Dreams 20040525, 6:55 AM: Campground Moths, Packed-In House, Fountain Work

These were much longer in the dreaming than what I can remember; I wasn’t able to write them down immediately when I woke, so they’re kind of blurred. But some of the images seem very powerful, so I’m writing down what I can.

Dreams 20040525, 6:55 AM: Campground Moths, Packed-In House, Fountain Work


I have new photos and more life-cycle information on the Polyphemus caterpillars up now – rather than copy the whole thing, I’m just going to link to it.

Antherea polyphemus is closely related
to the tussah silkmoth, Antherea mylitta. It produces a very similar
silk, tan in color and very shiny and strong. I spun the silk on a tahkli spindle
into a fairly fine yarn, to make the small amount of silk go as far as possible.

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