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By: I don’t know how to start… | Frogpondsrock...

I don’t know how to start… | Frogpondsrock... — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:14:16 +0000

[...] the Goddess” just sitting there underneath a tree. When you walk further along the bush track there is a bowl with the words useless residue inscribed into it. Or a shell covered with graffiti. [...]

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:34:58 +0000

Thought of you tonight when watching Hungrybeast ; talking about coal mining tv ad and the flim flam of the “lost jobs” if the coal mines go green…but forgot to mention the many “lost jobs” they’d already cut back by using machinery made overseas…reminiscent of a certain pulp mill.

By: plumtree

plumtree — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:53:55 +0000

Very powerful post, Kim.
I’m glad to know you are recovering well. Was a bit concerned after a week without posting.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:21:22 +0000

Happy to hear the new teeth are settling in nicely now

The environmental damage being done to Tasmania is a national disgrace. I can understand using some (by which I mean the odd tree that needs felling for a good reason) old growth timber to make something beautiful but woodchips!!!! It beggars belief doesn’t it. The bluegums all around where we live are being felled as a consequence of January’s fires but they are not native to this state never mind this particular area and are dangerous. However the devastation left by the machinery is massive. We have to fell 9 wattle trees on our fence line because of the fire as they have not regenerated which will leave very few trees for the birds. Our plans are to put in some new trees but they will only be small so will not replace the shelter that has been lost for many years yet.

Love the bowl and look forward to seeing the finished piece in its entirety soon. If my lottery numbers come good I’ll be accepting your kind invitation to the grand opening of your exhibition with great pleasure.

By: Jientje

Jientje — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:15:05 +0000

I can feel your pain. It always hurts me to see trees being chopped, let alone whole forests.

One day, when we lived in our former house, which was on a piece of land with huge beautiful trees on it. The piece next to us, was sold, and one day when I came home from work, the sight of the matchstick trees and the smell of burnt wood made me burst into tears. I’ll never forget that smell, and I’ll never forget the sadness.

We never got along with the new neighbors.

By: river

river — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:34:27 +0000

What a great idea to put environmental messages on your pottery/ceramic works.
Has any reason been given for the destruction of the Leatherwoods? It seems so wrong, the bee/honey industry will certainly suffer.

By: Joyce-Anne

Joyce-Anne — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:46:15 +0000

I’m glad to hear that your teeth/mouth is healing. Please show us pictures of the exhbit.

By: Hyphen Mama

Hyphen Mama — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:19:09 +0000

I’ve lost faith in most of humanity. I feel so sorry for my children.

I can’t wait to see pictures of the exhibit. Is it really that soon? Wow… the year has flown by.

By: Mrs. C

Mrs. C — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:31:51 +0000

Wow. There is so much here. I wish I could see the whole bowl. Seems to be the colour of the burned residue and the tree and sort of a sad ashy mixture. From that one pic anyway.

By: Achelois

Achelois — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:23:39 +0000

This post was brilliant in so many ways. If someone knows how to give a blog an award that would be so apt here.

On bees …… you hit a raw nerve.

Bees are dying in their millions. It is an ecological crisis that threatens to bring global agriculture to a standstill.

Honey bees are the number one insect pollinator on the planet, responsible for the production of over 90 crops. Apples, berries, cucumbers, nuts, cabbages and even cotton will struggle to be produced if bee colonies continue to decline at the current rate. Empty hives have been reported from as far afield as Taipei and Tennessee. In England, the matter has caused beekeepers to march on parliament to call on the government to fund research into what they say is potentially a bigger threat to humanity than the current financial crisis.