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I had a nice surprise today when I went to water my tomato plants: a huge cicada was hanging out on one of them. This is the first time that I’ve ever seen one, even though I hear their electrical sounds all of the time. I even took a short video of it right before it took off. I really felt as if my garden was set in France, with all of the lavender and the cicada, of course. Here’s a few pics:
Here’s my cicada video
I’ll be taking a few years off from teaching at the Native Learning Centre in Toronto (trying for a baby) and here is a great project that took place in 2006. The students made short films and this one got raves from everyone. It’s a satire of America’s Next Top Model done “Nishnawbe” style! Enjoy!
Well, here is a new attempt at a blog even though I’m not good at this. I’ll try putting it into my real website. Basically, people need to realize that planting green things will improve our situation. People, especially young people, do not spend enough time outside. They’re sitting in front of the TV or computer for too long. My students don’t even know how to figure out which way is East, South, West or North. I see more and more young people throwing garbage onto the ground as they walk outside, or out of the door of a car. My students even leave almost full plates of their leftover lunches on the floor at their own school. This attitude definitely sucks. I’m hoping to start a green-project at the school and turn some of the students on to how gardening connects you to the world you live in. It really balances people out. Anyway, so much for that. Here’s Le Petit Prince trying to heal his world with his beautiful roses!
