Not sure if this would stop the aggressive action at the supermarkets in England that are going on, but there are ways of addressing problems. The world has somersaulted into a dire catastrophe in a matter of days, social spaces are closed, the old confined to their homes, children not going to school, and a large part of the workforce staying at home. I suppose the answer is 'stay calm' and if you have the reading capacity these papers from Sage will do.
But to beauty, and surely nothing but creativity is caught up in this tapestry made by Nadia Mohamed of the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre . There is a whole series of photos on F/B of the work as it unfolded
Whilst feeding the animals in the garden, a patch of blue in the lawn revealed itself as violets, a heart stopping moment, that this old piece of turf still retained in its soil the past wild plants.
YP has challenged me to go a particular walk in my area, over supposedly free public footpaths. Yes on the ordinance survey map they appear, but the farmers have quietly shut them down, in some case with barbed wire or locked gates. One such public footpath starts (I'm an expert;) across the road and goes past a large old house. Unfortunately they removed the old p/f sign there and when challenged by us locals, she broke down about how she did not want people wandering by her house. Keith our local hero organises clearing branches/brambles etc parties of the local paths, and this one was done, and the local ramblers also came and walked the path. Our freedoms do get restricted by petty nimbyism and need to be challenged. Keith this weekend has organised a tree planting on the ground over the bridge, and has managed to get several trees rather than the single tree the council was giving out free ;)
Heart warming was an email from my friend yesterday, who said would I like her to come and sort out Paul's Japanese garden border at the side of the house. He carefully pinned labels on to the wall of plant names, and at one end a Japanese Bodhisattva the other a Japanese lantern
What else, well in my magpie corner of photos, a photograph from Brigit Strawbridge Howard ( she was once married to that King of Restoration of Old Chateaus, Dick Strawbridge, in France who is DIYing himself to fame along with his new wife).
Actually much prefer Brigit, who has written a book on bees - Dancing With Bees, and put this on yesterday, as a welcome to the Vernal Spring, and guess where it comes from? A Ladybird book on the arrival of spring............
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Ladybird book 'What to look out for in Spring'. Charles F. Tunnicliffe (1901-1979)
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We're reading the same posts Thelma! Aren't the illustrations in that Ladybird book so familiar and heartwarming? I had Dancing With Bees for Christmas - such a beautifully written book.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you got that footpath reinstated. It is often the way with bridleways too - not used very often and so the farmer puts fences across them . . .
Off to start beanshoots now . . . plus I have some peas soaking in a pot to grow on the windowsill for peashoots for stir-fries.
'Dancing with Bees' is still a bit expensive to buy at the moment Jennie, but when life gets back to normal I shall get it. We are reading some of the same posts because of F/B, slowly the things we are interested in appear, though I must admit I read a lot of political stuff. I sprout mung beans which are very crunchy in sandwiches...
DeleteHow your daily (at the moment) pictures cheer me up for the day Rachel. I love Magpies - wicked though they are - things are bursting out all over in spite of the cold East wind off the North Sea which you are no doubt feeling moreso than I.
ReplyDeletePat, you are on my blog - Thelma. Rachel and I are not necessarily on the same wave length. But I'm glad you like the photos shown, I am trying to look for cheerful things to show as well, tomorrow it will be a video of someone who has social isolation down to a fine art.
DeleteThe tapestry is wonderful. Thanks for sharing that. As for the walk - there must be some footpaths around Normanby that are successfully trodden by ramblers and dog walkers. That woman may not want people wandering by her house but that is beside the point. The public right of way existed long before her residency. I don't want delivery lorries and vans coming up and down our road but I know they have a legal right to travel past our house. I am not going to stand in the middle of the street and stop them.
ReplyDeleteThere is, a circular walk through the meadows that line the river, safety or water meadows you might call them for when the river floods. The good farmer there has also put a new gate on so that it is easier to open. You can also walk down to the next village. Do you remember when they rationalised public footpaths a few years ago? Everyone was asked about the rights of way round their towns and villages, and I wonder if this has happened on the farm land round here.
DeleteA lovely tapestry--the longer one stares at it the more things to spot. Beauty is especially important right now--as is being outdoors.
ReplyDeleteIt is quite extraordinary, when you realise the 'squareness' of the warp/weave, is the fluidity of the weaving, and I love the colours, also there is the back of a flower, something artists seem to refrain from
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tapestry, so many hours of work.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it.
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