{"id":96,"date":"2009-03-10T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/?p=96"},"modified":"2009-03-10T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T12:30:00","slug":"swallowtail-and-the-flower-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argoknot.s005.wptstaging.space\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":">Swallowtail and the Flower Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZlnjp4X-I\/AAAAAAAAAxk\/g0y0C5oXoro\/s1600-h\/Marymount+3.09+007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZlnjp4X-I\/AAAAAAAAAxk\/g0y0C5oXoro\/s200\/Marymount+3.09+007.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311544540790284258\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>At last, finished and blocked.  Some projects just take a lot of fiddling, and sometimes I wonder how I <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> stand<\/span> it.  First, buying only 2 oz of the handpainted silk top when I knew it would <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">never<\/span> be enough.  How casual I was about that!  &#8216;Oh, I&#8217;ll just whip up a little something to go with it!&#8217;  That led to the miserable experience of trying to dye my own silk top which matted and made spinning a very un-zen experience, which put me off spinning for several months!  Being put off spinning is not a healthy place to be!  Then came the rewarding experience of dyeing some commerically spun silk in my own indigo vat.  I did find that exhilarating, but wanted to scream when I ran out of the lovely blue before reaching the end of the lace border.  Some projects just seem like one hurdle after another.  And yet&#8230;.I can see myself doing this all over again, ad infinitum!<\/p>\n<p>And here are highlight from this year&#8217;s Philadelphia Flower Show.  The theme was Italy.   At the tail end of a very cold winter, at the end of a week that started with a blizzard, I wanted to skip town and head str<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZgQCjqXtI\/AAAAAAAAAwk\/Y4196wCHanI\/s1600-h\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZgQCjqXtI\/AAAAAAAAAwk\/Y4196wCHanI\/s200\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+001.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311538639210700498\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>aight for a warm<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZgQhPrSbI\/AAAAAAAAAw0\/ZiMcRmDgSQA\/s1600-h\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZgQhPrSbI\/AAAAAAAAAw0\/ZiMcRmDgSQA\/s200\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+021.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311538647448373682\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> coast<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZgQdwEF3I\/AAAAAAAAAws\/1z78DzvoA8I\/s1600-h\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZgQdwEF3I\/AAAAAAAAAws\/1z78DzvoA8I\/s200\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+017.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311538646510475122\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>line&#8230;.I&#8217;m thinking Amalfi!<\/p>\n<p>And shoes were big this year&#8230;.<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZhDwTUM7I\/AAAAAAAAAxM\/bpNbFrLlOGc\/s1600-h\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZhDwTUM7I\/AAAAAAAAAxM\/bpNbFrLlOGc\/s200\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+012.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311539527663498162\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZiOTsbXVI\/AAAAAAAAAxc\/9KyKmK_BrqQ\/s1600-h\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+033.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZiOTsbXVI\/AAAAAAAAAxc\/9KyKmK_BrqQ\/s200\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+033.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311540808474385746\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZiN9RTs-I\/AAAAAAAAAxU\/eIgQqScqh2s\/s1600-h\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SbZiN9RTs-I\/AAAAAAAAAxU\/eIgQqScqh2s\/s200\/Philly+Flower+Show+3.09+010.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311540802455057378\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>>At last, finished and blocked. Some projects just take a lot of fiddling, and sometimes I wonder how I stand it. First, buying only 2 oz of the handpainted silk top when I knew it would never be enough. 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