🌙 Poplar Root, Spring Leaves & a Little Hope ✨🪵

Witch Wood and Wild Handles

Somewhere between Mother’s Day, broom handles, and the sound of wind moving through fresh green leaves…spring has fully settled into these Blue Ridge woods 🌿✨

Today is Mother’s Day and it’s always held a little tenderness for me 💫 A little gratitude, a little ache, a little hope all braided together. I know I’m not alone in that. Some of us celebrate with full hearts, some with complicated ones, and some are still learning how to hold both love and hope at the same time 💫

Today I spent part of the afternoon outside working on new broom handles…red maple, crepe myrtle, and poplar root…what I lovingly call “witch wood” around here. There’s something sacred about removing bark away and slowly uncovering the character underneath. Twists, scars, curves, old knots…every piece tells on itself eventually 🔮

The woods are turning wildly green now!!! The kind of green that almost glows after rain, and the sound of wind moving through the trees has become one of my favorite things about living here. It’s steady ✨ Comforting ✨Like the mountains reminding me to slow down and listen for a minute and I always do

The warmer weather also means the dye pots are bubbling again 💙💜🖤

Ready for second dip in the dye bath

I’ve been steadily filling the broom room back up with freshly dyed broomcorn…deep indigos, smoky violets, blackened blues, strange little blends that happen somewhere between intention and accident. Opening those bundles after they dry still feels like opening gifts every single time 🎁

The broom room is messy lately!!! Covered in wood dust, dye stains, half-finished ideas, and pieces waiting to become something beautiful!!!

Honestly…I think that’s a pretty good reflection of life too 💫

I’d love to know what spring looks like where you are!!! 🌿

What’s blooming around you lately?