces related to weaving in the barn?

This article has more info about turkey tails including a description of false turkey tails.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trametes_versicolor

The fruiting body is somewhat tongue-shaped, with no discernable stalk, and the tough flesh is 1–3 millimetres (1⁄16–1⁄8 in) thick. The cap is flat, up to 10 centimetres (4 in) across.[5] It is often triangular or round, with zones of fine hairs coloured rust-brown or darker brown, sometimes with black zones.[5] Underneath a layer of tomentum is a black layer, topping the whitish flesh.[6] Older specimens can have zones with green algae growing on them.[5]

The bottom surface of the cap shows typical concentric zones of different colors, with the margin always the lightest.[7] There are 3–5 pores per mm. They are whitish to light brown,[5] with pores round and with age twisted and labyrinthine.  

Turkey tails are flexible, almost leathery and very thin.
Here's a link and photo from my mushroom thread...the colors vary a bit.  We usually see them here winter time probably just because they show up more when the foliage is gone.

My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird — equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.

Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young and still not half-perfect?
Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work,

which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all ingredients are here,

which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart and these body-clothes, a mouth with which to give shouts of joy to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is that we live forever.

Mary Oliver

Yes!
These are great examples of creative experimentation!

I think many folks are intimidated and influenced by 'how to' videos selling things.  
Viewed as having to buy these certain things to learn how to make exactly 'this' has many afraid to jump in and play.

I especially love the apple weighted drop spindle 😊

Spread love
everywhere you go.
Let no one come to you
without leaving happier.

Mother Teresa
(1910 - 1997, Albanian Catholic Nun)

I rescued some bedding that was sitting in a trash can open to the weather for a month...so sun and rain...warm temps.

The organic cotton sheets came out perfect with washing soda and a little bleach (the only time those sheets will see bleach)...a cotton blanket had not mildewed so looks like new after washing....hung all in the sun.

But the bamboo/cotton throw has two large areas in the middle with mildew and rust.
The rust I could live with...maybe even use some natural dyes to disguise but the mildew?

The tag on the throw says not to use bleach or peroxide or vinegar, just a mild detergent, so I mixed up some pretty concentrated washing soda and ran it through the machine a couple times, hanging in the sun to dry in between washes.

second photo is of the rust and mildewed areas...first photo shows the good area.

I grew this for the first time this year (thanks to May!).
planted late and in poor soil but I'm still getting blooms and starting to see some seed pods.

When do I pick the seed pods?  They are still green.

I love the flowers!!!

Just as fog is dispelled
by the strength of the sun
Prejudice, preconception and bias
are cleared by the strength
of realization.
There is no other way of clearing
prejudice, preconception and bias.
Experience them as baseless dreams.
Experience them as ephemeral bubbles.
Experience them as insubstantial rainbows.
Experience them as indivisible space.

Milarepa
(1052-1136, Tibetan poet and mystic,
from Drinking the Mountain Stream)

I know this plant!
I did not know it's edibility though.
It grows along a gravel road we like to walk during the summer.
Now I want to get over there to see if it's gone to seed yet!

A lot of our summer walks are along the same paths so we watch things green up, bloom and go to seed...this was one that stood out as it gets large and kind of bushy.

thanks for posting about it😊