shirt-to-dirt gallery

The soil was packed on to my book. The book was a little damp and quite muddy on the exterior. No holes yet. A little stain from a flower in one of the pockets. I dunked the book into a bucket and then let it dry in the hot sun. Now ready to bury it again.

Hot! Mid-nineties expected today. Dry dry dry- drought conditions, invoking the rain gods. There may be scattered thunderstorms today into tomorrow. The soil is very dry, actually cracking in our front yard. We usually have the beautiful presence of worms in our soil, but my guess is they are hiding deep wherever they can find moisture in the soil. We water the trees weekly- a maple and flowering crab- near this burial site.

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Saturday 7/1 hot humid hazy afternoon dug up, soil was still wet from rain night before. Feather did not survive but rest of the book is still in beautiful shape. There are some lovely new markings in fabric. Rinsed and enjoyed overnight and after reading each page again this morning I buried once again in-between rain drops. Bunny in garden as we (pup and I) went out and buried in very wet soil.

Moist soil.

clay soil with red mulch cover - unusually wet weather this spring

My meditation book was buried at an elevation of 5823 in a forest of gambel oak. The soil is rich and soft due to several days of rain. It’s buried in a semi-arid climate with cool summer nights and warm days. The site has many visitors including bunnies, deer and birds.

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I buried this meditation book just in front of a nandina bush and next to a magnolia tree down by the stream that runs behind our home. The sandy soil is soft and wet - it has been rainy for days, although not this minute today. There was a cute golden mushroom just to the east of the burial spot.