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| Roy and family will be out walking among the wild flowers, which is wonderful, but sadly he will be with us on Saturday. |
This apology for not attending
Saturday’s gathering Beneath the Wisteria
is so good, I felt it should be shared with all BtW supporters.
It
is from Shepparton landscape gardener, Roy Roberts. It’s worth reading.
Thank-you
Roy, your apology is accepted.
Hi Robert,
My apologies in advance
for missing the BtW meeting this Saturday.
Not much of an excuse
perhaps, but I am off walking through the wild flowers with my family for a few
days while spring is here. It is a beautiful spring this year and it always
amazes me how few people I see out enjoying it. It is worth the time to stop
and smell the chocolate lilies and admire the carpets of orange Grevilleas and
yellow Wattles. If people don’t understand nature, the power and the beauty and
that we are a part of it, how can we expect the population to understand that
we need to respect and work with it?
We are at a magic moment
in time where we are able to use our technology and intelligence and knowledge
to carve out a new way of living with nature. A partnership that respects and
cares for the world that feeds us whilst avoiding the hardship that was
the reality in years gone by.
Where is our education
system when children can grow up not knowing that trees grow and that chickens
lay eggs? These are real examples strange and true from two people I have
spoken to in the last few months. There is no comfort that people can read and
write when leaving school when they haven’t learned the basics. Perhaps we
should add a fourth ‘R’ to our education demands- ‘Reality’.
Regards
Roy
