International Women's Day 2022

 

2022 Theme: Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Thinking today of the Women of Ukraine

and their loved ones

How to Pronounce Kyiv

 



More information at CBC World News 

The Eden Project

For a brief respite from our Canadian winter, try a virtual visit to the Eden Project in Cornwall, England.

This first video is a 5-minute introduction to The Eden Project. The second is a longer leisurely walk-around with Shawn. For those interested, you can also go onto Google Maps street view and have your own virtual walk at The Eden Project.

 

For more information: The Eden Project

The Singing Ice

Ice is fascinating stuff. Our April day trips to the cottage every spring are enhanced by the beauty of the ice along the shoreline.

 

 

Ice can be noisy. We all know that. Ice cubes clunk in our glass, icicles drip from our eaves, and we weren't there to know for sure, but I'll bet ice made an enormous crash when it moved huge boulders and broke supporting boards under our dock at the cottage last spring, rendering the dock unusable until repair can be had (we're still waiting)

 

(These photos don't do justice to the crazy angle that dock has. Hard to walk on, impossible to sit on. Difficult for mooring or accessing a boat)

Ice at rest in a frozen lake makes other sounds, less well-known. 

Photo: Jonna Jinton

Jonna Jinton, a young Swedish woman jewelry-creator and artist also makes videos detailing her simple life in the wilderness. As a YouTuber, she has more than 4 million subscribers, all enthusiastic about her very special videos. Recently she won YouTube's 2021 Streamy Award for cinematography. I highly recommend her channel. Jonna Jinton. Also, you can find out more about her at Jonna Jinton Sweden.

Anyway, back to ice. Jonna has invested a lot of her time in collecting ice noise and editing it into yearly videos. This 10-hour video took days to upload to YouTube. (at this point I'm remembering the difficulty I had uploading the 3-4 minute videos of my 2018 hike. Apparently, you need a high-speed connection which, living in the country we don't have so I have no idea how Jonna manages)

I'm not suggesting anybody watch a 10-hour video, but you could taste a piece of it and as suggested, use it for meditation or for a sleep aid or even as background "music" for whatever activity you're engaged in. Also, it's just fascinating to hear the sounds of ice in situ. Reminds me of whale noises. Enjoy!

#StileCup2022

Part Photography Contest, part stile contest, hosted on Twitter by North West Stiles (@LakesStiles) All stiles located in the UK.

The winner was chosen by a vote of Twitter followers.

See if you have a favourite or can guess the winner.

Finalists were:

Holwick Scar

@JB10MILLION

Black Crag

@RobinJPickering

Shabby Stone Stile Creswell Crags

@tismenic70

Double Stiler

@webstermat

Scroll down a bit to see the winner.

Shabby Stone Stile Creswell Crags: @tismenic70

Pink Flower Heart

 

Kelly Gardner, a UK-based artist specializing in mixed-media collage and mosaic work. She collects and uses vintage objects, textiles and china and loves to evoke memories, fragments and residues of the past.

Follow her on Instagram or visit her Etsy shop to see more.