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Don't mow, just grow, dammit! #WildDS106

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If you ever spent a Long Weekend In Alice Springs  you'd notice some lawns that have the sign 'Don't Mow' posted. This instructs the over-zealous council people to skip that lawn. These lawns are interesting, scruffy, colourful and easier to keep than the manicured green patches. Destroying wildflowers can get people riled-up! In the desert, water is the thing! The soil is great but red sand is pervasive and grass soon turns to dust ponds without moisture. However, you can walk along the many trails and see wildflowers and a wide variety of plants (if the Buffel grasses have been removed or kept in check). I don't have anything against weeds but they sure block the wildflowers and diversity. There are a group of volunteers that clear the buffel at the end of the house blocks. The wildflowers are stunning. How do I combobulate? Joining in # ReclaimOpen2025 is a joy! It is connecting me to the DS106 Daily Create ed and tech folks I haven't seen for aw...

One thing leads to another

Visibility of process is part of my open practice. In this writing I share the process of learning, sharing and creating with the #DS106 Daily Create. It starts with a creative prompt a DS106 daily prompt  https://daily.ds106.us/tdc5042/ can I respond to a previous prompt – a lonely prompt leading me down the search path: Find TDCs but I need to weed out, set boundaries, find – to find a lonely one from over 3,000 prompts I search November 2015 now I have 30 create prompts to pick from I find it... #tdc1409 Question your teaspoons has three lonely responses that piques my curiosity I read the original prompt I find the writings by Perec  (1973) I keep reading adding a new word to my vocabulary Infra-Ordinary I question my lovely teaspoon handle holds childhood memories  posting the story on Mastodon I do not wait for a like or response my teaspoon video sits happy proud of it's place amongst many others on the tube of us. https://youtu.be/WwVXlRrqkYU?si=Fo4pBsw0UpvngNCi

prisons of light

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Raindrops come rushing towards my windscreen Leaving small gaps to view the road Prisons of light splattered  On glass canvas https://daily.ds106.us/tdc5026/ Daily Create for #DS106

Trees talk and sing

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From the root Eb major encased in wooden slats framed by golden walls rising quickly to Dorian mode this tree is determined to push the boundaries  with Gb sensitive architecture bending a D flat in straight lines, around the curves  embracing the sky Scale references: Eb Major and Dorian mode scale Eb F GB Ab Bb C Db Eb

Reclaim open 2025

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  Revitalising this blog for Reclaim Open 2025 conference. Great graphics from @Visual Thinkery. This image takes me back to my IT work after University. so many different connectors to understand. I could be found in the basement crimping cables, appreciating their colours and functions. I look forward to making new connections but appreciate the familiar connections that have bought me to work with some #DS106 and #CLMOOC folk. Look forward to it! #WildDS106

Shape of my story

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  Where do we start? How can I return? Except the day guides me across the border of dawn. Wendy Taleo, 2021 Reference: https://walkmy.world/start-walking/walk2021/le4/