If at first you don't succeed....

DYE, DYE

 again.

Well after the pent up dye up in November.....which, by the way, took me a month to clean up....

I almost gave up

this pursuit.

There are so many better suited and more inclined than I, I thought. 

and I live in the DESERT for gosh sakes....not much color here except in the sky 

Why was I so down in the mouth?

The results after gathering nuts here in New Mexico and bags of eucalyptus leaves in California
were disappointing

to say the least.

There could have been many causes, but the main one I think was I did not cook the bundles long enough....

so this week I was determined,

since, I thought, gosh...... I have studied with the 'master'

and my friends, although more practiced than I

are popping out brilliant results...

so 

with my new equipment

 courtesy of the Family Thrift Center
(Op Shop for those down under)

I set out

to tame this dragon of desire in me

 to get some orange marks on this fabric!

so with

these

 reluctantly purchased from Trader Joe's floral department.....

I had another go at it.

and after 2 ++ hours of 'almost' simmering

and steaming....

I was very pleased

The Result............

Of a....

Pent Up.....

Boil Up......

Fall in New Mexico.........

Longing for nuts..........how lucky am I to find.................

Black Walnuts......

on a walk....on the 'ditch' in the 'North Valley' in Albuquerque....

and then

when I was even more 'longing' for leaves.......thinking this is impossible in the 'high desert'.....

we journeyed....

up highway 55 to Tajique

and we turned......

left......

into 'Fourth of July' canyon....

and on to the

Crimson Maple Trail.......

I prettty much should stop here........

as you know I sopped up buckets of leaves for a .......

well you know....

a 'boil up'.