“Cycles: The Key to Environmental Harmony.”

How many of the patterns in your life are strongly circular and how many have you have been able to close.

Here is a simple one. Our clothing is worn for as long as possible then it is cut up for rags then once those are worn through this thin worn out fabric goes in the compost. A closed cycle.

Here is a good one. We grow the vegetables. Let our best plant go to seed. Dry and harvest the seeds. Plant again next summer. A closed food cycle.

The best I can do one. The feed bags are used as trash bags before they leave the property.

There is a harmonious collective sigh that we feel when we see a cycle close in like a new fern frond. We are protected within these cycles. These glorious curves. These ancient circles.

This for me is one of the pillars of The Sustainable Movement.

• Harmony in your personal ecosystem will enable harmony in the ecosystems you brush through.

And make sure there is water, wildness and trees for our birds.

Harmony in our wild ecosystems is paramount to the planet. Not for humans, for the planet. And birdsong is our reward. They know their business if we would just get out of their way.

The Farmyard

This also applies to the animals we cage. If they are feeling a gentle touch and are moving and eating at their own speed we can achieve some harmony.

Above is how this steer sleeps. He literally stretches out like a dog. And he is a biggun. He breaks things when he does that. He is going to take out the side of the barn. He literally lays down against a structure then braces himself against the building or tree or fence or gate to lay himself right back out.

The Fields

The wheat fields are starting to turn pale.

Good morning.

I started at 5am this morning. My Dad was an early riser too. Our Mum was sick for years so it was always Dad and me early in the morning – me in my school uniform and stockings – he in his work clothes and socks – working fast in the kitchen to prepare the family for the day; before we woke the others up for school and took Mum her first cup of tea.

Our kitchen and 70’s open plan living area was on stilts, two stories up, at high tide and right up in the trees. Attached by a circular staircase to the old house. No matter the weather Dad would open the big windows wide so we could listen to the morning birds as they sung to the sea breeze, while we worked.

He was one of the first to tell me that we are guardians of all this. He was talking of the birds and the sea, particularly the sea.

The Pond

The back end of the pond is not quite as pretty.

Travels

I cannot wait to get back to the sea.

Did I tell you I have a cottage booked close to sea in New Zealand. Close enough to walk to the beach in a New Zealand winter every day. And you will be coming with me AND we will have a great internet signal.

Do No Harm Travel is such a tough one. But I am not walking to New Zealand to see my children!

So what cycle should I focus on today. Hmm.

How about the cycle of me writing and you popping into the Lounge of Comments. And while you are there tell me how often you visit TKG. This will be useful info for my We Have Moved Announcements.

Cecilia

PS – Tomorrow is training day for me. Duane is going to teach me how to drive our new website. I had a quick look at the blog page capabilities last night and OH LORDY! This is going to be fun!!

Remember that THIS blog site will still exist as our archives. So have no fear. All my posts and all your comments over the years will remain. We can look them up anytime.