She Blinded Me with Science

 It was a leisurely week while everyone was Pennsicing, although life doesn’t let things go for long. I would have been able to get more sewing and possibly more Teasel harvesting done this week. Although I have a good excuse as to my lack of doing. My mother was taken to the hospital after I called 911 this last Tuesday late afternoon. Turns out she has a minor heart attack, loads of blood clots in lungs, a blocked left kidney and a damaged right hip joint from subsequent and recent falls. She is in the hospital for the foreseeable future. Until she is in good enough shape for an inpatient rehabilitation facility.

So most of my free time has been spent at the hospital keeping her company,  along with my father and two sisters who live semi local.  My older sister lives out of town but needed regular updates to have the accurate details for group decisions. So to say the least it’s been a stressful week more than normal. Requisitely if my posts are spread out a bit more than usual, it’s more than likely related to family.


Although I did find some time to partially investigate the basal fibers of the Teasel. A bundle of which that has been drying in my garage. I do see a nice inside layer of cellulose that could be possibly combed. It is very attached to the epidermis layer of the dried Teasel stems. So I have to see about a way of detaching this layer without upsetting my neighbors and making much of a mess. I am going to do further research on this as the summer is almost over and the Teasel is till alive but beginning to dry.  Will need to harvest and process soon if it’s viable.

Here is to Science in its many forms,

 THL Marrin O’Cadhla