Iconography

Australian Aboriginal symbols and their meanings.
I have always been interested in alphabets, symbols, and icons.
There are similarities and differences when you scan the pictograms from all over the world. It is so fascinating to me. A link to understanding how we might think and experience while we translate what we see 3 dimensionally into a sign.

Bunny and sheep feed

Went out for a first look around the garden since the snow and ice melted after the Big Thaw which followed the Big Freeze three or four weeks earlier.
LONG WINTER FOR THE UK!
I was heartbroken to find that not only had the sheep neighbours munched on my recently planted scots pine, holly, rhododendron (which I thought was poisonous), but the bunny had cleaned off everything else that was green! Parsley, roses, shoots, digging up bulbs etc.
I totally understand that in the shock of the all white world with no food what else to do than eat then Pamelas greenery situation, the bunny and sheep were in survival mode.
All I can do is to start over, planting more and protecting them better.
It is a huge learning curve this gardening in fell country. Wish me luck and perseverance with a lot of patience too.

The Water Table

The Water Table the latest poetry collection from Philip Gross won the TS Eliot Prize 2009. Congratulations Philip! Well done.
The TS Eliot Prize is one of the big poetry prizes in Britain. Valerie Eliot herself hands over the cheque on prizegiving night and has supported the prize since 1993.
I am so very happy for Philip Gross, a wonderful poet and lovely man. He has a combination of humour, warmth and a sharp intelligence in his demeanour which I very much appreciate.
If you have not read the book I can of course recommend it!