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The Bed Rug LbNA #1511 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:burning feet
Plant date:Apr 9, 2001
Location:
City:Mansfield Center
County:Tolland
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Found by: Nairon
Last found:May 30, 2015
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFar
Last edited:Apr 9, 2001
Planted 4/9/01 by Leader of the Pack and the Cowboy for Grandma's birthday.
Rated : Easy
Note: This is on the Trail to Inherit the Earth

Begin on Rte 195 in Mansfield , south of the the Ucon Campus. Look for the Mansfield Historical Society ( Old Town Hall ) and pull in to the parking area. Park to the very back of the lot.

Here begins a walk into the past. " Mary , Mary where you going?" " Into the lane for a walk, I'm looking for some of the plants I need to dye my yarn into beautiful colors. If you want to come along you may. " The two girls walked north a bit they passed the Osage orange tree, its fruit though not edible were a nobby green orb and interesting to look at ,the trees are rather rare and it was nice one was so close by. They scampered over the wall and turned right onto the dirt road. They walked along scanning the woodland for dye plants whose leaves and roots would give color to the wool they had spun into yarn. The stonewall of the lane was on the left and they walked along chattering about the pattern for a magnificent Bed Rug. A bed covering popular in these parts in this wonderful era of the mid 1800's. They gathered a few roots and walked more ,happy to be out on a nice day and away from the hot kitchen fire and the chores at home. Soon they heard whispers, it was the boys in their tree house laying some plot of torment saved especially for sisters. They would fool them. " Mary why did mother bake such fine cakes today?" With the thought of food the boys climbed down the rustic ladder and ran for the kitchen at home. Would they ever be suprised to find mother making soap! The girls giggled at their very fine prank and walked on past the tree house. Soon they came upon a place where several stone walls met. The trail would go down hill here but they stopped and looked the area over. There to the left of the trail were two large trees very similar in size and right next to each other. Between the trees hidden by rock were the very roots the girls sought. They were careful to not have anyone see them there and got what they came for and left the rest for someone else tucked in to the rocks as they found it. At home they would dye yarn and sew it into a design so grand it would make their room look elegant! They returned home the way they came. Maybe another day they would walk on to Inherit the Earth a popular view spot where most of the valley of Mansfield would be layed out before them . For today it was home to get the dye pot boiling and the project underway again. CONGRATULATIONS to my Mom for the publication of her book on Bed Rugs a special colonial art and for the hours she put in making her own!

Carolyn - Leader of the Pack