Tortured Willow

Star shadow

Living things

 

 

 

Moss growing

calling frogs

clear flowing water 

 

 

Am I awakening,am I reading to much Rumi?

It is difficult to learn to be an observer inside myself and watch the torrents of life tear through. Releasing myself to the flow of life,learning it's moods, it's ebb and flow. life is more than observation, but first we watch and feel, experience, allow. This is not to surrender, to allow loss of self and destruction.

 I know love, by both it's presence and absence, If I fight and hold it in like breath, I will panic as the oxygen fades, for all that I hold in is not useful to me. If I hold it in it must diminish in it's usefulness. I must faint or suddenly realising my need draw in sharp painful breaths,never quite recovering, always feeling panic, or even the fear of panic.
If I cannot hold it in I must breath and let it come and go in all it's shapes and guises.

This is new this understanding, how much I am growing, how much I am learning. Can I be in the situation I want to be in? I don't know, perhaps I can release this to the winds, and allow it all unfold. 

Does this heal me? I am not sure, it is a path I see or perhaps create, I will have to release myself to the wind and see.  

Re-evaluating "what we know"

 

The eel farmers of Lake Condah

I first heard about this place in my late teens and it has fascinated me ever since!

Beginning with a walk .....

 ..and then some splitting and shaping...

Trying to make sense of mental Illness

 

 

Water chuckling, the world is full of lessons

promise

Late winter morning

fresh sunbeams

grace my windowsill

The last post with a bit more context

Dowel cutter/jig on display at The Land of the Beardies History house, Glen Innes N.SW

a related device used for making wooden rake handles

A closer example of a rounder plane.

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 Out of context these are all just things.

We can bring that context or it can be provided for us
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 But without access to all of the knowledge and skill which lead to the creation of these objects.... they tell us very little. We can stare at them and never know that they are the very item we are looking for

Something to crow about.

Old news but interesting ideas. What similar things can we do in the developed world to facilitate a smallholder culture and create sustainable and equitable food production systems.

Naturally I wanted to know more, a brief look found the following:
“The average liveweight gain of Giri Raja fowls after 6 months was higher than that of local fowls (2079.58 vs. 1219.5 g).”
“the average egg production of Giri Raja fowls was higher than that of the local fowls (149.91 vs. 54.75 eggs per year).”
Perhaps the most important consideration ” The cost of rearing Giri Raja fowls was the same as that of local birds.”
The idea seems to that the best of local breeds are selected and combined to produce a bird suitable for local conditions and traditional management, but better at converting food to eggs and flesh without the need for further inputs.  I read some articles about similar programs, some using Giri Raja"s crossed with local birds underway in Africa. Perhaps this breed could be brought to Australia perhaps what we really need to do is reinvigorate the many breeds we have and focus on those with productive attributes rather than on breeding perfect specimens. I do recall that it is still possible to buy strains of Austrolorp, Rhode Island red, Leghorns and some others which have been bred selectively for meat or egg production.

Thank you for your support of equitable food production Bangalore Veterinary College!

Taken from: A study on rearing of Giriraja poultry birds. Authors
Patil, S. D.; Patil, H. D.; Mote, P. U.; Jagtap, J. B. Agriculture Update 2008 Vol. 3 No. 1/2 pp. 208-210 ISSN 0973-1520

Knowledge is power, but only if you can use it.

I have had blogs here and there, recently I saw this and I liked the look of the templates and backgrounds available more than the ones I was already using.
                                          
      Why am I writing here? I am here to be, be what you may ask? I ask that too. A short time ago I was lucky enough to meet someone who shared many of my beliefs and ideals, and gave me some of their passion for life. Now I need to build on that and become what I have the potential to be.

 Of course we are not talking about a moment of revelation here, that would be nice. I would dearly love for a beam of light to embrace me and hear a booming voice give me directions on how to achieve this. No such luck.  Nor have I found a life partner, a guru or a banyan tree to sit under until I have the answers.

I have many skills and much knowledge, but don't know where or how to apply them, who to give them too. Life is about learning and sharing, combining old ways and new. so I search for lost ways and try to find mine.