My working conditions

These are a few views that I get when looking up from my organic food gardening.

one tomatoe two tomato three tomato four

Marvell at the colours and shapes of some of the varities of tomato that they grow at Worton farm where I work. Tasty too!

Shimmey Rivers and Canal

'Shimmey rivers and canal' (a very polite band) arriaved to Oxford as the muddy themes, Cherwell and Isis rivers burst their banks. Their set followed some local band who were playing in their home town for the last time, it was like they were never going to leave... the stage. Finnaly Shimmey Rivers and Canal adorned the stage in their eight member power force of quite undescribable sounds, Rod on vocals cutting through and rattling your rib cage causing a tremmor into the heart, for lyrics go to their website and learn them for next time you can be a groupie.

Six of the band came to stay with me and Rob, and for a parting gift the next day they left me this beautiful plant, its a rose. Flowing off to their next gig in their six day tour.

Not weather for chicks

My brother and his familiy visited from New Zealand, arriaving at Evesham on Friday 20/07/07 they were met by the river avon bursting its banks and flooding surrounding villages. Stranded in the recteation centre they could not reach their farm stay barn accomadation. After a few hours wait farmer Giles came to save them on his truck.
Earlier the farmers wife discovered their chicks floating in deep water about to drown, she rescued them and was greatful that her deep freeze would be full this winterafter all..

Blog suspended due to survere rain

It was our turn last week to experiance much rain in Oxfordshire and surrounding counties.
Life on the organic farm has been difficult what with crops of onions getting mildew, fields under water and general exciting missions to save the greenhouses from being flooded. Such is the unpradictable nature of growing food in a wet climate.

I have a month of being muddy until I start my new job as Bicester Arts Officer. I am very proud to announce that I have gained a job on the career ladder which my wonderful B.A in Art set me up for a mere seven years ago. I will start up a new blogg for my job so you can all see my exciting art future I will be having with Cherwell district council.

No pictures of my own today

This is a picture taken by Lindi of her dog Olga, they live in North West America. Please will someone throw the stick!

sea blue

A fresh walk along the seaside to clear my head from wedding reception jollies. Showing Javi the sights of Brighton for when he stays there for a month. We walked everywhere and then up Southover street for Hanover day, a little fiesta for the people who walk up thoes steep hills every day. We ate very tasty Indian snack food from a stall and lay in the park for a well deserved rest.

forcast

At the evening wedding celebrations, I was in the right place at the right time when the bride threw the flowers.
I caught the baton/ torch of wedding supersticion.

all fancy in alfriston

7/7/07 was the day my friends Paul and cathrine got married at Alfriston church. Idealic setting which could be the image on a chocolate box, meeting old friends and and basking in the sunshine lucky day.

The vale of the white horse

An abstract chalk line cutting representing a horse is drawn in the side of the hill at Uffington.
The day I visited someone had placed a single rose in the circle spot that is the horses eye.

Vale of the white horse
There is a ridgeway that you can walk for 30 miles from Uffington to Reading...
Hello to all you people inReading lets meet in the middle.

I have got a job

I have a job at Worton farm, early starts for me and I will be a proud owner of my first pair of wellington boots. (Worton farm) click on the highlited text for a few pictures of the farm and my supervisor Dave.

wandering view

My construction course isnt feeling so constuctive, when we ask our tutor if we will be covering an aspect of carpentry or playing with a certain power tool he says 'havent got time for that' and then we go home early every day.... with lack of things to do.

Cowley road Carnival

Sarah dancing samba, bringing glamour to the street.

Cowley road Carnival

Some fun and inventive eco friendly carnival floats. My favorite was the bycicle incets with automated moveble legs.

Visits

A brave troop of non-wellie wearing explorers on a river walk after months of rain. Where we litteraly did stick to the path.