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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
BCoF There are beautiful pictures in the links, your prompt is to pick one and write a poem or a story about that location. Be creative.  I shared this YouTube because it's a picture of the music Tom Curtain sings. This particular song appeals to me because it shows the specific female ability to overcome things this world can throw at them. Some one had the nerve to tell me a few years ago that Women don't run farms. This was a female who pushes the stereotype in the USA of a women knitting, sewing, wearing dresses, and saying yes sir to the man of the house. Women don't rum farms? It made me laugh. Who ran the family farm when Daniel Boone was roaming around with the Indians? When the statesmen were in Philadelphia forming and signing the Declaration of Independence. Who was running the family farm? A lot of those statesmen came from Plantations and farming communities. Someone had to build the agricultural bases that cause a country to be able to grow and expand. In this day when it takes two incomes to be able to raise the children and pay the bills. One of the two goes to work in a factory the other drives the tractors and feeds the livestock. I know women running farms today. It's a energy sucking job with a great feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day. People running a farm, ranch, plantation sleep well at the end of a day. Bills to pay, Bad weather for hay, Time to feed livestock, Getting every chore done means, standing like an unmovable rock. Have you fed a nation? Women have for generations. Garden sowing,crop harvest, and cooking meals, have you ever heard an army moves on its stomach. There use to be large farms around here. In the last 50 years they have collapsed. The land is split up and sold in small acreages of 10 to 50 acres. Now, these people,who are investing in a few acres, are buying small tractors. They raise dairy goats, sheep, pigs, a beef cow or two, hunt for the white tail deer, and they feed their families. Women are raising chickens, collecting eggs, and grinding meat to store and freezing vegetables for winter. Factories are closing but, underneath there is a movement of people that still know that agriculture is the basis for growth in any nation. Scientists, nurses, doctors, lawyers, writers all have to eat. Who will feed the people who think and develop technology? All this study of the outback shows the importance in every nation of agricultural need. Listen to the music Tom curtain sings. He can see the need of the people. He sings about the men and women who work the land and make a difference in every way. They feed the people food, knowledge, and fill lots of daily needs, with agriculture. Music always has a picture and a message. apondia#1781748 |
| 30 day: You have choices once we land in Katherine. Discuss what you discovered and enjoyed from the links.Include your fellow bloggers to help inspire interaction.   I am very interested in the history and story telling of the Jawoyan People. Jawoyan is a term that communicates jointly 17 clans of people who are united in an association to preserve and maintain their cultural heritage. The Jawoyan Association promotes economic independence and human services for the clans. The Jawoyan people own Nitmulak Park. One of the ancient stories passed to the people is how Nabilil named Nitmulak by the sound of the Cicadas he heard as he passed through the gorges. Some of us, (WakeUpAndLive, Blue Moon, Carly, Sandra Lyn, and Prosperous Snow) decided there is safety in numbers. We banded together and walked the three mile Baruwei look out and loop trails. August is one of the best months for this kind of sight seeing in the Nitmulak Park because the humidity and heat are lower at this time of the year. We backpacked lots of water and some TimTam snacks. The view from this trail of Katherine gorge and 17 mile valley are lovely. We took pictures of native birds along the way and took our time with lots of rest stops. The guides explained to watch for the signs along the way, that would keep us on the trail, so we were careful. It was fun and not too stressful. Cicadas make their sound through the use of two cymbal like appendages. One on each side of the body. Only the males sing. They have air sacs and timpani, that act like amplifiers. As they relax and contract the cymbals they can chirp 50 times a second. Reference: by April Neander on YouTube. Later in the day I went horse back riding on the Tom Curtain ranch. Tom curtain is an award winning singer. His outback songs are known for their social messages. Two of the ones I listened to were "Speak-Up" and "We Are Still Here". On the ranch you can take lessons in horseback riding and training. The ranch trains dogs and hoses with kindness methods. If you ride they will put you on a horse that is special to your riding abilities. It was one of those wonderful full days. I crammed lots of new facts about the Jawoyn people and outback ranching into my brain. Time to take a break with some Australian cuisine. So Much To Learn. |
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