Merle, Good on ya girl!
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  right billllll > > ...so here we go..want the short or the long version?... > >  4 acres of damaged earth here on this mountain top in may 1969... with a > small pocket of half an acre of rainforest...... > >  1978..commencement of the garden of paradise... >  australian natives encouraging and nurturing re forestation of original > forest  planting european and chinese exotics > including the construction of 4 small ponds and a billabong... >  plus 30  clumping varieties of bamboos... > >  there you have it home to now: > earthworms, snails, frogs, gold fish, lizards, black snakes, pythons, > wallabies, possums, flying foxes, ring tail possums, rats, mice, funnel web > spiders, trap door spiders, pigeons, bellbirds, kookaburras, parrots, > cockatoos, finches, sparrows, ibis, european blackbirds, bower birds, to name > but a few... > >  orange trees..including the seville orange tree ( my marmalade tree) > apricots plums, chinese gooseberry vine, chocko vine, peaches,  lemon tree, > lime tree... > > kafir lime, vietnamese mint, thyme, rosemary, tarragon, coriander, parsley, >  sage, etc. > the garden won the in 2009 the grand champion spring garden of the hawkesbury > district... > > from nothing sprung  a labour of love to transform , nourish and care for > this patch of earth to create beauty and dare i add truth... > > a zen approach to the doing, a zen to the making, a zen to the enjoying, a > zen garden of beauty, tranquility and peace >  > 2003 saw the neighbours from hell destroy the top part of the rainforest( > which was  their's to cherish and nurture) to make way for their now weed > collection... > and low and behold our section of the rainforest was open to the light hence > weeds ..and destruction.. > spent in vain an arm and a leg getting legal advice... >  pooh to that..bloody lawyers..all they are interested in is the > dollar..well this weasel was... the dollar and deceitful as the devil! > >  right NOW billllll....... tell me i have done nothing! > > tell me i do not care? > I care alright... > > i weep tears of blood at what is occurring as i type to the paradise that was > once this planet earth > >  the garden of eden >  paradise lost! >  may there be enough folk amongst us that do care > >  merle > > Merle, > > I know you care, but what are YOU doing about it besides POSTING A BUNCH OF > POSTS IN ALL CAPS? > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > àbecause it is falling in BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i actually > > care!...merle > > à> > Merle, > > > > Why are you running around crying 'the sky is falling', and what do you > > propose WE do about it? > > > > And more to the point, what are YOU doing about it? > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill!..you are lagging behind..lovely the unspoilt beaches... there are > > > very few of those...the unspoilt is being destroyed..you know that!..so > > > why are you pretending that all is well?..merle > > > > > > > > > Ãâà> > > Joe, > > > > > > I never said that I thought everything should just stay as it is. It > > > won't. That's all part of impermanence. And...I believe the urge of > > > Merle and you and anyone else to 'make things better' is natural too. > > > > > > What I bristle at is people trying to use labels such as 'unnatural' or > > > 'interfering with nature' as a reason to justify their environmental > > > (especially if conservationist) agenda. > > > > > > I look at beaches and see that I like sparsely populated beaches better > > > than those littered with condos, but I don't label the condos as > > > 'unnatural' nor their developers as 'interfering with nature'. > > > > > > I just say I like the uncluttered beaches better. They are more pleasing > > > to me. Why should I have to say more or try to justify that further? > > > > > > ...Bill! > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Bill!, > > > > > > > > I know that you are. And I don't disagree. > > > > > > > > But don't give yourself airs. You're not arguing at all, Bill. > > > > > > > > You just seem to passively accept them. I'm not sure that that is > > > > natural. It seems self-defeating, not Nature's way. > > > > > > > > We can naturally step in, step up, and do a hell of a lot better for > > > > Nature (ourselves). It's only natural that we should want to do so. > > > > And we will. Even if you benefit. > > > > > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > > > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Mike and Joe and maybe even Merle, > > > > > > > > > > I'm not arguing that all these things are not happening. I'm only > > > > > arguing that all these things are natural activities. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! 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