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September 18, 2026

le dimanche on tondait la pelouse

Gordon Parks, Untitled, Fort Scott, Kansas, 1950
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Purslanes open during the day, usually after I leave home and close before I get home 🙄
It would be great if I can make it home in time today 😊

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Pop up Pig

Spice - the pregnant pig.

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 ZwavelGardens – COnce I had the beds I wanted dug into the ground, I stated making planting boxes, yes, with pallets. My small “greenhouse” box was for planting seeds pallet and shade clothe. Then a big shade clothe box I planned, and did, plant Strawberries in, with the rock wall for the fruit to lie on. You know why they are called STRAWberries don’t you? If the fruit lies on the ground it goes vrot, so the traditional way is to put straw down under the fruit. Rock wall worked just as well!My first tomatoes came up while I was busy with all this and had one lonely chilli . The tomato seed were from France, the artist here have a commune that side, and one brought seeds. Then for fun, grew purple cauliflowers.As the place where I am is up for sale…Gypsy on the Move?

As explained in the link above, I will post, a series of what would be my OLD MAN’s CV.

This is a garden I started from scratch at an Artist’s Studio, Zwavelpoort, Pretoria East. As you see it was just a piece of Veld. As usual I did not have anyone help me, each spade of sand, each rock I carried myself. The photos in the ensuing series…

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Man at work

St John's, Newfoundland, Canada (Not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)

August 2025

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My OLD MAN’s CV – Zwavelpoort-BAs the place where I am is up for sale…Gypsy on the Move?

As explained in the link above, I will post, a series of what would be my OLD MAN’s CV.

This is a garden I started from scratch at an Artist’s Studio, Zwavelpoort, Pretoria East. As you see it was just a piece of Veld. As usual I did not have anyone help me, each spade of sand, each rock I carried myself. The photos in the ensuing series…

After getting a few beds well prepped I start planting a few things. Radish are the best for a quick crop. Then depending on the season a few other veggies that are “in season” Usually I plant from seed that I get out… the dustbin of where I am. People throw away a lot of food and even more seeds. My next mission is to get the kitchen staff to trow all veggie cuttings and peels in a container. Potato peels I found to be no good. Too much starch .. I think.

And as I said a Veggie Garden does not have to be ugly, or even untidy. Those pots with succulents? Waste from the Artist Bronze Foundry, crucibles for melting metal that are burned out. Heavy and durable. Then I am always glad to see little animals like Geckos in my gardens. They also eat Goggas, as I do not use ANY poisons , insects are a concern. But there are ways to deal with that, and the wild animals that raided her, monkey and Duiker were the problem with  larger animals. The biggest problem was with Blowfly and any Squash type veggies. I found out , years later, that the Blowfly are invader species mainly, spoke to a conservation guy in St Lucia, he was hanging up traps, similar to one that a Gardening Club sent me here! Did not work! But. As we go along I will tell you what I did and how my crop was just too much for the place. I was eventually swapping veggies for biltong with a neighbor. Now that was a good trade!!!!

More about all this tomorrow…..

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My OLD MAN’s CV – Uitkyk BAs the place where I am is up for sale…Gypsy on the Move?

As explained in the link above, I will post, a series of what would be my OLD MAN’s CV.

The Bottle Cottage

Thought we could take a look at the PALLETS part of this building today.

When collection bottles in Nelspruit I saw at the Glass place, they had pallets for free. Then big bins of glass off cuts.  I can use this!

 Long ago I met a chap that made Damp Proofing with Polystyrene, as you may well know that stuff is terrible for the ecology, just does NOT break down and go away. Recycling for something to become yet another piece of junk to be tossed in a landfill is…. Moronic. By dissolving Polystyrene into a chemical called Xylene until is get you get a thick liquid, that you then “paint” onto your problem wall. The , I called it Polyxylene here, is basically liquid plastic, when applied it soaks into the wall and sets in a very thin plastic … sheet? Inside the wall. Ok. I would need that but thought about what I had on hand. Pallets, glass and Polyxylene.

Now if I dissolved enough Polystyrene I could make a thick glue. Then use the big off cuts to put in the gaps of the pallets. Used silicone to attach the glass, coated that with thick Polyxylene, cruche different coloured glass into small pieces and glued them on. The thick Polyxylene takes a long time to dry, two days even in the hot Bushveld. But. Had other ideas for the Pallet Panels.

In the shed at VeloGecko was a lot of Roof Waterproofing cans of paint and those strips of clothe one puts down then paints over. This would protect the rather poor wood pallets are made of. As you see by the photos I did a few variations of these ideas, and the end result…….

Any donations to keep the wolf at bay till I find work will be appreciated GREATLY!

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Gypsy on the move?Spring. Time of change, a good time and good changes. Well I HAVE to believe that right now. Last Sunday I was informed that GOA is going on the market and I must find alternative arrangements, for work and to stay. I know EXACTLY what I want to do with the last few years of my life, and to that end I am attempting to make a decent CV. I want to get out of been so much cyberspace firstly. Then I NEED to grow stuff and make gardens like at Zwavelpoort. I also would like to build real things with wood, not make photos of things, make some. I did put some feelers out and will start this week looking at these “organic” farms. Hope to find one in the Bush here, where I belong. Also an extra pair of …. trained eyes about the place will help with security. Well, wish me luck….

Will get my photos of all the gardens I have made over the years, from Maputo to Cape Town!!!

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I've stumbled across an interesting article today which focuses on the concept of 'Engineering Theatre' - which could be basically summarised as what happens when you pretend you're doing something without actually doing anything.

The writer tries to trace it back to some kind of AI-sloppery but anyone who's old enough and had the "pleasure" of working in certain "big" environments - especially in the public sector - may actually find a lot of common ground.

So maybe the problem is not intelligence (real or artificial, it doesn't matter) them, but just some sane understanding of what are the purpose and the value of our work to ourselves and to others.

Are you just being paid to keep yourself busy the whole day, or are you actually trying to achieve something?

I know, I know, I can already hear the chorus of people complaining that by performing too much you're actually just making the company fatter instead of proving your value. I get that, fair observation, but maybe in the end the real point is that if the company is only getting empty work, then it's perfectly logical from its point of view to get it somewhere else, from something that doesn't sleep, works 7 days a week, doesn't complain and never strikes.

So, less engineering theatre, more (useful) work.

https://www.elliotcsmith.com/engineering-theatre/

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#manufacturemonday

Shot on:

• Sony a6000

• Yongnuo 16mm f/1.8

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Shot on:

• Sony a6000

• Yongnuo 16mm f/1.8

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Over the coming weeks, I will weave in and out of the deep past. I will share some of my recent work, as well as some of my much older work. Let's see how it all goes.
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what it took

dreaming… a random bit

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medicine buddha mantra: Tayata Om Bekandze Bekandze Maha Bekandze Radza Samudgate Soha

health, wealth, and prosperity: Om Vasudhare Svaha

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Over the coming weeks, I will weave in and out of the deep past. I will share some of my recent work, as well as some of my much older work. Let's see how it all goes.
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