Most of you who have swung past here regularly know that
I live on a farm...
a family farm.....
and, just like my farming man,
generations of my family have farmed right here in the Bega Valley...
(yup - that's mini me with my daddio and 2 grandfathers - here at sams creek in the 1960s)
so I was choffed to read that 2014 has been declared by the UN as
the International Year of Family Farming
and the timing for me couldn't be more perfect
on Christmas Eve I received notice that I officially passed my MFA
(phew!)
although I'll be keeping on keeping on 'making stuff' in the studio
I promised myself and the family that this year was going to be our year of
Family and Farm
sooooo this New Years day
I'm not issuing my traditional list of things I hope to get up to in 2014
(I'm still trying to get around to learning to bake bread....
something that's been on my 'to-do' lists for over a decade now!!!)
rather throughout the year I'll slowly tell you all about
some of the exciting projects that I'm involved in
that also involve
Family and Farm
(and family farming!)
I live on a farm...
a family farm.....
and, just like my farming man,
generations of my family have farmed right here in the Bega Valley...
(yup - that's mini me with my daddio and 2 grandfathers - here at sams creek in the 1960s)
so I was choffed to read that 2014 has been declared by the UN as
the International Year of Family Farming
and the timing for me couldn't be more perfect
on Christmas Eve I received notice that I officially passed my MFA
(phew!)
although I'll be keeping on keeping on 'making stuff' in the studio
I promised myself and the family that this year was going to be our year of
Family and Farm
sooooo this New Years day
I'm not issuing my traditional list of things I hope to get up to in 2014
(I'm still trying to get around to learning to bake bread....
something that's been on my 'to-do' lists for over a decade now!!!)
rather throughout the year I'll slowly tell you all about
some of the exciting projects that I'm involved in
that also involve
Family and Farm
(and family farming!)
and
Australian Permaculture Magazine
and
some special creek restoration projects
(and an even more exciting wildlife corridor project
that I hope the family farms will be involved in)
and
other farm/garden happenings
and
oh, ok, you KNOW there will be arty bits....
lots of arty bits...
(you *know* how artists are!)
BUT
this year I'm hoping to spend more time with my fingers in farm dirt
than I do in the digital realm
(hmmmm that sounds suspiciously like a new years resolution...)
Today I'm bringing in the New Year
with a nice long walk around the family farm
Happy New Year ya'll!
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