tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829549024360437222024-02-18T22:59:25.473-08:00Eden Reframed: Eco-art Meets Permaculture Design on Vashon IslandThis ecological and community art project designed by Beverly Naidus features a "food forest" of perennial herbs, berries & veggies to feed the community, as well as demonstration of soil remediation via plants and mushrooms. In the center of the garden is a story hive that houses the stories of farmers and gardeners on the island who responded to the question: why do you plant seeds in a time of ecological crisis? b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-41629874368530909842014-07-12T13:05:00.001-07:002014-07-12T13:53:11.505-07:00Eden Reframed gets a HUGE BOOST via the newly formed Eden SocietySo it's clear from my lack of posting on this blog, that I have not had much time and energy for this project. While I HAVE been hosting events for the solstices and equinoxes at Eden Reframed consistently since September 2011, these past two years have been full-tilt demanding in other areas of my life and practice. So for that reason alone, I am enormously grateful that the folks on Vashon have formed the Eden Society to maintain and nourish this eco-art project. Given that it is the first and only food forest on Vashon, and perhaps one of the first in the Puget Sound, it is really important that this project doesn't sink into disrepair or get choked by invasive weeds. If you have an interest in joining the Eden Society, please contact Margot Boyer mfboyer@speakeasy.net - the next meeting is at Eden Reframed on August 14th at 4 pm. Here's some photos of the amazing folks of Eden Society who came out on July 10th, 2014 to remove weeds and return the project to its best self. Kudos to Margot Boyer, Nan Wilson, Swaneagle Harjian, Phillip Devanter, Charlie and Elizabeth. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YD0r2izV0dmmt3SoQOeBAT6__TN3FZi1i-ZWSA6IxTgFzwyTT64RrnueTkB3CLrm1cApGcwIzlwn75Tbrt7eg42L6A7nF6w90dtLNgOpklh0txEh7Lc9rxeAASVcjoxhAF_1QPL0eXwx/s1600/IMG_0289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YD0r2izV0dmmt3SoQOeBAT6__TN3FZi1i-ZWSA6IxTgFzwyTT64RrnueTkB3CLrm1cApGcwIzlwn75Tbrt7eg42L6A7nF6w90dtLNgOpklh0txEh7Lc9rxeAASVcjoxhAF_1QPL0eXwx/s320/IMG_0289.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MgtWNXMCRFS0Vf-K0CLB0PFk82Amd0exVxPbhVpsWTwLW3PMCPNPZk4epGCGYtXKCvOEPf1SCJ1qs-q0wZrieieDWruu0vAhQh0DRVmwj6AU8SZC5VlqqcOzH4At3kWwJOFXTVmMvYww/s1600/IMG_0273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MgtWNXMCRFS0Vf-K0CLB0PFk82Amd0exVxPbhVpsWTwLW3PMCPNPZk4epGCGYtXKCvOEPf1SCJ1qs-q0wZrieieDWruu0vAhQh0DRVmwj6AU8SZC5VlqqcOzH4At3kWwJOFXTVmMvYww/s320/IMG_0273.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NbngHTT9ATDRDdrDuI7cwd3lHnHTLKfr7VmIO0zV65u1JwgCVDI7FfSDeqoZXdCRQ31O8RBY9Bq9Ji0J3kML4wru7xAtKWGNzG1yaGugEJWLATVVc_jxi0j2lAlSuuEB1v6847g7bDfb/s1600/IMG_0290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NbngHTT9ATDRDdrDuI7cwd3lHnHTLKfr7VmIO0zV65u1JwgCVDI7FfSDeqoZXdCRQ31O8RBY9Bq9Ji0J3kML4wru7xAtKWGNzG1yaGugEJWLATVVc_jxi0j2lAlSuuEB1v6847g7bDfb/s320/IMG_0290.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTk4v5l3SkTZ2QEZ21YaBuLyjeJtaQYLTExgaWjZB2pMATmOXGWi_wwqzA2Pc7PbTYcx8MfGHEr7kwcyPRFu03zdp15gVmGJIUhb9tChOHf3hmNz1rxAHDh0MFUK3jldJ3aCjm3vd8sE5/s1600/IMG_0291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTk4v5l3SkTZ2QEZ21YaBuLyjeJtaQYLTExgaWjZB2pMATmOXGWi_wwqzA2Pc7PbTYcx8MfGHEr7kwcyPRFu03zdp15gVmGJIUhb9tChOHf3hmNz1rxAHDh0MFUK3jldJ3aCjm3vd8sE5/s320/IMG_0291.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWlDukSlBfqNj9oM6wVUg47vcuc_PBYGl9tRxbqFrJWtQ3YXVjqXHVbKvX4pEk7g3Li6cylhDclIj-oQg7uv2dWnwY4n9x__JqXAWarM0CaGX8teOXSZQLVlp-uszuiu1GWdHXuen6pnF/s1600/IMG_0275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWlDukSlBfqNj9oM6wVUg47vcuc_PBYGl9tRxbqFrJWtQ3YXVjqXHVbKvX4pEk7g3Li6cylhDclIj-oQg7uv2dWnwY4n9x__JqXAWarM0CaGX8teOXSZQLVlp-uszuiu1GWdHXuen6pnF/s320/IMG_0275.JPG" /></a></div>b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-63282804058067572352013-01-16T11:29:00.001-08:002013-01-16T11:29:50.213-08:00The garden continues to do its thing...I've visited Eden Reframed twice in the past month, like I was grabbing fast food from a drive-in restaurant. It was not satisfying on any level - like watching a child you love through a window of a car. There was no intimacy and it felt a bit sad and disrespectful to rush through a visit. Nor did I make it there for a winter solstice event because the community energy to gather there was not evident. People were too busy, too stressed, too committed to other things. Without living on the Island anymore, it is hard to generate buzz and steward the project. So the next steps in caring for this project seem like trepidatious ones...although I don't want them to be. Perhaps I just need to trust that the garden will continue to do its thing. It will take little human interference now. It is my choice and the community's choice whether it will be nourished by our presence or not. b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-4211209590178834872012-12-17T20:52:00.000-08:002012-12-17T20:52:14.890-08:00Oooooohhhhhhh, it's been how long since I last posted here? YIKES! Is that what my life is like now??????? Oh, my. Well, it means that my hands are in the city, not on the island, and I've been looking at Eden Reframed from my car window, rather than sticking my fingers in the dirt.
We have to do something about this.
This Friday, the much discussed end of the world, according to some, also happens to be the awesome winter solstice, one of those holidays that I like to celebrate (thank the goddess that Hallmark has not yet appropriated this one).
We are having the briefest acknowledgement of this turning towards the sun, from 3-4 pm at the site. I hope you can come, if not in body, then in spirit. We will do something, altho' it will depend on who arrives, just what we do...I hope it's fun and outrageous and that it's not dripping wet.
See you there. b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-9179743939560684392012-08-26T10:31:00.000-07:002012-08-26T10:31:35.478-07:00The summer is almost over and Eden Reframed has survived due to the ferocity of some of its plant species and the graciousness of a few volunteers. We now need to pull together some energy to make the garden thrive through the next year. On Sept 9th, we will gather at the garden to discuss ways to steward Eden Reframed. Bring any of the following: your work gloves, gardening tools, seedlings for winter crops, ideas and questions. Snacks would be good as well. We will be there from 2-5 pm. Looking forward to seeing you there. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok, I know I've been lousy at keeping up this blog all school year, but now I have the summer off and intend to be more responsible. Thanks for your patience.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-87566775307691204432011-10-13T20:11:00.000-07:002011-10-13T20:22:20.984-07:00The Third Proposal for Eden Reframed (never posted before according to one reader)Project title: EDEN REFRAMED: An Eco-art Project for Vashon Island's Burton Adventure Recreation Center (aka BARC)<br /><br />The proposal is to create a community-based, interactive eco-art project that incorporates an edible garden with ecological restoration, site-specific sculptures, storytelling and community building. If implemented at the current Burton Skate Park site (BARC), this project will bio-remediate damaged soil, demonstrate permaculture design techniques while archiving stories from farmers and gardeners on Vashon Island in attractive, interactive sculptures. It will also provide visitors to the park with a comfortable and compelling place to sit, read, daydream and learn more about the processes of healing soil and growing food. Sculptural aspects of the project will include interactive story hives made from scavenged cedar planks and panels and story benches engraved with community stories about gardening and farming. Informational plaques will provide visitors with a deeper understanding of the ecological processes on view. The deer fence surrounding the gardens will include a gutter system and cistern to catch rainwater. The previously planted edible garden at BARC will be transplanted and relocated to the Eden Reframed site. <br /> <br />This project will begin in March 2011 and be completed in August 2011. The Royalty Research Foundation at the University of Washington has awarded Beverly Naidus (a tenured faculty member at UW Tacoma and Vashon resident) with funding for consultants, materials and equipment. A total of $38,360 will be spent on this project. If the project receives approval from Vashon Parks a campaign to receive in kind donations for the project will be launched. <br /><br />A team of volunteers has already been assembled to build and maintain the site over the next few years. Liability insurance is being provided by SEEDS.<br /><br />It is hoped that Eden Reframed will be the first of many such eco-art projects for the BARC site. If Vashon artists get inspired and excited about the benefits of doing community-based, eco-art projects, then the Vashon Park District can become a showcase for this type of work.<br /><br />The lead artist for this project, Beverly Naidus, has had a long history of doing socially engaged, audience-participatory art. After several decades of creating work for museums, galleries and alternative art spaces, she has started to work outdoors and to engage more deeply and directly with issues of concern to her community and the future of our planet. This art project merges the desire to reclaim and restore neglected land with the concept of gardens as sacred, healing spaces where many human needs and those of a sustainable ecosystem can be met. It also addresses a significant issue in our community that has global implications: how do we restore ecosystems that have been neglected or abused, and design new ways of living in balance with the natural world. A few pioneers in the international eco-art movement, have been deeply engaged in restoration and remediation projects, but more artists need to get involved with this work, and she wants to be one of them.<br /><br />Naidus has felt the power that gardens can have on the human psyche since her early childhood, and writes about that in her recent book, Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame. She grew up with parents, former New York City dwellers, for whom gardening was a passion. They grew much of their own produce, and spent nine months of the year engaged with planting, weeding, pruning and harvesting. Her 92 year old mother is still growing tomatoes and squash.<br /><br />Over the past two decades, Naidus’ involvement with the Institute for Social Ecology and the Vashon organization, SEEDS (www.socialecologyvashon.org), has helped her expand her understanding of the permaculture movement. SEEDS has initiated several projects on Vashon that involve permaculture, including a bioremediation project on private land in the south of the island. Her eco-art project will be done in consultation with their team. <br /><br />Since moving to Vashon eight years ago, Naidus has been investigating various sites for creating an outdoor installation. She have been in conversation with many local farmers and gardeners about their concerns about the soil and water, and looked at where her project might do the most good.<br /><br />Eco-art is a term used to describe art that responds to the environmental crisis. The forms that this kind of art can take are various, but most well known are the projects that can be viewed at the Green Museum, www.greenmuseum.org, the Ecoart Network (where my work is listed among a list of international artists) www.ecoartnetwork.org Ecoartspace www.ecoartspace.org and Women Environmental Art Directory www.weadartists.org. Remediation or restoration art are widely used forms of eco-art. Brownfields, dumps, damaged wetlands, etc. have all been the lucky recipients of art projects that combine healing the soil and water with aesthetic means. Some projects offer the viewers a deeper understanding of the social and industrial history that led to the contamination or neglect of the site.<br /><br />Eco-art is not a new area of investigation for Naidus. She has taught courses on the latter topic for many years, both at UW Tacoma (where she is an Associate Professor) and the Institute for Social Ecology. Her recently published book, Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame, discusses eco-art at length, and celebrates the burgeoning community-based arts movement. The book argues that the time for socially engaged art practices is now and that such practices can take many forms.<br /><br />In addition to her work as a teacher of eco-art, Naidus has been a founding participant in an important international online discussion group of eco-artists for over a decade. She have given dozens of lectures on the topic for many conferences in the US and Canada. Most recently she has spoken on eco-art at the internationally-known Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA; an eco-art conference in Oslo, Norway, Swarthmore College, the Green Feminisms conference at SUNY New Paltz; for Platform London; and at Manchester Metropolitan University's MIRIAD colloquium in the UK. <br /><br />Since the early 1980’s Naidus has created art projects that address environmental issues. Some of her well- exhibited works are Canary Notes: The Personal Politics of Environmental Illness (a digital image/text project, 1998) and Brought to You by the Men Who Plan Beyond Tomorrow, a digital photo/text project about climate change (2007). Both projects have been shown internationally. Recently she created and exhibited underGROUND: Artifacts of the Moment, a series of mixed media works created with scavenged materials that address the nuclear and environmental history of Vashon (2009). <br /><br />In the early nineties Naidus created her first installation with living plants in a contemporary art space in southern California. It was an audience-participatory audio installation entitled REMOTE CONTROL that looked at how our educations inform our relationship to the environment. Designed to look like a classroom, old school desks became planters. Juxtaposed next to those sturdy desks, were fragile ones constructed out of paper, balsa wood, text and dirt. The project was designed to be temporary, so all the living parts of the installation were transplanted when the show was over. Everything else was recycled. All that remains of that project are photographs and a video documenting the installation and audience participation. <br /><br />Naidus’ experience creating temporal works has been positive on the whole, but she is ready to take on the challenge of making a work that grows and lives beyond the life of an exhibit, a work that will hopefully generate many other art projects on the same site.<br /><br />The interactivity of this project has been presaged by a career of doing audience-participatory work. Naidus’ installations have collected stories about nuclear nightmares, environmental illness, bigotry, body hate and more. The sharing of those stories creates a collective dialog that can ripple outward in meaningful and often positive ways. Community participation in this project will celebrate the instinctive impulse to plant seeds, tend gardens and harvest, and to heal ourselves and the land with this process.<br /><br />The artist/consultant for this project, Shahreyar Ataie, is a highly skilled contemporary artist who has widely exhibited his multi-media work in the U.S. and the U.K. He has been developing projects with environmental themes for a number of years. He will document the project with video and help conceptualize and construct the storyhives, fences and benches. <br /><br />OBJECTIVES: Through art, permaculture design and collaboration with local gardeners, farmers and artists, this project will create a living and learning garden at the BARC site. The project will include sculptural elements such as story hives and benches and hand crafted, raised beds. <br /><br />Eden Reframed will offer the community a model of soil remediation using mushrooms and plants, to redefine our understanding of the eco-restoration process. It will be an interdisciplinary collaboration that merges story telling, planting and site-specific sculptures. Collaborators will include scientists, gardeners, farmers, environmental activists, students, community members and other artists. <br /><br />PROCEDURE and Related Concerns<br /><br />1. Planning will involve meeting with the permaculture design team and Vashon Parks to develop the most appropriate strategies for approaching the site. A timeline will be put in place and calls will be out in the community for more volunteers and in kind donations. A map of the site will be drawn so that everyone knows the parameters of the project.<br /><br />2. Staking the site and soil testing. If possible, we will locate the project on the bluff overlooking the meadow and stake its perimeter. We will do some baseline soil tests. The garden beds are designed as interlocking arcs with room for two benches and two story hives in the center. An heirloom apple tree will be planted in the center of the garden.<br /><br />3. Story hives will be built from cedar planks and panels. Two of them will be located in the center of the gardens. Each hive will contain pull out drawers and slots where audience members can place and read stories about their experiences with the aforementioned wonders. The hives will have shelves where jars of seeds can be left and traded with other community members. New stories can be left in those jars as well. Cedar panels will have text burned into the surface and then be treated with linseed oil and beeswax to protect them from the weather. The panels will have a honeycomb motif. The hives will have latches that can be locked when the park is closed. <br /><br />4. Fallen cedar logs will be identified, split and hauled into the site to be used as story benches. The text will be chosen and burnt into the surfaces, which will be then treated with linseed oil and beeswax.<br /><br />5. A deer fence will be designed with gutters to channel rainwater into a cistern. Gates will lock at two sides of the garden. The artists can lead workshops where participants weave the fence with yarn, beads, and community visions for the island. DUE TO THE PARKS FACILITIES MANAGER'S CONCERNS WE DID NOT USE CISTERNS AND GUTTERS, BUT RATHER BUILT BRUSH DRAINS TO IRRIGATE THE PLANTS. <br /><br />6. The edible garden will be transplanted into raised beds (constructed as hugel culture – with rotting wood and branches as one of the layers in the soil, straw, nettle, compost and layers). The area outside the garden will be terraced with native plants that allow for adequate sunlight in the garden. Salal and mulberry bushes are first choices.<br /><br />7. Interviews will continue to be conducted with Vashon farmers and gardeners. A call will be put out through Vashon All online list, solicitation at the Farmer’s Market and word of mouth. A team of volunteers (including former students) will interview local farmers and gardeners and the gathered stories will be included in the hives. Wooden benches with images and text will be designed to display the stories collected from farmers and gardeners.<br /><br />8. SEEDS will assume liability for the project once the artists, consultants and volunteers are working on site.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-16187988000532942252011-09-20T09:25:00.000-07:002011-09-20T09:28:26.253-07:00Mid-September View<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjSS9abCocUG08qJprtDQ8NuoVE1pgJWkmvATEn_kijVUJL0imCyarT8NxMLBnLwk1RwtWJ1UHwgw19fj9Z8D0QHS9Cvnckl36t6dnT4UAoNEkXuwECqzITRga7oEgRAQfpiMAUgYznVr/s1600/IMG_1691.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIjSS9abCocUG08qJprtDQ8NuoVE1pgJWkmvATEn_kijVUJL0imCyarT8NxMLBnLwk1RwtWJ1UHwgw19fj9Z8D0QHS9Cvnckl36t6dnT4UAoNEkXuwECqzITRga7oEgRAQfpiMAUgYznVr/s320/IMG_1691.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654479383580919218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZvY8z1yPw1tZyfqyCcjQ36TzyJFqjvKz9z1vd7_5RyAfecr25Q__Kis6ey19xtOnMQwYSKCmHAcQoF_Oz2eqEBeuarCLEKbebFK5lb7DFjxcRKtD-j66fVz8JT32WmLDISL0otYgHtlP/s1600/IMG_1664.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZvY8z1yPw1tZyfqyCcjQ36TzyJFqjvKz9z1vd7_5RyAfecr25Q__Kis6ey19xtOnMQwYSKCmHAcQoF_Oz2eqEBeuarCLEKbebFK5lb7DFjxcRKtD-j66fVz8JT32WmLDISL0otYgHtlP/s320/IMG_1664.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654479379671725026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JyW0x8QBYm_Vz4IwpvS1pA-NNOR7Up_PBHClvCGuKlqtclMSObUQP_Zpvahwpo0W3vUmbqgj6gMXRDaCvMxGjRlW1ZQTmI7-4MnpNG5EZOQau-xbOaEVHukfbAwpp_KU8Flt69f9sbbK/s1600/IMG_1645.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JyW0x8QBYm_Vz4IwpvS1pA-NNOR7Up_PBHClvCGuKlqtclMSObUQP_Zpvahwpo0W3vUmbqgj6gMXRDaCvMxGjRlW1ZQTmI7-4MnpNG5EZOQau-xbOaEVHukfbAwpp_KU8Flt69f9sbbK/s320/IMG_1645.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654479373642938770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uL2Y86V9rGe6w6S1ZXE9drL6wczvoCTOYlFt2yz5CJ7qeZ2nG6lKxYCl2srEiYl66qgjAOlDYrO1g43H3ZlGL2ZFdKg4j5Qwuc9Hcoyik2SBuVBOiLBiFlepQNjuhi0_Y1oz7isKdalh/s1600/IMG_1657.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uL2Y86V9rGe6w6S1ZXE9drL6wczvoCTOYlFt2yz5CJ7qeZ2nG6lKxYCl2srEiYl66qgjAOlDYrO1g43H3ZlGL2ZFdKg4j5Qwuc9Hcoyik2SBuVBOiLBiFlepQNjuhi0_Y1oz7isKdalh/s320/IMG_1657.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654479370222334738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjHajw0JjFNpjxNAH7myPJjzGMg4WEaKfAHeLARH-k6-fEcZSRjILMKF3RPFfPcjyoz2heYkrpEWyZTgDJcJX5HuEvxgiUp3RNnsoFg51s6hEsdiA5qwGw5tcP35of2xEDzI5w8x0EGFD/s1600/IMG_1741.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjHajw0JjFNpjxNAH7myPJjzGMg4WEaKfAHeLARH-k6-fEcZSRjILMKF3RPFfPcjyoz2heYkrpEWyZTgDJcJX5HuEvxgiUp3RNnsoFg51s6hEsdiA5qwGw5tcP35of2xEDzI5w8x0EGFD/s320/IMG_1741.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654479368641176882" /></a>b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-82741180904771223342011-09-09T14:36:00.000-07:002011-09-09T15:42:16.106-07:00Eden Reframed is Open to the PublicYes, my posts became infrequent in the past month. So my apologies to any of those fans whose been waiting breathlessly for some news about the project. We really had intentions to be more attentive to our paparazzi. <br /><br />I will post photos of the ceremony as I receive them, as well as an edited video of the event. Here are some photos taken before the ceremony of volunteer, Annie Petrocci, working tirelessly on the gate, the sunflower explosion, a new bench and the story hive. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO3eLyQk1aw9tY3nUevaB9sKwEc2PAZmYmV5s62oSg1AybVhsAZrEoXJ-QlaAnyHYLJMwe_RXXAmpSIdb3hTnDhFmi3DFqcbd92eoJFWMg5UTr2zA94KfmI0t4uirzGSeNEyhLTFn4VI_/s1600/IMG_1287.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDO3eLyQk1aw9tY3nUevaB9sKwEc2PAZmYmV5s62oSg1AybVhsAZrEoXJ-QlaAnyHYLJMwe_RXXAmpSIdb3hTnDhFmi3DFqcbd92eoJFWMg5UTr2zA94KfmI0t4uirzGSeNEyhLTFn4VI_/s320/IMG_1287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650493346211514818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgId2hW-rbTxHv2rMFfJ1HwL0ulQpCInjrCBR-stja93kUn3aCm-ltTaLohflt_sFuwxRVxWAK7m9Ir5glJm8Cp1Rwl1mUWqJF6OsWCA3LO6Qzc0CTIKZYXwHLMY4NAPED62eG7_G_OIhGC/s1600/IMG_1308.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgId2hW-rbTxHv2rMFfJ1HwL0ulQpCInjrCBR-stja93kUn3aCm-ltTaLohflt_sFuwxRVxWAK7m9Ir5glJm8Cp1Rwl1mUWqJF6OsWCA3LO6Qzc0CTIKZYXwHLMY4NAPED62eG7_G_OIhGC/s320/IMG_1308.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650493335690686642" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbhRZ9gtIu9vfoNJQzGNEfR6mseGQznUckclRyzlL-9G_e2HaY0RDDFlTBJN3akuElXMKH5OsmWCOmSxmEQRojoMvK8HJHQxebvriKoDn8aFo-vrl-a8bZ4FX6UD1AAWv91Z-D_FYB_Qv/s1600/IMG_1317.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbhRZ9gtIu9vfoNJQzGNEfR6mseGQznUckclRyzlL-9G_e2HaY0RDDFlTBJN3akuElXMKH5OsmWCOmSxmEQRojoMvK8HJHQxebvriKoDn8aFo-vrl-a8bZ4FX6UD1AAWv91Z-D_FYB_Qv/s320/IMG_1317.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650492187058263346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqC5qFL2lgYwCfwdXE_Y3iKfohdT9NO-rgSIq-NN8SVKKJ2y-KsrD8mgnwfyYd0C8hD6AIZvZEw9cpjw_-LhwhGzJyh_5E9I_n0CoU8jfbahSzD731cb5v82HeI-pkISaxUbFzPqzwFE4/s1600/IMG_1276.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqC5qFL2lgYwCfwdXE_Y3iKfohdT9NO-rgSIq-NN8SVKKJ2y-KsrD8mgnwfyYd0C8hD6AIZvZEw9cpjw_-LhwhGzJyh_5E9I_n0CoU8jfbahSzD731cb5v82HeI-pkISaxUbFzPqzwFE4/s320/IMG_1276.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650492183261588562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAt7_nVjHpYioEvijOuznUqicVBk4nhktvUhiE0rDek-RBNKtW2SF260sHFTLq0KRFvGXp49utsB78FV1Sl9skP75puSTt-x2MCxHyxFheBkN3BMlTHT5PQ8OTGE0UTRPkgSTWT8QKljf1/s1600/IMG_1274.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAt7_nVjHpYioEvijOuznUqicVBk4nhktvUhiE0rDek-RBNKtW2SF260sHFTLq0KRFvGXp49utsB78FV1Sl9skP75puSTt-x2MCxHyxFheBkN3BMlTHT5PQ8OTGE0UTRPkgSTWT8QKljf1/s320/IMG_1274.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650492177890429074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMj5L2hdzf5mLW8ltM-K1PrBlHc20rDevf4SPyvMTbqKi2IUiSws_iHW4FzGKiZFstudF7hIdwCt3lPLpisPTsk3lF3EZy-0XSyTgUHVib8bJczwMzNYxzHsYLY390y5MuI1YiWVriZkoH/s1600/IMG_1264.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMj5L2hdzf5mLW8ltM-K1PrBlHc20rDevf4SPyvMTbqKi2IUiSws_iHW4FzGKiZFstudF7hIdwCt3lPLpisPTsk3lF3EZy-0XSyTgUHVib8bJczwMzNYxzHsYLY390y5MuI1YiWVriZkoH/s320/IMG_1264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650492172700996994" border="0" /></a>b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-88696701467591301662011-09-02T00:25:00.000-07:002011-09-02T00:27:03.448-07:00Opening Ceremony in two daysWe are busily raking the wood mulch, weeding, scraping old paint off the fence posts, and hoping that the story hive will arrive before the opening ceremony on Saturday. I will post recent photos soon.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-47522111887573493842011-08-15T08:05:00.000-07:002011-08-15T08:09:32.024-07:00Some working definitionsFolks are coming to this blog not understanding what the intentions of Eden Reframed might be, so I am going to post some definitions that will be engraved on signage at the site.
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<br />Ecological art (also known as eco-art) focuses on communities and inter-relationships. These include not only the natural features of a particular site, but also the cultural, political and historical aspects of communities or ecological systems. Eco-art can explore the complex structure of an ecosystem while restoring or remediating what has been damaged by neglect or deliberate human interventions. Eco-art may re-envision, attempt to heal or celebrate aspects of the natural environment that have gone unnoticed. It can model innovative or indigenous ways of stewarding local resources. The work can challenge preconceptions about the natural world, encourage behavioral changes and be audience-participatory. Eco-art is created to communicate, stimulate dialogue and contribute to social transformation.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-91920654784603849322011-08-14T19:42:00.001-07:002011-08-14T19:59:54.537-07:00Poster for Opening Ceremony<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypNgn6CBFwR1dZoD-2J85Aa1cd7J24YG-mfcek1wSrZMWL7He0p7JaGlJT142062R0o0f57WXUeuSxW7IlLGmOV6MxZFHgi3lwcl6nR04rtGUuYaKtitmjooNuImw2IgyLLdEMW_gWfdj/s1600/EdenReframedemail.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypNgn6CBFwR1dZoD-2J85Aa1cd7J24YG-mfcek1wSrZMWL7He0p7JaGlJT142062R0o0f57WXUeuSxW7IlLGmOV6MxZFHgi3lwcl6nR04rtGUuYaKtitmjooNuImw2IgyLLdEMW_gWfdj/s320/EdenReframedemail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640907881704390994" /></a>
<br />b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-52493398579002546332011-07-26T17:32:00.000-07:002011-07-26T18:08:23.638-07:00Beautiful day and turnout last SaturdayThe gates were welcomed by a lovely crowd on Saturday. Several guests showed off their talents, weeding and gleaning from the garden, on top of weaving beautiful offerings into the fence. Now we are intensely at work on the story hive, with Shahreyar building the structure and me writing down the stories of farmers and gardeners on cedar panels. We have about 5 weeks to get everything done. Right on time. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_Xpr3VG2IZBfZJ26Pu29K7xt_bAMHIevabs9ozrWUsqHlPtnNj105HiCo1fyAK4HLtE6_kCDzRQ4-WZVyAbfK1W2B93Ck372b5Xf7HqP8nWgBoZc5E4wapNmJ37YK_wupb3w9ioLVP1H/s1600/IMG_0696.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_Xpr3VG2IZBfZJ26Pu29K7xt_bAMHIevabs9ozrWUsqHlPtnNj105HiCo1fyAK4HLtE6_kCDzRQ4-WZVyAbfK1W2B93Ck372b5Xf7HqP8nWgBoZc5E4wapNmJ37YK_wupb3w9ioLVP1H/s320/IMG_0696.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633824546645373490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UPWEo_6eKiau7oh67Bx9r4KiaImy0W9XYqFF40KVutzeXjPU30d0oIGwcjrhqUMgqwNidWHLjI17EA2fHtmW8fhPAYc1U8hqt00c4V-FFixWqsn2HRm2HKjM2MRMBF5e59VkQB4YJHg4/s1600/IMG_0688.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UPWEo_6eKiau7oh67Bx9r4KiaImy0W9XYqFF40KVutzeXjPU30d0oIGwcjrhqUMgqwNidWHLjI17EA2fHtmW8fhPAYc1U8hqt00c4V-FFixWqsn2HRm2HKjM2MRMBF5e59VkQB4YJHg4/s320/IMG_0688.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633824541618934594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbqRqNuw1nuMcvkeRd0IMVdn8Y9JWDE_ScnBByiQ6xeFNAGkOdYcn-IHQosppPiZ6PXhF1tV8xWusQqlTMzaVhpgKTR9dT61MOv62CRXxZuX28pdyKs0tK6-5XmpfpTHS3BJY-GsCk_mF/s1600/IMG_0683.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbqRqNuw1nuMcvkeRd0IMVdn8Y9JWDE_ScnBByiQ6xeFNAGkOdYcn-IHQosppPiZ6PXhF1tV8xWusQqlTMzaVhpgKTR9dT61MOv62CRXxZuX28pdyKs0tK6-5XmpfpTHS3BJY-GsCk_mF/s320/IMG_0683.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633824540488181714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp0OMHi8c2wtPc1Hj-BW_QnTXR8LVXGlTUo1-wGci5faKuVo6U2TEPPxePHlpaBUHToP3P7k9lOk6ZywvBWvP4lgsMzKhfrfqS1BPyngeHtikzQqSOqjn3nbmq_bsUhCkeKvX2NH_X1Kk/s1600/IMG_0691.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp0OMHi8c2wtPc1Hj-BW_QnTXR8LVXGlTUo1-wGci5faKuVo6U2TEPPxePHlpaBUHToP3P7k9lOk6ZywvBWvP4lgsMzKhfrfqS1BPyngeHtikzQqSOqjn3nbmq_bsUhCkeKvX2NH_X1Kk/s320/IMG_0691.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633824532577519138" /></a>b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-30976306412005312442011-07-13T23:07:00.001-07:002011-07-26T18:14:36.065-07:00The Next Event<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YHNU5HzEx6oSifN-2gpYo63flCd90mhtqD4LnlR2zHygbXGN8BXduz2ATX9rgiVF5H8KExZ4ZjUk1ZhZj-LsW__qf4BLQS_ejZQfp4mPpOBJQEvqZgJuVWuC3-VWEAKlW_2BX7zTUIVV/s1600/IMG_0525.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YHNU5HzEx6oSifN-2gpYo63flCd90mhtqD4LnlR2zHygbXGN8BXduz2ATX9rgiVF5H8KExZ4ZjUk1ZhZj-LsW__qf4BLQS_ejZQfp4mPpOBJQEvqZgJuVWuC3-VWEAKlW_2BX7zTUIVV/s320/IMG_0525.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633834207434972386" /></a><br /><br /><br />I almost forgot to post this great photo of the electric truck delivering mulch to the garden. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F3kGOgLQh0WxMQN32M9XA5-lS8obeV9LZs5MWe_xB1AfcFuJDT9M7s2DoZ7lQyC0myRSLotzPqaVgwRuB1eapSYmcHbt5ocPMj0ivCiwyYoVFY6JBqsRpMXE1hEF8d3DHKgF1xCL2cg-/s1600/weavingdreamsGATESblue.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F3kGOgLQh0WxMQN32M9XA5-lS8obeV9LZs5MWe_xB1AfcFuJDT9M7s2DoZ7lQyC0myRSLotzPqaVgwRuB1eapSYmcHbt5ocPMj0ivCiwyYoVFY6JBqsRpMXE1hEF8d3DHKgF1xCL2cg-/s320/weavingdreamsGATESblue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629086034403732514" /></a>b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-1044094824785760682011-06-30T23:24:00.000-07:002011-06-30T23:29:47.638-07:00Behind the ScenesShahreyar is building the gates to the garden, and I am transcribing the stories of farmers and gardeners. Then I'll be creating photoshop files so that the stories will be burnt onto 3x4 panels of cedar. It's a slow and steady process now. Not sure that we'll be done before the August 27th deadline, but we're doing our best.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-28250152284067135652011-06-22T11:16:00.000-07:002011-06-22T22:36:23.542-07:00Some photos of the first Weaving Our Dreams into Eden Reframed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u7zytQbhPTjBxwuaEBhhvRw5_vQ7bxXmrzvXbCiT2HXb9m8QDv0WMYetHf3AMPw7dfDlED8WNRtNCkL-EJXtm0o6chOJWWpXHvT2AhqfNkK63qrrGKbCGXubKZoHw-EBxZEePxlT6mqD/s1600/IMG_0334.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-u7zytQbhPTjBxwuaEBhhvRw5_vQ7bxXmrzvXbCiT2HXb9m8QDv0WMYetHf3AMPw7dfDlED8WNRtNCkL-EJXtm0o6chOJWWpXHvT2AhqfNkK63qrrGKbCGXubKZoHw-EBxZEePxlT6mqD/s320/IMG_0334.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621113634208394786" /></a><br /><br />Marcia weaving in the first dream.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wfRqQptdxRLTb_eP5lH96X5Bv_82pRx9uujprlI-6YANXGXZ7i0ZgkeLPoruxu4ehEJnnmLUDdITDpvkWfCwUzizJhlrag53LA4imyQkXmjfWRj3D_jFq0J-R42Mh-qHK8GHH1axHzsH/s1600/DSCN1363_1362.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wfRqQptdxRLTb_eP5lH96X5Bv_82pRx9uujprlI-6YANXGXZ7i0ZgkeLPoruxu4ehEJnnmLUDdITDpvkWfCwUzizJhlrag53LA4imyQkXmjfWRj3D_jFq0J-R42Mh-qHK8GHH1axHzsH/s320/DSCN1363_1362.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621277934779609650" /></a><br /><br />Melody working with great concentration and commitment. She was with us all day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9WXZe9DHFn9kIHVj0LJhUIXWIN92yl0qQXYLdeqfRU49rr3wlLULOTH1g4unqa3C-qYO7o7_0aNhurWIv2tXtAWKXXoYUB4G4hRysZArVr93G3JEr5Dxk3C04Evjch3kdw7qwNZn0fgN/s1600/DSCN1409_1408.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9WXZe9DHFn9kIHVj0LJhUIXWIN92yl0qQXYLdeqfRU49rr3wlLULOTH1g4unqa3C-qYO7o7_0aNhurWIv2tXtAWKXXoYUB4G4hRysZArVr93G3JEr5Dxk3C04Evjch3kdw7qwNZn0fgN/s320/DSCN1409_1408.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621277928598049906" /></a><br /><br />Stephen (further down) studying the new landscape.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5absmdoerFk3Or31NqxXbzebi_8Q0xCIzaMIxmo_kCNbLpvLqEwlLMeRvHacGwSUh5j2AvMO3hjo-W9ZxR8Op3ayy0mDJHZj5QyhokKD8tjQVNSTEOwmx39AJVsvEPw6TIYvALBO9PiWF/s1600/DSCN1403_1402.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5absmdoerFk3Or31NqxXbzebi_8Q0xCIzaMIxmo_kCNbLpvLqEwlLMeRvHacGwSUh5j2AvMO3hjo-W9ZxR8Op3ayy0mDJHZj5QyhokKD8tjQVNSTEOwmx39AJVsvEPw6TIYvALBO9PiWF/s320/DSCN1403_1402.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621277928754515954" /></a><br /><br />Kippy, Holly and Kim (the three women) in deep discussion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHkxxQHI8fAQ9d5pgX6iHa4LPDImmu7gswsCY0APARCLOCNjF3Mm5c5KXRMTVdN9qgq0BpVuD_kJzDWgxjS4CHfKhBvp-ZH-1ozHqK1_NEFgqPgz18F2IeOFqJDNH2d729TxkS2Ni8pei/s1600/DSCN1362_1361.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHkxxQHI8fAQ9d5pgX6iHa4LPDImmu7gswsCY0APARCLOCNjF3Mm5c5KXRMTVdN9qgq0BpVuD_kJzDWgxjS4CHfKhBvp-ZH-1ozHqK1_NEFgqPgz18F2IeOFqJDNH2d729TxkS2Ni8pei/s320/DSCN1362_1361.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621277926501062578" /></a><br /><br />Meagen (in turquoise scarf) working the dream in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyDl2PTsgp6sxp6WcWckXBzijX-5OLaxgAist1peZKo7BkyJmRZJ4T9fLik5LDhCrHP6E4hz0VoPVfh59S5vjvLXGXnNV7nzF1_H7sfjBOrW9GA45cn4fLXJP0cFhyphenhyphen1T-GvKu7rJUQ5WB/s1600/IMG_0350.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsyDl2PTsgp6sxp6WcWckXBzijX-5OLaxgAist1peZKo7BkyJmRZJ4T9fLik5LDhCrHP6E4hz0VoPVfh59S5vjvLXGXnNV7nzF1_H7sfjBOrW9GA45cn4fLXJP0cFhyphenhyphen1T-GvKu7rJUQ5WB/s320/IMG_0350.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621113654446743906" /></a><br /><br />Lily (in white fur) guarding the gates. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYtGO_iym4a4nEp8A7DkoWzKzyUsbzEHgKGDHoyj2bOap7jCnEx6i27ptbMyA-oeFufCfsci3fx8xfIWbp4_uZyNQYljmexLYfJ_OF7pW0eBCA2z6FqbAK9oQt9bbMARaesj5HPBwQayh/s1600/IMG_0341.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYtGO_iym4a4nEp8A7DkoWzKzyUsbzEHgKGDHoyj2bOap7jCnEx6i27ptbMyA-oeFufCfsci3fx8xfIWbp4_uZyNQYljmexLYfJ_OF7pW0eBCA2z6FqbAK9oQt9bbMARaesj5HPBwQayh/s320/IMG_0341.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621113641164226258" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNfN2o-1SScgJcvONw5aFGSCBudXDPODyO7JNA7ScrKIDS5ZGC17_CxnR5hFkn4eDUC_h93ONaGuAYmtXCetWjvSy7Mag_0Szuu7dPU10PHIXNTuiRZ3wz0e372DEPTPS3cJxqlk1aCaw/s1600/IMG_0338.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNfN2o-1SScgJcvONw5aFGSCBudXDPODyO7JNA7ScrKIDS5ZGC17_CxnR5hFkn4eDUC_h93ONaGuAYmtXCetWjvSy7Mag_0Szuu7dPU10PHIXNTuiRZ3wz0e372DEPTPS3cJxqlk1aCaw/s320/IMG_0338.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621281276909241186" /></a><br /><br />Zen practice brothers, Bob and Shahreyar, communing with nature.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr6hK-NV849-HFt96xPIKEPZXY3uXABF6z0r-rZrK5GZ913zCSgd0S3QnQZlQjB50SV_X-QHg9sdy34cy_Cbsm6k2EtTLdkpljfxDGQgtc_cJWXz39CpUOuh5B0R-LgB9wzrF5JbZfLja/s1600/DSCN1370_1369.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr6hK-NV849-HFt96xPIKEPZXY3uXABF6z0r-rZrK5GZ913zCSgd0S3QnQZlQjB50SV_X-QHg9sdy34cy_Cbsm6k2EtTLdkpljfxDGQgtc_cJWXz39CpUOuh5B0R-LgB9wzrF5JbZfLja/s320/DSCN1370_1369.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621281272634396018" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9zXVF_ct6zaWUlXRBKvCsX5o8regYuwrlfMXFNodT0IE1n3zIaaWhegSvFGW8xtcfBflB7XZY1ZeRFB1IO1Li4BOquZzqzfyMsVbauvJqKMrDM_sN4ualms1jtDgY6X6CbBb6V5Evi2Q/s1600/DSCN1396_1395.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9zXVF_ct6zaWUlXRBKvCsX5o8regYuwrlfMXFNodT0IE1n3zIaaWhegSvFGW8xtcfBflB7XZY1ZeRFB1IO1Li4BOquZzqzfyMsVbauvJqKMrDM_sN4ualms1jtDgY6X6CbBb6V5Evi2Q/s320/DSCN1396_1395.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621277936709347314" /></a><br /><br />B & B just being.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-57658372343112085762011-06-16T22:26:00.000-07:002011-06-16T22:32:01.427-07:00Come out this SaturdayOther than preparing for this Saturday's event, Weaving Our Dreams into Eden Reframed, we have been just WAITING....WAITING....WAITING for our fallen cedar logs to be milled at the Forest Stewards. Hopefully the wood will be ready by early July. We need to get the gates built, along with the signage, the benches and the story hive. We have lots of work in front of us. Otherwise, I have started work on another body of work that will be my last show as part of my collective, VALISE (Vashon Artists Linked in Social Engagement). I am curating a show of images that will come from my community on Facebook called Reconstructive Visions of the Future and I am resurrecting or reinvigorating a body of work about nuclear issues. It is a bit challenging to steward all these projects at once, but, hey, I have to squeeze every bit of juice out of these last months of sabbatical.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-25892852032899882782011-06-04T23:16:00.001-07:002011-06-04T23:17:58.031-07:00Weaving Dreams into Eden Reframed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_k9FXQ17tR_NaOTxkFS2SBOBqjB9SGKE6_enonySAk4DLgRiLAVe5mjVpIaim5jKMceIQGGJqjXMXYvSwrIYq544-VXwVCQ_1Lnf4TdwaJVjsCh-C3Nst3Jnv3OBc4vV7IIEBvVJF2SMM/s1600/weavingdreamsposter.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_k9FXQ17tR_NaOTxkFS2SBOBqjB9SGKE6_enonySAk4DLgRiLAVe5mjVpIaim5jKMceIQGGJqjXMXYvSwrIYq544-VXwVCQ_1Lnf4TdwaJVjsCh-C3Nst3Jnv3OBc4vV7IIEBvVJF2SMM/s320/weavingdreamsposter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614616044646626354" /></a>b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-52152160342627716752011-05-30T10:21:00.000-07:002011-05-30T10:35:42.880-07:00Planting Seeds, Processing SadnessIn the midst of all the flurry of building our garden beds, I've been processing lots of news, both local and global. It's impossible not to take in what Fukushima means, what violent weather patterns are and what fish washing up on stinking beaches signifies. We mostly choose not to look at or sit with this information since we are needing to get the wash done, or the bills paid, care for our children or commune with our friends. My nephew who just came in for a visit describes the weblinks that he sends on to friends and family as "bummer juice." I think that's a good a name as any. I've begun making work or, I should say, I am returning to the themes of nuclear nightmares, with a more defined focus. After many years of developing and exhibiting work about nightmares about nuclear war (from 1977 until 1991) and then beginning work on NUKED NOTES: Journey of a Free Radical (a series about the causes and cures of thyroid cancer), I am now revisiting this topic to explore a series about radioactive fall-out, nuclear meltdowns, misinformation, disinformation and endless distractions for an exhibit in September. It's work that needs to happen while I continue to plant seeds for EDEN REFRAMED. We are designing the gates and story hives now. And seeds are going to be planted tomorrow and later this week. It's a healing thing to do, when my heart is full of grief for the world, for the children...may those who remain asleep become activists (in whatever short time they have) for the great, great, great grandchildren. It is all we have now, other than momentary joys, such as planting and harvesting.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-45289748620104461582011-05-25T11:38:00.000-07:002011-05-25T20:17:07.975-07:00Phase #3 almost complete<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbc8P-MXKzsK9YBv7QUCu8OD4NGr_Oko4E-wx9Zsp7jUEF9JpgcjVHDDrB410zDhxZ-nV-yDprE8ddOb5oh_fTbusu6fVSjSU-a_DgIcUwVdcOOJyiysAE-xqjgTtoZ5MtNIA46SSJfOA/s1600/IMG_0230.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbc8P-MXKzsK9YBv7QUCu8OD4NGr_Oko4E-wx9Zsp7jUEF9JpgcjVHDDrB410zDhxZ-nV-yDprE8ddOb5oh_fTbusu6fVSjSU-a_DgIcUwVdcOOJyiysAE-xqjgTtoZ5MtNIA46SSJfOA/s320/IMG_0230.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730701936530690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmroOMTVvCnTMVdIX8dYOXrUf1b-uJT1ZwjGeEbxDfsQ51EAr4iiXFgLlAU7i8X7DSgStKMSACPo3pgWFieccmyjqPK0vGoD28hD6eEut7cmmAPAhuby1abVwatK0UrY12xxuWERmESJ2/s1600/IMG_0196.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmroOMTVvCnTMVdIX8dYOXrUf1b-uJT1ZwjGeEbxDfsQ51EAr4iiXFgLlAU7i8X7DSgStKMSACPo3pgWFieccmyjqPK0vGoD28hD6eEut7cmmAPAhuby1abVwatK0UrY12xxuWERmESJ2/s320/IMG_0196.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730695247978738" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBva4Shs3YPMNVXLOywizJBtvry08b4iL409chBz-qYiBEEQ7ZV4AyMBrCTgX9ndUSJVJXKlmumKzk8Rq3V2B92Hn9x9Huue-l1j2BYrOUSAT-Uzw_7TCzElDIwqqI3uw0etBAiYEE5_7-/s1600/IMG_0203.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBva4Shs3YPMNVXLOywizJBtvry08b4iL409chBz-qYiBEEQ7ZV4AyMBrCTgX9ndUSJVJXKlmumKzk8Rq3V2B92Hn9x9Huue-l1j2BYrOUSAT-Uzw_7TCzElDIwqqI3uw0etBAiYEE5_7-/s320/IMG_0203.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610855059014642882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oxD0r7BXYzT9cl9hyWhGPYCiIqxQHuseetPJ79ltx4cWt5QXJKsxv8yOqfzpaxEofYp7d_c6boBxOCjSpROpaU9dz-xnK1oVZfBngAFSvztAGGubtx2VWWIQMGnfhQkA4kFrOlZG0ZDr/s1600/IMG_0178.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oxD0r7BXYzT9cl9hyWhGPYCiIqxQHuseetPJ79ltx4cWt5QXJKsxv8yOqfzpaxEofYp7d_c6boBxOCjSpROpaU9dz-xnK1oVZfBngAFSvztAGGubtx2VWWIQMGnfhQkA4kFrOlZG0ZDr/s320/IMG_0178.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730688629213666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8YqXRXjC4txScd4VZyFeAGRjMHfsQQaJF9KythFISTxEzTKg362OAhn_0tB5aPU_k3p1RDfryts9lN4AYgx4FqJbCbGhHS8hFaBYlBQxURgVpGH_3pUTnMVlgyFV9iNmDNg4azeDWrBL/s1600/IMG_0177.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8YqXRXjC4txScd4VZyFeAGRjMHfsQQaJF9KythFISTxEzTKg362OAhn_0tB5aPU_k3p1RDfryts9lN4AYgx4FqJbCbGhHS8hFaBYlBQxURgVpGH_3pUTnMVlgyFV9iNmDNg4azeDWrBL/s320/IMG_0177.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730678531396114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEycfqw762iCdTpKw-EuOR3lUt1G0R5B2hPQRjx1rLWIP0fvYtDjEzrM7gEtcHKytvHR82JCcYEq7qEoBKVL8LbD9Utqke2ec8cbM5KWhNUi6cyM4a0LyS4hPX7t-KGaav0lKudUoWVa3M/s1600/IMG_0175.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEycfqw762iCdTpKw-EuOR3lUt1G0R5B2hPQRjx1rLWIP0fvYtDjEzrM7gEtcHKytvHR82JCcYEq7qEoBKVL8LbD9Utqke2ec8cbM5KWhNUi6cyM4a0LyS4hPX7t-KGaav0lKudUoWVa3M/s320/IMG_0175.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610730676954497586" /></a><br /><br />What you see in these photos is a time lapse, going backwards about a week. So the top photo is where we are now - the deer fence skeleton is up, without enhancement through community stories, and without the gates. Thankfully and amazingly every day we've worked outside, the weather has cooperated. Today it's drizzling and Shahreyar and I are working alone in our studios, designing the gates. Shahreyar will do some research by walking through our two local hardware stores, and I've done some research online. We'll come together in the next few days and make some decisions. So far our collaboration has been a real pleasure. A good marriage, as they say. Notice how he handles an auger!<br /><br />And speaking of marriages, that guy with the baseball cap, who looks a little like an undercover fed (or so said my dear friend, Amy) is my significant other, who is going to celebrate with me, 22 years of companionship through the ups and downs. This Friday is our anniversary. He is kindly watering the food forest. <br /><br />BTW the first green thing we planted in our garden was the apple tree, a Pink Lady - you can view that beauty on the left here. Oh so symbolic for Eden Reframed. Now we just need to get some of the healing snake energy happening and we'll be all set. <br /><br />Here's an overview of our process so far:<br /><br />Phase #1 - Getting site approval (and the hurdles that involved) and drawing up the final proposal<br /><br />Phase #2 - Harvesting stories and developing community involvement as part of the exhibition Reframing Eden<br /><br />Phase #3 - Meeting with Permaculture Design Consultants, finding volunteers, building the brush drains, transplanting and developing garden beds, and creating the skeleton of the deer fence<br /><br />Phase #4 - Finding more stakeholders through an interactive community activity, speaking with VHS students, enhancing and energizing the deer fence and garden with stories, wishes and artifacts<br /><br />Phase #5 - Designing and building the two gates, benches and story hive(s)<br /><br />Phase #6 - Eden Reframed Celebration (hopefully late August)b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-70827746050490709892011-05-19T21:35:00.000-07:002011-05-19T22:01:56.553-07:00Building the Bundles of Boughs as Bed BarriersThese first shots are of Deston and Shahreyar mixing the topsoil with the sandy fill above the brush drains. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUegn2CTmvPXMW1_UuVQ3Jmp59jdCyrQ7Sn2EX_uSCdtFGONtVLcfQ_RBObdjAWU_nIWKvbhLTuhGUcXZEYjhoufBkYLyIhWguA-5NocAPBASvxdaIRhrKRGeQk-OKHNaL2N2Q9ASheQlE/s1600/DSCF3650.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUegn2CTmvPXMW1_UuVQ3Jmp59jdCyrQ7Sn2EX_uSCdtFGONtVLcfQ_RBObdjAWU_nIWKvbhLTuhGUcXZEYjhoufBkYLyIhWguA-5NocAPBASvxdaIRhrKRGeQk-OKHNaL2N2Q9ASheQlE/s320/DSCF3650.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608654202571627762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKHflfDbm1hQ5xRQO5xg_HeS83jglp_6S1pWJeVsTbzgIg24N4oK8q_hAuPgwXK8phyphenhyphenp3Vaewu2SlL0VgLX0jj6HOIoAI6k08IiWlQ-RkLHy1LD4JakeWMqq2T1ah-Prow2YRYWozIDfR/s1600/DSCF3647.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKHflfDbm1hQ5xRQO5xg_HeS83jglp_6S1pWJeVsTbzgIg24N4oK8q_hAuPgwXK8phyphenhyphenp3Vaewu2SlL0VgLX0jj6HOIoAI6k08IiWlQ-RkLHy1LD4JakeWMqq2T1ah-Prow2YRYWozIDfR/s320/DSCF3647.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608654192537763714" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAZ2yCo5ysc4JLWJkibuXczHeubVWV8I9cATbt9uiHzriPo-yZHz7ZjLIWrEJgkFxwN_3TIxDNxZ6tg7LwRMKYfXfddbmevrmG8LQ2chS9uNQXz8pQ_a-Bzx1oHA3Pfr7Unw4C2F-TCrR/s1600/DSCF3654.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAZ2yCo5ysc4JLWJkibuXczHeubVWV8I9cATbt9uiHzriPo-yZHz7ZjLIWrEJgkFxwN_3TIxDNxZ6tg7LwRMKYfXfddbmevrmG8LQ2chS9uNQXz8pQ_a-Bzx1oHA3Pfr7Unw4C2F-TCrR/s320/DSCF3654.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608654208555260786" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iz9xgwBoTpKBELSpyQMPJzu8r-7n0CqqFWNTGx7cUSKb5GQkyZviHYNu_naShkw4xv0BSx95fy8teX6Y398WK6ut0QYz2UrQ-7F4e8gyFo0LcmteA13H9rI2NFXlMDgEh8OzYlPg2pdM/s1600/IMG_0109.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iz9xgwBoTpKBELSpyQMPJzu8r-7n0CqqFWNTGx7cUSKb5GQkyZviHYNu_naShkw4xv0BSx95fy8teX6Y398WK6ut0QYz2UrQ-7F4e8gyFo0LcmteA13H9rI2NFXlMDgEh8OzYlPg2pdM/s320/IMG_0109.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608654173967745122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yfcl85Bqfxm6TkMY6-xC0_MXtjolelGfyjgh7LNc_Z1xi6f64wttU8PXVOTu0KPSl7giKPBVcWOmfyOWdbudI5b6dk3Xxcz9xltOHOjbxUMq5uzN7o9KlVCSZwhEeUEFkiu-JWQPfYVF/s1600/IMG_0115.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Yfcl85Bqfxm6TkMY6-xC0_MXtjolelGfyjgh7LNc_Z1xi6f64wttU8PXVOTu0KPSl7giKPBVcWOmfyOWdbudI5b6dk3Xxcz9xltOHOjbxUMq5uzN7o9KlVCSZwhEeUEFkiu-JWQPfYVF/s320/IMG_0115.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608654181855926098" /></a><br /><br />Here are some shots of the cypress boughs that we hauled and bundled into bed barriers.<br />I'll have some better shots of the boughs in place tomorrow.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-88544532450170390592011-05-19T21:25:00.001-07:002011-05-19T21:35:39.312-07:00More Photos of the week<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOx_z6Mdy-ajj7-UML1GtiKv__T46s9a2Q6sQMMmncMCQIf_5572ClCWPz0CiN1k8KahGt9CWvpotWj_Jar0iL-7XnDA-B5jw8D03PYAiD1_oSVZgz0e5zj3aH0SqK9WIa54mJNSGxzjtw/s1600/_MG_9567.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOx_z6Mdy-ajj7-UML1GtiKv__T46s9a2Q6sQMMmncMCQIf_5572ClCWPz0CiN1k8KahGt9CWvpotWj_Jar0iL-7XnDA-B5jw8D03PYAiD1_oSVZgz0e5zj3aH0SqK9WIa54mJNSGxzjtw/s320/_MG_9567.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651801791931986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5zuyrrn9uRIPxxwIZLWknfHZAWYvy9FEBVyEjpf6O6aIyKy1iovaln-x6u7prF8j0IVEKRl6rabFvTVTyYKRyDedZHgmxift2JoMYPcKZTBOGfwThPV_-OHQUWBzT4uDztkp13RTNZow/s1600/IMG_0077.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5zuyrrn9uRIPxxwIZLWknfHZAWYvy9FEBVyEjpf6O6aIyKy1iovaln-x6u7prF8j0IVEKRl6rabFvTVTyYKRyDedZHgmxift2JoMYPcKZTBOGfwThPV_-OHQUWBzT4uDztkp13RTNZow/s320/IMG_0077.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651800487549810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIDxng-7n-9DDonN4_4ucfx6Y5pTxCIWgDyB9XwrdTNdNFVlvT4T40o8ypsexB6fxZC99VCu-YQpIvnqoQ_TUy7uD4i8NpElNYotrNWrDG2JgBR_I6kz0bzQLe-BKLSF_HK6GZYkNMH6R/s1600/IMG_0075.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIDxng-7n-9DDonN4_4ucfx6Y5pTxCIWgDyB9XwrdTNdNFVlvT4T40o8ypsexB6fxZC99VCu-YQpIvnqoQ_TUy7uD4i8NpElNYotrNWrDG2JgBR_I6kz0bzQLe-BKLSF_HK6GZYkNMH6R/s320/IMG_0075.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651792216053522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdaGgKVXjF3fyVDVJRkIudImg5_zlJEdqdUc6dxqZrLcRJm-Gp9HatlnFAoRObprtsewIcNAOOKQXJSsJ_JlAHcxXAXhjqw06ClzgjPd4o91h6sjABO247ZeB1IHpn850PFRIFf5qqGMs/s1600/IMG_0071.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdaGgKVXjF3fyVDVJRkIudImg5_zlJEdqdUc6dxqZrLcRJm-Gp9HatlnFAoRObprtsewIcNAOOKQXJSsJ_JlAHcxXAXhjqw06ClzgjPd4o91h6sjABO247ZeB1IHpn850PFRIFf5qqGMs/s320/IMG_0071.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651784559407506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pby7Dx3Muu3v1qFtcZ8mylw0wHu1_ZcFTz6oOHXkYz83TG4TekqLFUTy9Wr4VC1S-F8LkAAi5YGYsmqJYX-jO-83WuDWkVvjbHXmfD2tgisPIBhHoVc_K5Dmb9OKXJuWbpm1TK8wfUPI/s1600/IMG_0066.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pby7Dx3Muu3v1qFtcZ8mylw0wHu1_ZcFTz6oOHXkYz83TG4TekqLFUTy9Wr4VC1S-F8LkAAi5YGYsmqJYX-jO-83WuDWkVvjbHXmfD2tgisPIBhHoVc_K5Dmb9OKXJuWbpm1TK8wfUPI/s320/IMG_0066.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608651772845857778" /></a><br />Here you can see more shots of the completion of the brush drain with the help of the Evergreen students and others. Also you can see the delivery of topsoil, a generous donation from Lewis Roggenbuck.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-86825488369254878882011-05-19T19:12:00.000-07:002011-05-19T21:25:12.140-07:00Finally, a moment to write and post photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwmv4QPQlcuu9l6X6OGzZJYvbrh9ntqtI3XwF0EnSs6l9llwqco-CDQhZNvXLjAgIR1geLT4K14rFurGLon5PklasDl4qAoIVffsFKdlmmmlsS1w7ddBRdczXwopdAUdKcdFspFH_Zmxs/s1600/IMG_0056.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwmv4QPQlcuu9l6X6OGzZJYvbrh9ntqtI3XwF0EnSs6l9llwqco-CDQhZNvXLjAgIR1geLT4K14rFurGLon5PklasDl4qAoIVffsFKdlmmmlsS1w7ddBRdczXwopdAUdKcdFspFH_Zmxs/s320/IMG_0056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608623013550619442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOVuCgYeoZw2rA5b9cYAGMf4EqltiGtZUxnzEg34j15BncDb4ltwIq1wVPtpoW9xqKPhjI14x1xsICb6Xi-uSASwx1gjT6n58-Yv1OUbfpiDnPT6rDmwr9bneeTTAlEuSVOXMRv4hB9VR/s1600/IMG_0054.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOVuCgYeoZw2rA5b9cYAGMf4EqltiGtZUxnzEg34j15BncDb4ltwIq1wVPtpoW9xqKPhjI14x1xsICb6Xi-uSASwx1gjT6n58-Yv1OUbfpiDnPT6rDmwr9bneeTTAlEuSVOXMRv4hB9VR/s320/IMG_0054.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608623010247873826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv54CQ-HfXeLQ3BxIMEipCykU1nqhvqdVl35uD16nuJEuRv9hPbU-v3Pcji-TEqq6-zhChKcsn2xFvsY-V-cTNhm8FsAe4uoWrsfdHuYwiVV0ms9hONfAxQwVUT1W1dbMHQEbDxwH6W-pt/s1600/IMG_0045.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv54CQ-HfXeLQ3BxIMEipCykU1nqhvqdVl35uD16nuJEuRv9hPbU-v3Pcji-TEqq6-zhChKcsn2xFvsY-V-cTNhm8FsAe4uoWrsfdHuYwiVV0ms9hONfAxQwVUT1W1dbMHQEbDxwH6W-pt/s320/IMG_0045.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608623004080138770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxCAPZkibHkUUpY5iA-vVzRUqSjEhNHH8kSkzlrIDeg72YFixLjIHUVCbx6XvD5SkTF0nYr24Afh63Qw9eq6cWlICHClg0V8VmEoL69dC2uQ7dlhK0TE9bJCrgMq89fQZaUD-Hpp5XpPa/s1600/IMG_0029.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxCAPZkibHkUUpY5iA-vVzRUqSjEhNHH8kSkzlrIDeg72YFixLjIHUVCbx6XvD5SkTF0nYr24Afh63Qw9eq6cWlICHClg0V8VmEoL69dC2uQ7dlhK0TE9bJCrgMq89fQZaUD-Hpp5XpPa/s320/IMG_0029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608622999772067922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyPGDW4vo7ZnKKrVF_g04W3broB8AW0vZJSol_8cSFEl2U0N-coBGMRSOpsS05TwmKIdTReltSl8hjfaTPk-r853_vE3C5v8SsWYKZWh0KIgxg6mgvBw_jyl2L_gvzckqMEgm0jQx8uJk/s1600/IMG_0025.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyPGDW4vo7ZnKKrVF_g04W3broB8AW0vZJSol_8cSFEl2U0N-coBGMRSOpsS05TwmKIdTReltSl8hjfaTPk-r853_vE3C5v8SsWYKZWh0KIgxg6mgvBw_jyl2L_gvzckqMEgm0jQx8uJk/s320/IMG_0025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608622993651815250" /></a><br />We have made so much progress in so little time that I am a bit breathless. Tomorrow we will install the posts for our deer fence and transplant the edible garden put together last year by permaculture design teacher, Emet Degirmenci. Emet will be present for the gentle process of transplanting blueberry and huckleberry bushes, strawberries, fruit trees and herbs. We hope to have a couple of volunteers to assist us as well. <br /><br />Shahreyar and I have spent the week collecting boughs of conifers and binding the boughs, needles and all, into bundles. We were donated a cache of Cypress boughs (in the cedar family)from the property of Dana and Katherine. We filled the truck twice, and still need to haul more. These bundles will be used as barriers for the raised beds, and their natural curves will work splendidly with the arcs of our beds. The daily physical work of bundling, sawing, clipping and carrying has been a real test for our aging bodies, but with a massage and some chiropractic work, we are ready for more. <br />And S and I are having so much fun, gabbing while we work, in the shade outside his studio. We couldn't ask for a better situation in which to do the work. <br /><br />I look forward to watching the beds grow with new life, as worms and mycellium discover the composting soil, and pollinators gather to enjoy the flowers. I also am excited to see what shapes the fence will create in the field. <br /><br />We will announce soon a time for the community to gather and weave mementos into the fence. <br /><br />I am attaching photos of the work crew laying down the bags of dry clay and brush. There are also shots of S on his tractor, Shannon discussing the bioremediation of the soil and students from Evergreen helping with the creation of the brush drain.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-80973184780085334192011-05-12T08:55:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:32:58.070-07:00Moving too fast to writeSo much to share about the last week of break neck speed work. Brush drain completed,top soil delivered and gifted. Evergreen students forming a chain gang to lay down the 2000 lbs of clay, and then Shahreyar on his tractor moving everything around. I've got too much to do to write right now, but I'll share some photos when I am down in Portland and sitting and listening to people speak.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-18534228321229349612011-03-27T15:36:00.000-07:002011-03-27T17:04:29.334-07:00Last Day of First Week<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-COULsex46YDrfkDrosaLokFFyc4Eque72CLNmcYyFvBuHDImS3AnjufOYbCxMtH4LoPb04W5g2KRbt5-2W1PBaX-7659lRQHtjwQA0w6OQHd8EXx8pxgJoeBzWtJi3otNR0wCzZX4ggr/s1600/signBARC.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-COULsex46YDrfkDrosaLokFFyc4Eque72CLNmcYyFvBuHDImS3AnjufOYbCxMtH4LoPb04W5g2KRbt5-2W1PBaX-7659lRQHtjwQA0w6OQHd8EXx8pxgJoeBzWtJi3otNR0wCzZX4ggr/s320/signBARC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588914898664325666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShuIHXHZPh9Izl7nSz2KEgKj-tVxSvxvf6WnQ4kFGTaEXHFhs3j4eq30AALlnXHBXXjzZG7KpBhjhW_BGHVJ7rECAI1iuZjLPg7USdCQfzY3XTyAZRLdvs4KkoYX3r68I6V42BQIiv-4g/s1600/signwithSAMbarc.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeLkUmaLYNNyDvqoYxGnsqmsxz51PiZaF-PVKDWObPpuhlw1Hr-ZuYVb41ji5HB2euTHgeivpOc4RacwCUfum5Nnl3ZSz9auQ-z1A3XDj-uyyrvZ6gwSympsEehSVibyLKt1-PH8GLMQq/s320/nandestshanBARC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588913852475907922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLinemU-Ylakf7bWFvBx09Y0i8gabSxRMKufDjTtgA309LPjC9Try3d2a1Z_IEBwDZJfdVlEWv-SisFTPDzIRZ2c6Ost6SqkJ9WFBqyLDk1ylCtfkOwJw7en4lyhq4A3yyFYOEjlxyF6F0/s1600/nanshannonBARC.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLinemU-Ylakf7bWFvBx09Y0i8gabSxRMKufDjTtgA309LPjC9Try3d2a1Z_IEBwDZJfdVlEWv-SisFTPDzIRZ2c6Ost6SqkJ9WFBqyLDk1ylCtfkOwJw7en4lyhq4A3yyFYOEjlxyF6F0/s320/nanshannonBARC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588913845721831074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmdFTLnp_8TNSrvoCE-ODvdR2dnS7Tm1vrZ7EbVRnUgWft3Jmq8m2gWVvLFV6F826DMOjAEmqf97_fpX4X-iw4Livq2z16JJSUiakHMN-yOmqX8afPzPX9gBZtb9XzOYpQ6ijEmEkQcke/s1600/danananBARC.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmdFTLnp_8TNSrvoCE-ODvdR2dnS7Tm1vrZ7EbVRnUgWft3Jmq8m2gWVvLFV6F826DMOjAEmqf97_fpX4X-iw4Livq2z16JJSUiakHMN-yOmqX8afPzPX9gBZtb9XzOYpQ6ijEmEkQcke/s320/danananBARC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588913841956122738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Vvy21Kq0zZNqvVj5WjPBxRUuqsUAxiq9G1nIpsI4RtzoI4MK3EGRJtq7XVue1Up1aVy0g8jNpVFEx2J8PwqLQ3SBgYPmSMAnzOtskoy3g3N3grij7abiB8El5OSBkid7yr5TshN5Ul2-/s1600/destshankyleBARC.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Vvy21Kq0zZNqvVj5WjPBxRUuqsUAxiq9G1nIpsI4RtzoI4MK3EGRJtq7XVue1Up1aVy0g8jNpVFEx2J8PwqLQ3SBgYPmSMAnzOtskoy3g3N3grij7abiB8El5OSBkid7yr5TshN5Ul2-/s320/destshankyleBARC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588913837664754338" /></a><br />Our last day at the site this week was very productive, but we really needed a team of 10 strong teens or 20 somethings to get the whole brush drain finished. Despite emailing friends, our volunteer list and others, and placing ads on VASHON ALL, Facebook and at the Skate Park itself, offering free pizza to those who came before 3 pm, we succeeded in getting only a small group of volunteers. Deston worked devotedly all day, and the other wonderful people (Nan, Dana, Shannon and Kyle) came and went, putting in as much work as their schedules allowed. It was great to have whatever time and sweat people could donate to the task. <br /><br />I will leave for my lecture tour next weekend, and Shahreyar will work with Deston to complete the food forest bed before I return on May 1st.<br /><br />Today Sam and I placed a sign at the site to share what is happening with the community that uses the park. Hopefully things will remain as they are until our team returns.b/eve/rlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01566868347847187597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82954902436043722.post-16091645216232523892011-03-23T22:15:00.001-07:002011-03-23T22:18:43.273-07:00Digging a Brush Drain/Desperate for VolunteersDue to personal illnesses, injuries, and various crises, most of our volunteer pool has been absent. We will probably not meet our deadline for transplanting by the end of the month since Deston needs to get back to Portland for another job. 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