yes, yellowhair- it's a very simple method, and depending on how 'into' it you want to get, it can have some intriguing effects. the harder you compress it, the better a writing surface it will make, so having a block cut to fit inside the screen will give you a more compressed pulp paper- there's also a japanese technique where you use a bit more fibrous stuff in it, and make a fairly thin slurry out of the pulp, pour it into the screen, swirl it across the surface, and then pour the extra off- they make the finest mulberry papers that way. I tend to work with wetter pulp- I think you get a more refined finish to things, even if it takes longer, and I like to mix as many KINDS of paper in as I can, since too high a 'pulp' or 'junk' content leaves you with a lumpy gray sludge that needs dying to even be acceptable... but it's all fun to play with, until you get practiced at it. btw- old silk-screening screens give the finest finish, but are hard to find used, and expsenive to buy new

Hooray, my #2 fav geranium(after rozanne) is in bloom now. A.T.Johnson, a well behaved, 12"H saturated true pink(not bluey,mauve,cerise,or pale pink.) Swaths of pink pokered Polygonum bistorta superbum (which keeps on giving through June) have been joined by sib. iris,peonies,corydalis, anemone sylvestris, many clematis,Salvia May Night,many other geraniums. The first of many different lonicera have opened and the white and pink splashed kiwi vines are real showstoppers.Percy Wiseman rhodo is awash in peachy pink trusses.Deutzias- aurea and variegata-are covered w tiny white bells.Fringe tree and Korean dogwoods are ascending to their peaks. And now is when I am so HAPPY that i planted all those alliums over the years. Allium Bulgaricum, multibulbosum,etc. and the amazing Ornithogolum Magnum (a bulb but not an allium)with its eye-livening 3' spires topped with 6-8"cones of pure white.They certainly help me recover from the passing of the hundreds of blue wood hyacinths paired with our many many aurea perennials,shrubs and conifers .Those golden leaved woodies are so BRIGHT this time of year. The golden leaved tradescantia, carex bowles golden, campanula, hakonechloa,barberries, philadelphus, forsythia, and the Robinia Freesia and Acer Negundo Kelly's gold- are all practically neon, particularly on these magical grey days. While all these are wonderful, for me, the single best reason to come visit now is (bells and whistles) Calycanthus Venus !!!!! It's only been in since Sept.'08 when it was a $38 2 gal. specimen, but it is covered with 3" diameter bright white magnolia/waterlily type flowers with a red and gold center. YUM!!! ; introduced by U.N.C. and sold to us by those quintissential plantsmen at Broken Arrow in Ct. Its year older sibling, Calycanthus Hartledge Wine, is now 4 1/2 'H and covered with its 3" burgundy flowers.If you come hunting for them, Venus is near the Mermaids gate and Hartledge Wine is along the front fence. best, mindy

Minnie said, "Boy, it sounds like I'm actually going to make something." ROTFL!! I know what you mean. Makes me feel so productive to get the materials for something; as if I were half done already! (So I posted a "challenge" of sorts as another thread...) BTW, Min, you reminded me of a vellum-look bag I bought on clearance last year... Hmmm.... what to do with that....?

My daughter made a monkey hanging from a tree using mulberry paper. It really turned out cute. I think she's going to use "Just hanging around" as here title and put some everyday pictures she likes. She's the one that got me into scrapbooking. Jackie