tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post8295520277503087300..comments2024-03-28T11:14:24.118-07:00Comments on Chicken Blog: Outside, Over HereNatalie, the Chickenbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-1181420138488205472011-02-23T02:47:40.403-08:002011-02-23T02:47:40.403-08:00They are all gone!
We've had such a wonderful ...They are all gone!<br />We've had such a wonderful series of storms, and now our art has vanished. I came home with more plants to add to the garden, and I think Maria and I will be coloring the sidewalks again too. It's fun. Now I am tempted to delibertly pre-soak the chalk!<br />Jennifer, I share your thoughts, and it comes around to the observation Flartus makes about the *quality* of programming available too. I do wish there were greater expectations of all our media, not just NPR... it makes me ill and sad to see all the money and attention generated by *Funniest American Idol Housewives of the Reality Shore.* And poor Canada! Isn't it crazy what lengths we go to for the travel *needs* of a couple of honeymooners? Waste, waste, waste.<br />Chalk and flowers! I need art therapy!Natalie, the Chickenbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-71150068331452357232011-02-22T21:49:56.394-08:002011-02-22T21:49:56.394-08:00That sidewalk art was a perfect collaboration!That sidewalk art was a perfect collaboration!Oiyihttp://www.oiyi.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-20083560753096031102011-02-22T05:09:44.178-08:002011-02-22T05:09:44.178-08:00Chalk artist... I need to reacquaint myself with s...Chalk artist... I need to reacquaint myself with sidewalk chalk! LOVE those sidewalk sketches! Viola... the smiling faces of viols and pansies make a heart happy. :o) But I am sad over the NPR business, profoundly sad. I grew up on NPR, and living abroad I still tune in via net radio... It breaks my heart that slowly it is being eroded. For all the costs of war alone, think of how much it could all go towards public radio & TV! :o( Thanks for speaking out about this important, burning issue, Natalie ((HUGS))Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179096002434748927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-19474430184612100282011-02-21T22:14:42.544-08:002011-02-21T22:14:42.544-08:00Wonderful chalk art!! And those are such lovely ap...Wonderful chalk art!! And those are such lovely apple blossoms and violas! I tried to grow an apple tree from seed once but it only produce little tiny apples.Tiglizzyclonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09113168498899371575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-47942174567907259942011-02-21T13:42:21.611-08:002011-02-21T13:42:21.611-08:00It was as though I could feel, smell the air in yo...It was as though I could feel, smell the air in your garden; it was a post that brought me straight there, to you.<br /><br />I too am disheartened and angry over the whole PBS and NPR situation. But there's also this part of me that shakes my head and wonders why this kind of programming isn't produced commercially -- what I mean is, since there is so clearly a market for these tv and radio shows, and since it's a pretty favorable market (demographically) to reach, why aren't there any of the well-funded, highly functioning private companies doing this kind of work? Why does it take public funding of government programs to produce the good stuff? Do you know what I mean? I'm not remotely against the public, the government funding of it -- I just don't get why it seems to be the only avenue to quality.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383220573177416855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-9487624461753619012011-02-21T07:19:02.989-08:002011-02-21T07:19:02.989-08:00You are an artist! I see where your kids get thei...You are an artist! I see where your kids get their talents. (Ok, maybe Geoff had something to do with it, too.)<br /><br />From my experience, it is impossible to plant enough peas. Impossible. But always worth trying to achieve.<br /><br />NPR and PBS have always been part of my life. But so many Americans' lives are circumscribed by the search for material gain--trips to the mall, how much can I get for $5? (regardless of quality), how big a car can I afford?, who's winning at American Idol?--that creativity, analysis and altruism aren't even in their universe. What has happened to our greater spirit, of looking beyond ourselves, of thinking of the distant future?<br /><br />Oh my, I've just depressed myself. I think I'll go gaze at your violas for a while!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081652747471904560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-5962347034557226742011-02-21T05:22:06.720-08:002011-02-21T05:22:06.720-08:00Amen, sista!Amen, sista!judy in kyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810068743975026564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-69888606006788818872011-02-20T17:02:45.254-08:002011-02-20T17:02:45.254-08:00I'm with you all the way. We have similar issu...I'm with you all the way. We have similar issues here. For example, why should we be paying millions of dollars for a post-wedding-of-the-century visit from Kate and William this summer, when funding for education across the country keeps getting cut back? I think if everyone was responsible for keeping some violas, or some peas, or a chicken alive, our collective view of the world would be different, and the world would be a better place.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04500606532723836054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-29397720811685912572011-02-20T11:00:00.660-08:002011-02-20T11:00:00.660-08:00You have no idea how much I agree with what you ha...You have no idea how much I agree with what you have to say in the part about NPR and so on.<br />And again i love your drawings on the pavement, it's like doing a artwork in the sand knowing in a short time it all will be gone and you can not be attached to it at all.testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732376143093638591noreply@blogger.com