Movin' on up!

Onwards and Upwards!

I have submitted my letter of resignation from San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Collections Div. and Conservation Dept.. My last day is Friday, May 1st! There were a lot of reasons to leave but one of the main reasons is to join forces with A Verb for Keeping Warm full time! It seems Kristine has been more than a little busy! Which of course is a good thing. A lot of you may know I have been working my full time job in San Francisco and then coming home to help out with Verb. Needless to say I was burning out! I'll be sad to leave my friends at SFMOMA and the art work, but I will not miss the 2 hour commute time per day, the 9-5 hours and the shuffling of paper work similar to what I have been doing for the past 10 years as an Admin for various companies.

I am excited about working with Kristine, Cleo, and Marcel. I am very happy to start doing more Marketing, Advertising, and Design work for Verb and others. You will see me at the store and studio more often which is also exciting.

I also plan to do more gardening and more blogging! Yipee for that!

***GARDENING NEWS***

As late as last night I started my Indigofera tinctoria seeds. They are notorious for having a tough little shell so they need to be soaked over night or scarified. Some seeds need to be scarred in order for them to germinate.

Scarification?! Some seeds call to be knicked with a knife, sanded, given an acid bath or a good soaking in water to soften the protective layer of the seed coat. This may mimic a natural occurance like heat from a fire or passing through the acid containing entrails of an animal that digests the seeds. Not to mention some animal poo is a prefect seed bomb which includes freshly scrified seeds and nutrition from the manure. Cool!

I purchased my Indigo seeds this year from Sand Mountain Herbs, they are based in Alabama. The southern part of the United States was a major producer of domestic Indigo during the 18th and 19th centuries. I cannot wait to plant them! More on that later!