• Taste of a #bushfire summer. #Honey with an aftertaste of burnt. Not surprising as we were under smoke for months. Even now I can find burnt leaves in the garden blown in from the Gondwana/Ebor fire. And even in usually wet #Bellingen it's been dry, which means less flowers and less pollen. The bees have taken all spring and summer to make just 5 spare jars of honey. Last year was considered a quiet year and at this time there had been 20 jars! #harvest #australiaburns #drought #climatechange #onlythebeginning
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    Taste of a #bushfire summer. #Honey with an aftertaste of burnt. Not surprising as we were under smoke for months. Even now I can find burnt leaves in the garden blown in from the Gondwana/Ebor fire. And even in usually wet #Bellingen it's been dry, which means less flowers and less pollen. The bees have taken all spring and summer to make just 5 spare jars of honey. Last year was considered a quiet year and at this time there had been 20 jars! #harvest #australiaburns #drought #climatechange #onlythebeginning
  • Ah, flood time again. It's been a while. That's the main bridge in town. We've had unprecedented drought and fire, and now we're having our third flood in a week. It seems like it's been three years since we had the river full and the bridge temporarily closed. While the non-local media like to make a circus out of 'town cut in two', we are used to, and mostly well set up. We know the drill... Stock up on food beforehand. Power goes out. Prov runs out of condoms and beer (according to rumour). Neighbours come out and chat. Flood parties happen. When the rain stops we all walk down to oooh at the river and wave at people on south side...tradition 😂 It's really nice & cosy and caring and restful. I have a suspicion the regular floods are a large part of the reason the Bellingen community tends to pull together. We have to rely on each other and the river gives us frequent reminders. #bellingen #bellingenflood #flood #bellingerriver #community #natureincontrol #weonlyhaveeachother #rain
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    Ah, flood time again. It's been a while. That's the main bridge in town. We've had unprecedented drought and fire, and now we're having our third flood in a week. It seems like it's been three years since we had the river full and the bridge temporarily closed. While the non-local media like to make a circus out of 'town cut in two', we are used to, and mostly well set up. We know the drill... Stock up on food beforehand. Power goes out. Prov runs out of condoms and beer (according to rumour). Neighbours come out and chat. Flood parties happen. When the rain stops we all walk down to oooh at the river and wave at people on south side...tradition 😂 It's really nice & cosy and caring and restful. I have a suspicion the regular floods are a large part of the reason the Bellingen community tends to pull together. We have to rely on each other and the river gives us frequent reminders. #bellingen #bellingenflood #flood #bellingerriver #community #natureincontrol #weonlyhaveeachother #rain
  • Magnificent full moon last night with seemingly endless rain and the normally upright bamboo leaning almost to the ground, so loaded down with water. Full moon sketch. #fullmoon #bellingen #penandink #sketch #sketchbook #art #artist #rainyday #bamboo
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    Magnificent full moon last night with seemingly endless rain and the normally upright bamboo leaning almost to the ground, so loaded down with water. Full moon sketch. #fullmoon #bellingen #penandink #sketch #sketchbook #art #artist #rainyday #bamboo
  • Paddock tree. As important as a live tree. Unpacking, finally, from Camp Creative today. This is an absolute gem I painted during the week with master artist Terry Jarvis. Watercolour and ink. . #odetotrees #trees #paddocktrees #wildlifehabitat #homeforwildlife #campcreative #terryjarvisartist #watercolour #watercolor #watercolourpainting #watercolorpainting #inkdrawing #inkandwatercolour
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    Paddock tree. As important as a live tree. Unpacking, finally, from Camp Creative today. This is an absolute gem I painted during the week with master artist Terry Jarvis. Watercolour and ink. . #odetotrees #trees #paddocktrees #wildlifehabitat #homeforwildlife #campcreative #terryjarvisartist #watercolour #watercolor #watercolourpainting #watercolorpainting #inkdrawing #inkandwatercolour
  • How does an activist and artist spend a Friday evening? Some more props for our actions. #stopadani #artactivism #climateemergency #australiaburns #australianbushfires #climateaction #climatefires #flames #bellingen
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    How does an activist and artist spend a Friday evening? Some more props for our actions. #stopadani #artactivism #climateemergency #australiaburns #australianbushfires #climateaction #climatefires #flames #bellingen
  • A new year. Time to show the world you want action on our deteriorating climate? Join us 9-10am on Waterfall Way #bellingen near the high school car park / bottle return bank. What a weekend for it. Camp Creative is in town with 1000 campers plus families AND this Saturday is Bellingen market day. There will be plenty of passing traffic to remind that we the ordinary people want #climateaction and to #stopadani Friendly faces. Everyone welcome. Perfect if you've never joined an action before. No shouting or chanting. We stand as a presence with our signs calling for more jobs in renewables, a just transition for fossil fuel workers, stop Adani, no new coal, climate action, care for our earth - in English and Gumbaynggirr. We do this every month in 2020. Wear black/red. Bring your smoke mask, hat & water. We have plenty of signs to hold or BYO. Wildlife feeding info will be available too, if you'd like to help our burnt creatures. #climateactivist #australiaburns #bushfiresaustralia #silentvigil #climateemergency #renewableenergy #justtransition #nonewcoal #careforourearth
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    A new year. Time to show the world you want action on our deteriorating climate? Join us 9-10am on Waterfall Way #bellingen near the high school car park / bottle return bank. What a weekend for it. Camp Creative is in town with 1000 campers plus families AND this Saturday is Bellingen market day. There will be plenty of passing traffic to remind that we the ordinary people want #climateaction and to #stopadani Friendly faces. Everyone welcome. Perfect if you've never joined an action before. No shouting or chanting. We stand as a presence with our signs calling for more jobs in renewables, a just transition for fossil fuel workers, stop Adani, no new coal, climate action, care for our earth - in English and Gumbaynggirr. We do this every month in 2020. Wear black/red. Bring your smoke mask, hat & water. We have plenty of signs to hold or BYO. Wildlife feeding info will be available too, if you'd like to help our burnt creatures. #climateactivist #australiaburns #bushfiresaustralia #silentvigil #climateemergency #renewableenergy #justtransition #nonewcoal #careforourearth
  • The sweetness of an apple tree in full bloom on a gorgeous spring day. #odetotrees #appletree #springday #campcreative #watercolourpainting #watercolor #fullbloom #homeorchard #artwork
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    The sweetness of an apple tree in full bloom on a gorgeous spring day. #odetotrees #appletree #springday #campcreative #watercolourpainting #watercolor #fullbloom #homeorchard #artwork
  • After the full moon in January and August. It's time to plant potatoes, for this particular area. So we plant ~today~ as it's root planting time according to the moon gardening calender. It's expected to rain buckets over the next few days too. Hoping this will encourage the potatoes to grow but possibly they will just rot. Eeek. Experimenting with making harvesting easier by laying them on top of a thick layer of newspaper. In theory the paper pouch can be pulled up full of lovely new spuds and the paper can then add to the soil. Better than any plastic options like shade cloth or potatoe 'cages' and cheaper than buying bales of straw to grow them in. Hopefully an improvement on accidentally forking through the best new spuds snd managing to leave half of them in the ground 😆 #growpotatoes #growfood #backyardfarm #foodgarden #mooncalendar #moongardening #bellingen
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    After the full moon in January and August. It's time to plant potatoes, for this particular area. So we plant ~today~ as it's root planting time according to the moon gardening calender. It's expected to rain buckets over the next few days too. Hoping this will encourage the potatoes to grow but possibly they will just rot. Eeek. Experimenting with making harvesting easier by laying them on top of a thick layer of newspaper. In theory the paper pouch can be pulled up full of lovely new spuds and the paper can then add to the soil. Better than any plastic options like shade cloth or potatoe 'cages' and cheaper than buying bales of straw to grow them in. Hopefully an improvement on accidentally forking through the best new spuds snd managing to leave half of them in the ground 😆 #growpotatoes #growfood #backyardfarm #foodgarden #mooncalendar #moongardening #bellingen
  • Unexpectedly spending a week at Camp Creative, learning a whole new set of painting skills in the watercolour class with the masterful and mischievous Terry Jarvis. #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #watercolourpainting #campcreative #terryjarvisartist #painting #workshop #learningnewthings
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    Unexpectedly spending a week at Camp Creative, learning a whole new set of painting skills in the watercolour class with the masterful and mischievous Terry Jarvis. #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #watercolourpainting #campcreative #terryjarvisartist #painting #workshop #learningnewthings