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| Handknit sock (hand-dyed yarn by NeedleFood, a New Zealand supplier that closed after the Christ Church earthquakes) |
Winter is here. The temperature fell
below 10C (below 50F) this morning. We do like sitting in front of
the fireplace on these clear, cold mornings. We've unpacked our
handknitted socks and fingerless gloves. Grevilleas bloom outside the
kitchen window and currawongs claim the nearby birdbath. The
currawong tribe has brought young ones and several times a day the
air is filled with their melodious songs as they forage in the area.
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| Grevillea superb |
We are spending tomorrow with the twins
and their mum. I have finished knitting one sample sock and shall try
the sock on each of the two grandsons. Surely, it will fit one of
them! Of course, that's just the beginning of this knitting project.
I am also ready to wind a warp for my next weaving project.
Is it today's lunar eclipse or the
transit of Venus across the Sun that has stimulated this wave of
creativity?
Captain Cook sailed to Tahiti to record a transit of Venus across the Sun in 1769. The data collected
helped navigators determine longitude more precisely. Cook sailed on
and “discovered” Australia in 1770, on the same voyage. The
British declaration of this new land as “terra nullius” - or land
belonging to no one – continued to characterise Australian law
with regards to land and title and was only overturned by the High
Court of Australia twenty years ago (3 June 1992) in a case that made
the name Mabo familiar to every Australian. Eddie Mabo, a Torres
Strait Islander, campaigned for indigenous land rights and played a
remarkable role in helping achieve that landmark Mabo decision twenty
years ago.
So ends today's lesson....
Post by M in JaM
photos by JaM
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