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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Circles for our Red Thread Circle My colored pencil sketch was inspired by a lovely quilt I saw on Monday's trip to the Oregon State Fair - applique circles and Red stitches. #zentangle #laurelburchart

Art journal with colored pencil sketch Six circles with zentangle doodles surrounded by red dashed lines conning the impression of stitches

Art journal with colored pencil sketch Six circles with zentangle doodles surrounded by red dashed lines conning the impression of stitches
Inspired by a quilt at the Oregon State Fair
On a dark blue linen bedspread and art quilt featuring horses by Laurel Burch

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Green gold from the garden - Gaz Oakley's "Super Green Gazpacho" from his Vegan 💯 cookbook! This is a great way to use extra cucumbers, or one that was hidden!

Pitcher with Super Green Gazpacho, in front of a gold hassock/ stool

This simple summer soup is so good!!
My friend Nikki shares fresh greens and veggies from her Organic Garden, and when that includes cucumbers, i make Garden gazpacho, inspired by chef Gaz Oakley - Vegan 💯

4 handfuls of greens (kale, chard, Amaranth, dandelion, purslane, mallow and other wild edible greens)
A cucumber, copied
A few sprigs. Handful of fresh mint, parsley, basil, (& chervil, salad Burnett, dill, lemon verbena... any herbs you love and appeal!)
Onion greens, chives, garlic chives
Garlic, chives
Green pepper or 1/2 green chilli, deseeded
1/2- 1 over-ripe avocado (peeled and w/o the pit)

3-5 TBSP coconut yogurt
2 TBSP love oil
1-2 TBSP cider or wine vinegar
1 TBSP lemon juice

Blend in stages, adding ~ 4 Cups water as you go, until it's smooth, adding a pinch of salt and pepper at the end (after you've decanted into your container, taste and add more as needed)

I sauté the kale before blending, and loose chop the other greens.

Gaz tops with rose petal ice cubes (3-4 petals in each cube - yes! Rose petals are edible! Like everything else - is ideal if they are organically grown!)

Other toppings: cherry tomatoes, fresh peas or beans, thin slice of cucumber, artichoke hearts, garnish of watercress, arugula or parsley.

I like to add a tsp of miso and some kelp to my bowl, sprinkle with Chili Lime seasoning, and add veggies from the garden - today i sautéed a few beans and several green tomato slices

Check Gaz' YouTube channel for other recipes, and making an 'artichoke rose'

Green leaves with red veins

Amaranth in a metal raised -
I added Amaranth along with the other greens in my gazpacho

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I really enjoyed joining the work party today at Eloheh farm in Yamhill @eloheh.bsky.social The overcast was perfect weather for being in the gardens, clipping the flowering heads of queen Anne's lace, to make a soil amendment.

Clouds, blue hills, trees and fields, with the raised garden beds in the foreground

We were clipping the flowering tops of Queen Anne's lace, which will me made into a botanical soil amendment.

The overcast was perfect weather for being in the gardens

Gold/ tan teepee with details painted in
red ᎩᎦᎨ/ gi-ga-ge
black ᎬᎿᎨ / gv-hna-ge, and brown ᎤᏬᏗ Ꭸ / u-wo-di-ge

Backdrop of clouds and trees

This is one of the options for guests to stay on the Land when they come for workshops or other events, starting in 2027

White and gray clouds over the powwow ground - the evergreens border Eloheh - ᎡᎶᎮ - harmony, balance

Young and Randy Woodley

ᎤᏍᎪᎸᏌᎪᏂᎨ ᏚᎶᎩᎸ (usgolvsakonige dulogilv / gray clouds

Bank of solar panels at Eloheh, through a window inside the Learning Center
This Pic was taken from inside the room housing the batteries which store the power.

From the Eloheh website:
"We grow food for ourselves and we share it with others. We respect the earth and her creatures. We use no chemical sprays or unnatural additives from soil, to seed, to plant, to harvest. We utilize and teach principles of Permaculture, Biomimicry and Traditional Indigenous Knowledge.

"In short, Eloheh Farm seeks to be a model of regenerative agricultural and animal husbandry systems that support human needs while improving the earth and all creation inhabiting the web of life. We desire to live in harmony with the land. " Eloheh" is a Cherokee Indian word representing "harmony, balance, peace, abundance and the common good."

Volunteer days are typically the last Saturday of the month - check the website for more information!

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Day 2 - compassion Camp VBS with the grands - Zander and I help with snack, Keira is shepherding the oldest group Mcminnville youth collective, with volunteers from First Baptist Church, the Co-op & first Presbyterian

Coloring page and colored pencil

Day 2 compassion camp VBS with adults & kids from First Baptist and First Presbyterian as guides and shepherds

Kindness create happiness

nu-da-nv-ti-sv / kindness
Go-tlu-di / create
Ga-li-he-li-tsi-das-di / happiness

Correct word order would be kindness happiness create(s) or ge-ses-di/ let it be

Left: color names
Gi-ga-ge - Red
A-da-lo-ge - Orange
Da-lo-ni-ge - Yellow
I-tse-i-yus-di - Green
Sa-ko-ni-ge - Blue
Gi-ges-di -Purple

U-ne-gv - White
Gv-hna-gv - Black

Right:
Earth elements in Cherokee

A-ma / water
E-lo-hi / earth
U-no-le / wind
A-tsi/lv / fire

Bottom:
U-lo-gi-lv/ du-go-gi-lv - cloud/ clouds
A-ga-s-gv- rain

Kindness create happiness
Coloring page for compassion Camp VBS

& u-nv-go-la-dv - rainbow

nu-da-nv-ti-sv / kindness
Go-tlu-di / create
Ga-li-he-li-tsi-das-di / happiness

Correct word order would be kindness happiness create(s) or ge-ses-di/ let it be

Coloring page -
Earth elements in Cherokee

A-ma / water
E-lo-hi / earth
U-no-le / wind
A-tsi/lv / fire

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Excited to see my Babington perennial leeks blooming! The little topset bubils can be planted around the garden, and next year I'll have a nice ᏄᏫᏒᎾ nu-wi-sv-na / patch!

Pink flowers and bubils of bubils Babington leek
Greenery and Blue house wall in the background.

These topset leeks can be multiplied by planting the bubils later in the summer.

Babington leeks, while more slender than many commonly sold, are just as tasty. They can be harvested in a 'cut and come again' style, and will regrow from the base. I've had them since 2013, and brought several with me when I moved from the house on Galloway in 2022. I'm excited to get a new patch going on the back garden.

Closeup - Pink flowers and bubils of bubils Babington leek
Greenery and Blue house wall in the background.

These topset leeks can be multiplied by planting the bubils later in the summer.

Babington leeks, while more slender than many commonly sold, are just as tasty. They can be harvested in a 'cut and come again' style, and will regrow from the base. I've had them since 2013, and brought several with me when I moved from the house on Galloway in 2022. I'm excited to get a new patch going on the back garden.

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Beautiful Trail of Tears painting by Seminole artist Jeremy Thompson 🪶 🧡 His ancestors were removed by steamboat, a symbol of the coming industrialization of their beloved homeland youtu.be/PGHK8LCVIl8?...

youtu.be

Artist Spotlight: Jeremy Thompson (55th Trail of Tears Art Show)

YouTube video by Visit Cherokee Nation

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

ᎪᎯᎢᎦ Dohi iga Today is my favorite, too!

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Aphid hunting - Soldier beetles, Podabrus pruinosus, have a big appetite for these small soft garden pests, and emerge about the time aphids show up!

Black soldier beetle - Podabrus pruinosus- on peach rose

These small black bettles, like ladybugs 🐞 are fond of eating aphids, and in the Pacific Northwest, come looking about the time roses are blooming.

So watch for them, anywhere you see aphids!
Another reason for not using chemicals on or in your garden!

Narrow and bout 1/2- 3/4" long, their heads and bellies are red, and they produce cantharadin,a mucous irritant, so birds leave them alone!

Peach/ Pink David Austin roses
Green leaves
Blue sky and clouds

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Making a batch of FPJ (fermented plant juice) from my Comfrey and borage this morning. FPJ is a less stinky way of using your Comfrey to make a potent garden ammendment! Diluted ~ 1/500, it can be used as a foliage feed to enhance plant health.

Comfrey and borage mixed with = measure by weight of brown sugar, with green leaves of the Comfrey plant in Rose Cottage Garden

"Fermented Plant Juice (or FPJ in short) is a method developed from Korean Natural Farming, to help get better yields using local and 100% natural materials.

"The whole goal in Korean Natural Farming is to use local resources to make mineral and biological amendments that not only improve results in the garden, but are kind to nature and helps close the waste gap in our modern culture."
-Welsh gardener Huw Richards -

Description for his YouTube video on 'Using Nettles for Healthier Plants and Soil

Nettles, mugwort, or nasturtium are other options for FPJ.

Plant matter is gathered in early morning, broken up (twist by hand or chopped) mixed with an equal weight of sugar, packed into a jar, pressed down and weighted with a rock that's been boiled and allowed to kool.
Labled with date and variety (painters tape!).

The jar is stored at room temperature in a dark place for about a week, then strained into a smaller jar for use.

For use as a foliar spray, it's diluted ~ 1 part to 500 (spoonful in a gallon) and sprayed on leaves

Growing Out The Box and Rogue Regenerative Agriculture also have tutorials on making and using on their channels

The spent leaves can be added to the compost

Borage leaves in a stainless steel bowl and Comfrey in a blue glass bowl

"Fermented Plant Juice (or FPJ in short) is a method developed from Korean Natural Farming, to help get better yields using local and 100% natural materials.

Comfrey and borage leaves crushed and and mixed with = measure by weight of brown sugar, in a blue glass bowl, soar for topping in small stainless steel bowl.

"Fermented Plant Juice (or FPJ in short) is a method developed from Korean Natural Farming, to help get better yields using local and 100% natural materials.

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

My middle granddaughters Emily & Kayleen attend Linfield- as door their heart grandparents, 80 years ago!

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᎬ U-li-he-lis-di u-na-do-da-quas-gv / happy Sunday So enjoyed participating in the @linfielduniv.bsky.social camas festival on Friday - I am cold stratifying seed from the camas patch, imagining the sea of purple this yard once was ᎳᎧᎹᏍ (la-ka-ma-s/ sound alike

Native American guide Greg Archuleta in black shirt and jeans, wearing a cedar bark hat
purple flowered camas griping amongst trees and green grass in
dappled shade

For generations, purple camas lilies have been cultivated, traded and consumed by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest including the Kalapuya, who were removed to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation in 1855. Though much sparser now than in the days it turned the Willamette Valley purple each spring, it remains a central piece of Kalapuyan lifeways.

The Camas Festival began when Linfield University’s environmental studies students cleared invasive Himalayan blackberry in efforts to restore the Cozine Creek Natural Area on campus.
The next spring, a dormant patch of camas grew, a native flower and Indigenous First Food.
Linfield campus is sited on the traditional territories of the “Yam Hill” band of the Kalapuya people in McMinnville.

A partnership between Linfield and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, the annual Camas festival coincides with the spring bloom and celebrates the cultural, ecological and artistic significance of the camas flower.

A starchy bulb, camas is traditionally pit roasted for 3-5 days, which converts the inulin to more easily digested components. For the festival, camas was prepared in a slow cooker, and samples were available after a talk on relationship, identification, culture and preparation.

Camas was a common trade item, and is a symbol of a reciprocal relationship - annual harvests and burns increase camas distribution and health... our West coast tribes had a strong trade economy, and different family groups had patched they traditionally tended and harvested

Greg Archuleta is a member of and the Cultural Policy Analyst for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. His families are Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Santiam Kalapuya and Shasta/Takelma.

purple flowered camas growing amongst trees, green grass and sedges in sunshine

Linfield University campus along Cozine creek

For generations, purple camas lilies have been cultivated, traded and consumed by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest including the Kalapuya, who were removed to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation in 1855. Though much sparser now than in the days it turned the Willamette Valley purple each spring, it remains a central piece of Kalapuyan lifeways.

The Camas Festival began when Linfield University’s environmental studies students cleared invasive Himalayan blackberry in efforts to restore the Cozine Creek Natural Area on campus.
The next spring, a dormant patch of camas grew, a native flower and Indigenous First Food.
Linfield campus is sited on the traditional territories of the “Yam Hill” band of the Kalapuya people in McMinnville.

A partnership between Linfield and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, the annual Camas festival coincides with the spring bloom and celebrates the cultural, ecological and artistic significance of the camas flower.

The site of my home, just a few blocks away, would have been part of this meadow of camas...

I am cold stratifying some of the seed (harvested by Linfield students from this patch on summer of '23) to replant on this land

Native American guide Greg Archuleta in black shirt and jeans, wearing a hand woven cedar bark hat
5th annual Linfield University / Grand Ronde Camas festival

Camas bulb, leaves and flower stalk
Line drawing by Grand Ronde artist

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Mini field trip after church, to the Linfield Garden! Each year, students and residents living nearby tend these beds. it was nice to see the beds cleaned out and filled with new soil, & mulch over cardboard on the paths! I'm excited to see their progress!

Willow arch and garden fence, with green grass and trees in the background

Facing SE
A triangular patch of brown soil, surrounded by paths with sheets of cardboard!, Covered worth mulch
In the background are grape vines, and a wheelbarrow by the water spigot
Garden fence and student housing

Facing North, and the greenhouse
Garden beds to the left and right filled with fresh soil, e strips of cardboard between the beds

Crenshaw hall in the background
There's a garden shed on the back left

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Saturday was such a fun day!! Hiking with 9 friends from FBC at DriftCreek Falls Ice cream (coconut alternative!) at Serendipity Then dancing to great tunes with the Jake Blair Band at Hotel Oregon!!

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

YAY! 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 My Wasabi starts arrived from the coast, Since night temperatures are still iffy, I tucked pots in the unheated greenhouse. I'm excited to grow true Wasabi - Eutrema japonicum! #oregoncoastwasabi #growwasabiinyourbackyard #perennialgarden #edimentals #eutremajaponicum

Wasabi - Eutrema japonicum- in its pot in the greenhouse, while it aclimates to its new home

All parts of Wasabi are edible, which allows for some tasting before the rhizomes mature! 😊 🪴

I appreciate happening upon the channel 12 interview with Clint Taylor from OSU extension service, highlighting his work with the Wasabi farmers in Tillamook!

Ooo - Oregon Wasabi? I ordered the same day!

For those curious about growing conditions - yes!
In Japan, Wasabi is traditionally grown on the banks of cool, clear streams!!

In home gardens in the Willamette Valley, they do well in large pots with a 50/50 mix of growing medium (potting soil, coconut coir) and perlite or gravel!

They like regular watering - but not standing water! They need air (hence the perlite or gravel in the Growing medium!)

A spot that's shady, and 40-70° F is their happy place!

Growing in a pot makes it easy to keep them in a shady spot, or bring them inside when temperatures drop.

Have you tasted or grown real Wasabi?

Oregon Coast Wasabi ships nationwide, and you can use the code SPRING10 for the 10% discount - which covered the postage!!

Wasabi starts - Eutrema japonicum
They come as bareroot starts, in a 50/50 mix of coconut coir or potting mix and perlite, vehicle or small round gravel, ready to be planted out!

A perennial which doesn't go dormant, Wasabi has been broken in Japan over 10,000 years!

All parts of the plant are tasty and edible, new starts can be taken from around the Central rhizome when you're ready to harvest (~ 18 -24 months.

2 Pink pots and 3 dark green, with potting mix and Wasabi starts. Oregon coast Wasabi planting guide on top of the pots in front

Eutrema japonicum

The pots are in the greenhouse, while plants aclimate to our elevation and climate.

Potting mdium is the recommended 50/50 mix of potting soil or coconut coir and gravel! I'm excited to watch them grow!

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Aren't they pretty? Lamium purpurea is delightfully edible as well. Slightly fuzzy, is often better cooked - I've been sautéing some with onions, overwintered chard, kalettes, and true nettles. There's a great article on the primal survivor blog with uses: tea, tincture, oil infusion, salve...

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

1st asparagus harvest Sourdough muffins Spring sprouts and greens Natto & nori #localfare #edimentals #eatwhatyougrow #localpotters

Asparagus and yellow onion in Black frying pan [square]

The asparagus is growing in a cedar planter - 3 years old - a delight to finally harvest some spears!

Sourdough muffin, asparagus and yellow onion with 2 pieces of nori on white and blue pottery plate

Black bean natto with mustard and local miso in small bowl

Brown bowl: Salad (chicory, maché, dandelion greens, parsley & radish) topped with broccoli and alfalfa sprouts,
dressed with nettle pesto and lemon mustard dressing

All locally grown (+ the beans from farther away, regenerative farming practices, nori from the ocean)

Handmade white and blue porcelain plate and small bowl by Ed Matson
Bowl with brown glaze by Elaine Wazel

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Tided the side garden yesterday - it needs a couple of primrose, don't you think?

Garden bed ended with stones & red slat with green frog 🐸

Green leaves of Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium / very effective for migraine relief, easing anxiety, pain reduction, and prompting heart health

Winter savory in a Clay pot - Satureja montana / this cold hardy perennial herb a tasty trooper, traditionally used to flavor beams, and make them more easily digested - also great for fish, kale and other cabbage crops, and even salads! The parent plant, over 10 years old - is in a pot just outside my front door which makes it easy to harvest fresh in any season. I have lemon savory in my back garden.

Green onions

Yomogi (Artemisia princeps) is the Asian mugwort used by LAc for moxa. This bitter herb has many health benefits, (heart health, skin issues, immune benefits) and is used fresh or dried.
My start came from an herbalist friend, who was given a bag of roots by a Japanese woman, plus a little list of uses!
I used a sprig in this morning's mocha 💚 🌿

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hydrating Pacific Coast brekkie 💚 🌿

White and blue bowl on L - miso soup with fresh greens, wakame, tofu

Back - morning smoothie - chard, pumpkin seeds, cucumber, coconut milk, spoonful of elderberry syrup

Front: blue bowl with buckwheat/ quinoa

Right: natto (pinto beans) with miso, cilantro pesto and alfalfa/ broccoli sprouts

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Making a batch of Rose petal jam 🌹 I used dried rose petals, added a handful of rose geranium leaves from the greenhouse ... (and yes, they are grown organically, & both rose petals and scented geranium are delightfully edible)! #quenchbook #rosepetaljam #driedroses #therose

Blue bowl with rose petals and sugar

Making a batch of Rose petal jam

🌹 emptied my tin of dried roses which I generally use for making rose beads....
I added a handful of rose geranium leaves from the greenhouse ... (and yes, they are grown organically, & both rose petals and scented geranium are delightfully edible)!

🌹 ground some dried Jackfruit for part of the sweetening, and will use organic sugar and a bit of honey for the balance.

🌹 weighed the dried petals before and after rinsing and then pouring boiling water over them, & let steep for 5 minutes; then strained, and added about a Tbsp of fresh lemon juice.

Similar to making rose beads, a YouTube video suggested something, then resting for several hours, and simmering again!

Rose petals contain a good among of pectin, which is wonderful for hydration! 🌹

In their book on optimal hydration 'Quench,' Dana Cohen and Gina Bria wrote, "ancient Persian doctors used rose petal jam especially for the elderly, slipping it under their tongues to release both the high-pectin hydration and the medical effects locked within, in the gentlest possible release. Rose jelly was especially noted to heal mucous membranes, which line our digestive tracts." ( p 142)

A healer from Belize recommended using a bit of powered rose petals to staunch a nose bleed - I've used it for years, and it works beautifully!

I wonder if a forgotten use of rose petal beads was a way to store the 'petal power' so they could be rehydrated for medicinal use? ... drying and making pastilles or pellets is used with other herbs ...

I'm excited to add rose petal jam to my 'Quench' Apothecary, and to try it in my 'Afternoon Delight' along with elderberry syrup i made last fall.

I look forward to our roses blooming.

Quench - Dana Cohen MD, & anthropologist Gina Bria

#quenchbook #rosepetaljam #driedroses #therose

Blue glass bowl with Rose petals, rinsed and sprinkled with sugar and dried Jackfruit

Tin painted with pink roses and gold highlights, green border

I spoke dried roses and other herbs in these tins

White book cover, with blue, black and read letters

QUENCH
"8 glasses a day is not the way"

Beat fatigue, drop weight & heal your body through the new science of optimum hydration

Dana Cohen, MD • Gina Bria, anthropologist

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Day 9 of the 100 days of art/ creativity project - altar on a shelf @sdcushing.bsky.social #the100dayproject #100daysofsoulcollage #soulcollage® #altar ♥️

Altar on bookshelf:
• Light Keeper soulcollage® ᎠᏆᏂᏲᏍᏗ (a-qua-ni-yos-di /card)
• Green and red ᎤᎵ,ᎾᏫ (u-l'-na-wi / turtle) figures (red: hand carved from Kenya)
• Collaged altar
• Paper cranes
• Pink selenite crystal
• Clear quartz crystal ball in bamboo bowl
• small ear of ᏎᎷ (se-lu/ corn) in husk
• small wooden ᏃᏈᏏ (no-qui-si /star)
• ᎧᎹᎹ (ka-ma-ma/ elephant) figurine

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Some of three monthly cards from my friend Cindy's Word of the Year monthly classes, for deepening with our Word - Mine for 2026 is Radiance #boardbook #Radiance #roundcards #SoulCollage

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

💯 Days of Art 1-6 What joy to create art and do SoulCollage®️ card readings with my cohort, and in circles with SiStars @celebrate2spirit1 and @glittergypsies Ask if you're interested in making cards or other art #100daysofart #soulcollagecommunity #soulcollage #redthreadcreativesgroup #homealtar

Altar in a box
Drawings on the inside and blue glass water chalice

SoulCollage®️ card: Doorway to the Future community/ portals suit

Market Day - committee Suit
SoulCollage®️ card

Woman in a Red dress and black hat, with a basket of flowers in an open window with teal blue frame

I facilitate SoulCollage®️ classes, coaching sessions, and meet your cards experiences 💕

Drugma Dragon fliter

SoulCollage®️ card / companion suit / 3rd eye

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Feast on Cards “Don't put your cards all away in a suitcase and leave them there until you go to the next workshop! “Find a place in your home where you can have you cards out, where you can get at them…" Seena Frost Each Day draw at 1-2 cards & journal insights #SoulCollage #dailycard #practices

Prayer bead mala and rosary
Collage altar - magazine images, sheet music, foil hearts, & the reminder to breathe

Some questions for your SoulCollage®️ cards:

Draw 2 or 3, turn one over and ask:

- What wisdom do you have for me today?
- What wisdom/ insight do you carry about___
- (prince of questions) It's there a detail with a message for me?
- Is there anything else? (Queen)

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

A bit of board book collage! I've got pockets for the monthly cards from my friend Cindy's Word of the Year monthly classes in deepening with our Word - Mine for 2026 is Radiance #boardbook #SoulCollage®️ #cardjournal #Radiance

Collage on a child board book - papers - Pink, blue, green, gold.
Red, Grey and black napkin over the central 'gutter'
Neurodoodle circle
Red yarn
Card Pocket: Envelope with window

Second boardbook page
White neurodoodle circles on black paper, aqua geli print, handmade black and green paper
Painted masking tape strips
LA LA LA from book peeling through

Stack of SoulCollage®️ cards in decorated cardboard box

Red bamboo leather 6 ring card journal
Handy for pulling a card a day, and recording the insights

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Woot! Our SoulCollage®️ Cohort graduated a few days ago! 🎓 🎉 🎓🎊 🎓 It's been a full, exciting month -as my piano teacher Marion Coe said, "to graduate is to commence!" Stay tuned for what's next! (Both in person and online heartsongdreams.blogspot.com/2026/02/comm... #SoulCollage®️ #mixedmedia

Spiral of SoulCollage®️ cards on the floor in dappled sunlight

I've created over 40 cards the last couple of years, several over the last month, in our facilitator training.

The SoulCollage® process was created by Seena Frost.
Images are select and cut out, then glued onto a piece of cardstock or matboard. Most common backing sizes are 5x7" or 5x8"
They are intended for personal use, so choose a size that feels good to you!

Over time, folks create their own personal decks of collaged cards. Each card represents its own unique voice,

Hint - because images and words light up diffent areas of the brain, we generally don't include words on our cards! You might want to have a small box or envelope for intriguing words, and save those for other projects.

With this deck of cards, you can give image to the many parts of yourself, including parts that feel like allies, and parts that challenge you.
It's a process (not product) oriented, with each person creating and interpreting their own cards.
If someone shares theirs, we refrain from 'compliments' - perhaps speaking of feelings evoked, or resonance with or own cards, if it seems appropriate!

It's a wonderful, cooperative community, and there are over 6500 facilitators, worldwide!

Transpersonal and Word of 2026 SoulCollage®️ cards WOU candle, at the center of my graduation spiral!

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The third session in my SoulCollage facilitator training is on Sunday. Each class is rich with information, and opportunities to practice teaching it with each other - and connecting with our own cards. #SoulCollage #facilitatortraining #BlogRoll #neters

heartsongdreams.blogspot.com

Training commences

Today's post for the Ultimate Blog Challenge is brought to you by the number 4, ᏅᎩ (nv-gi / Cherokee) Let's honor the ᏅᎩ Suits of SoulCo...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

TRUMP: “I talked to the oil companies” OIL COMPANIES: “Trump did not consult with us… held no conversations about investing there…” 👇🏽🤷🏼 A damn circus🎪 — as @MrGlobal2025 has been saying, 🇻🇪 oil is not a good investment for these companies. #Distraction #Epsteinzuela

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I so admire the work Sarah Joy Marsh has done to bring yoga and mindfulness to inmates around Oregon for over 30 years! Sarah Joy and I both began offering classes (she, yoga, I, Qigong) through the Daily Well Being offerings at Breitenbush. Check out her work here

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DAYA Mission + Vision

DAYA Foundation is on the front lines of service where yoga, social justice and consciousness intersect. DAYA provides yoga and mindfulness programs to inmates and officers, addicts and counselors, ch...

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Holiday baking I love local pasture raised lamb (and wool) from Bide a Wee, and just baked a shank in my glass bowled Air Fryer - mmm! I used veggie stock (freeze OG trimmings - carrot and celery tips, onion and garlic skins, etc) and simmered those during the first 20 minute bake. 1/2

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Air Fryer Lamb Shanks: Super Tender & Easy | AirFryAndEat

Air fryer lamb shanks recipe with simple seasoning. So simple yet so tender and tasty! The perfect and fastest way to cook lamb shanks!

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Solstice blessings! I played harp intervals this morning for this lovely 'behind the scenes' story of the nativity - Each speaker wrote their own script 🧍‍♂️ 🫏 🐄 🐑 🌟 🕊 (Reverend Dr. Erika Marksbury read the Dove's reflection, by Roshana Shockley) (🎵: In the Bleak Midwinter & Away in the Manger)

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Sacred Imagination

This is "Sacred Imagination" by FBC Mac on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Ooo - in addition to its health benefits, Natto can ALSO prove helpful in fighting plastic pollution!!

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I began making Natto around 18 months ago, having discovered it's popularity among folks of all ages in Japan, and health benefits! The enzyme Nattokinase benefits heart health by enhancing blood flow, breaks up clots and reduce migraines / helps prevent dementia!

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Healthquest Podcast - Nattokinase

YouTube video by Vesta Nutra

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

💙Deaf Santa project! You can also shop the deaf owned business Deaf Santa Claus .org youtu.be/QOel1OqfOCc?...

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Deaf Santa uses sign language to spread Christmas joy

YouTube video by ABC News

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Welcome to the "Good 'ol Days"....

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Holiday cheer at First Presbyterian this morning

Elf Nadya

Woman with Green ribbon wreath
Green & gold swirls face-paintt

Green elf shirt with red and gold decorations

Family Advent party with ornament crafting and snacks
Love these collaborations between First Baptist Church and First Presbyterian church for Kid Venture and Mcminnville Youth Collective and their families

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Red and green hat
Green shirt and white sweater

Beads, elastic and scissors for making bracelets

Family Advent party with ornament crafting and snacks
Love these collaborations between First Baptist Church and First Presbyterian church for Kid Venture and Mcminnville Youth Collective and their families

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Gotta love these ○ patriots ○

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We’re grateful to partner with Lincoln County and Newport Fishermen’s Wives in lawsuits to restore Newport's search-and-rescue helicopter. This helicopter isn’t a luxury—it’s a critical part of how we keep people alive on the Oregon Coast. Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Federal lawsuit filed to restore Newport Coast Guard helicopter

Fishermen's group seeks emergency intervention before mid-December crab fishing season begins

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Nadya K @nadya-k.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Labyrinth in the trees On a box And Ariadne's red thread unrolling #Labyrinth #FingerLabyrinth #Ariadne #Minotaur #OriginalArt

Stones mark the boundaries on this labyrinth at St Barnabas
Sheltered by firs and deciduous trees

Funger Labyrinth
Hot glue and acrylic paint in green and yellow

Ariadne's Red Thread - mixed media 2014
Red and blue paint with symbols of the goddess, labyrinth of red yarn on blue circle with buffalo Nickel minotaur in the center

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