What Nature Has to Offer

A Gathering of the Tumbleweed

What nature has to offer – a simple dried foraged arrangement gathered from the desert.

Out in the middle of the sagebrush sea of the Great Basin, in the great Nevada Desert, are my undying love of the odd and wonderful in this rich state.

It may even include the tumbleweed.

The tumbleweed is evocative of the sweeping prairies and the wild west and is well known to the Great Basin Desert. The tumbleweed is beauty all on its own.

I like to call this rolling plant with its prickly points, “The Desert Renegade of the West.“

Tumbleweeds are free agents in the wind as they are most often briskly escorted across the deserts and prairies. Tumbleweeds haunt the deserts and mingle in oceans of sagebrush.

Not quite valued and mostly worthless!

Yes, and most people have a great aversion to this plant as it can literally leave a thorn in one’s side.

Tumbleweeds, these desert dwellers, gather and congregate in the fences after the wind and pile in corners like a bunch of shy teenage girls.

All the while, these renegades of the west sit and decay, waiting for the next wind that might disperse them and their seed to another desert location and obstacle.

A Dried Botanical – What Nature has to offer.

Foraged from nature, the tumbleweed brings an element of rustic surprise indoors.

Look at the mix of those colors!

The white bowl layered with the decayed…of dark golden tones, even brown, to the faded and light.

Loving the tones of neutrals and woods.

And… the texture is well provided.

Weathered beautifully in nature – by the sun’s bleaching, this dried botanical is a true rural and rustic find. The tumbleweed offers a true organic touch as well as sculptural art. So, they say.

It adds just the perfect rustic vibe to a well-worn, weathered seat.

Rustic and Refound – What Nature Has to Offer

Combined with my rustic and refound well weathered bench, the western weed is a bit of a soulful piece of nature inside. Depending on how you look at it.

I say, “Forage your garden, fields, and yard to find dried elements that inspire you to create.” 

If you choose the “Renegade of the West” remember to handle with care. She’ll bite you and sting you the tumbleweed of the west. You may even want to use garden gloves for protection.

I hope you enjoyed this posting of my foraged dried fauna. Today’s ramblings are meant to give you some humor but also provide you with some inspiration to create and gather.

Remember, I’m just sharing what nature has to offer.

… and where my wild west stylin’ is for my wild west livin.’

Happy Tuesday!