Turning Reeds in to Paper!

During my many swamping trips this fall I collected bagfuls of reeds, cut

them up and then cooked them. Last weekend I went to the Studio in St.Albert and put my cooked reeds in to the Hollander to beat them in to a pulp.....literally!

 I added a wee bit of Ababaca and the result is some very nice medium brown paper with long flecks in.

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I had lots of advice and tips from Barb our paper maker extraordinaire. Thanks Barb! Now I have to bind these papers in to a book.

Tenth day of the tenth month of two thousand and ten.

We went down to the river this morning to collect branches for Rozina's twig archway we are building. There were so  many red rose hips that I collected some of those aswell.

Then she found a fallen nest, which I thought needed a little something.So I added some rocks

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We came home and made a marvelous thanksgiving supper.Check out these amazing Yorkshire Puddings!