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- Dhammavavro separates madrone bark from the initial, weak dye solution before moving it to the reduction bath.
- After straining the madrone bark, Dhammavavro moves the weak dye liquid to another pot, where it will be boiled and reduced. To stay on schedule, he spent four nights' vigil in a cold basement retrofitted with dyeing equipment.
- Dhammavaro pours bark from the madrone tree into a pot of boiling water, where it will "steep" and color the liquid just like tea leaves brewing in a tea cup.
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- Samanera Candasilo cleans the windows of the Dhamma Hall before a half-moon Wan Phra in late March.
- Deer outside the Upper Black Rock kuti mid-March.
- Luang Por laughs as long-time lay supporter Kamala tells stories mid-March.
- What retirement looks like for a forest monk: Luang Por sweeping the cloister area.
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- A rising sun gives a halo to trees lining the Black Rock trail in early March.
- Retreat crew member Cecilia stretches before Qi Gong lessons led by Ajahn Ñaniko.