Ruralist
@carriem-p.bsky.social
I love to: savor seasons | make good food | bake sourdough bread | ferment | forage | grow veggies and flowers | support care-ful farmers | steward the land | create with fiber/fabric | walk in the wild | learn uke | read poetry, science, SF; Vermonter
Good morning all! Happy Day After Thanksgiving to all who celebrate, and who have family and friends with multiple gatherings to attend. Spread the love! 💛🧡🩷
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Good morning all! Happy Day After Thanksgiving to all who celebrate, and who have family and friends with multiple gatherings to attend. Spread the love! 💛🧡🩷
I miss the emerging garlic in April. I miss the order of the June garden. I miss the chaos of August’s abundance. But November is the deep peace and satisfaction of a well stocked cold room.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I miss the emerging garlic in April. I miss the order of the June garden. I miss the chaos of August’s abundance. But November is the deep peace and satisfaction of a well stocked cold room.
Breathe deeply, taking a moment to wonder at our matchless blue-green sphere.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Breathe deeply, taking a moment to wonder at our matchless blue-green sphere.
A few photography musings from an afternoon walk.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A few photography musings from an afternoon walk.
I suffer from snow superstition - do you? This is an early season snow, so is it the happy harbinger of things to come, or the only taste of winter we’ll get?
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I suffer from snow superstition - do you? This is an early season snow, so is it the happy harbinger of things to come, or the only taste of winter we’ll get?
I consider myself an advanced beginner weaver. Does it ever get less scary to cut the project off the loom? May your Sunday be full of silly questions and delightful answers!
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I consider myself an advanced beginner weaver. Does it ever get less scary to cut the project off the loom? May your Sunday be full of silly questions and delightful answers!
Forty-two turkeys wandered by this morning. Four toms checked out their gorgeousness in the windows downstairs. A friend doesn’t believe me that they know when season starts and ends, and so make themselves scarce. Season ended October 31!
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Forty-two turkeys wandered by this morning. Four toms checked out their gorgeousness in the windows downstairs. A friend doesn’t believe me that they know when season starts and ends, and so make themselves scarce. Season ended October 31!
Shiitake logs still producing! 😋🍄🟫
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Shiitake logs still producing! 😋🍄🟫
Late October leaves and tiny crystals.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Late October leaves and tiny crystals.
Have a beautiful evening all.
October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Have a beautiful evening all.
Cold, brief downpours; sun. Autumn’s weather.
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Cold, brief downpours; sun. Autumn’s weather.
Would have normally gone to Rutland, VT, but would need to climb a hill and walk a bit — got a new hip Thursday, so taking it slow and flat. Good to support a small rally.
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Would have normally gone to Rutland, VT, but would need to climb a hill and walk a bit — got a new hip Thursday, so taking it slow and flat. Good to support a small rally.
NO KINGS in small, rural Granville, NY, a typically deep red locale. 200+ people strong.
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NO KINGS in small, rural Granville, NY, a typically deep red locale. 200+ people strong.
Dahlia tubers dug. Tomorrow will separate and tuck them safely away for the winter.
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Dahlia tubers dug. Tomorrow will separate and tuck them safely away for the winter.
Getting the glads dug up and sorted. I find this season both melancholic and promising. Sad because of the departure of such beauty (flowers, birds, veggies), and promising for tranquility in taming summer’s chaos of abundance.
October 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Getting the glads dug up and sorted. I find this season both melancholic and promising. Sad because of the departure of such beauty (flowers, birds, veggies), and promising for tranquility in taming summer’s chaos of abundance.
Could be the last one I see this year. Cold last night. Spent the day cutting down the dahlias to prep for digging them up; freezing peppers and peas; drying shittake; making sauerkraut. October.
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Could be the last one I see this year. Cold last night. Spent the day cutting down the dahlias to prep for digging them up; freezing peppers and peas; drying shittake; making sauerkraut. October.
Two nights ago we got rain!!!! 🍄🟫 🤎
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Two nights ago we got rain!!!! 🍄🟫 🤎
Headed to Marion Ruver. A gorgeous couple days on the water in the Adirondacks.
October 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Headed to Marion Ruver. A gorgeous couple days on the water in the Adirondacks.
Autumnal blueberry bushes.
October 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Autumnal blueberry bushes.
And one more, with friends.
October 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
And one more, with friends.