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I don’t know if it’s Spring or what, but it seems like all the blogs I subscribe to have recently been full of delicious gems that I feel I must pass on. In the style of Susie’s amazing Probably Something You Would Like posts<\/a>, here are my round-ups of what I’m enjoying at the moment around the Internet.<\/p>\n

Sound Links<\/p>\n

The London Sound Survey<\/a> have some beautiful April recordings of all the seasonal bird doings. I was especially excited about a recording made in Lewisham; it’s quite near to where I grew up and the suburban sound of great tits and blackbirds – although ubiquitous at the moment – is one I never tire of hearing. Check out that recording and many more, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speechification, a journey South<\/a>. Alice<\/a> sent me this link and after getting hooked on the first few moments, I am saving up the whole recording for tonight’s bedtime story. I will also probably spend some time perusing the delicious archives of the Touch Radio Blog<\/a>, which looks to be full of beautifully crafted podcasts by Chris Watson and Co.<\/p>\n

Ace.<\/p>\n

It was also great to find this recording of Florida Palm Trees<\/a> over on Margaret Noble’s Sound is Art blog. ‘Swaying Palms’ is one of the Gentle Fire sounds which I developed by processing the sound of Mark’s chainsaw; it is amazing to hear how real palm trees really<\/em> sound and this recording is lovely. I think it was made by Michael Raphael<\/a> whose blog<\/a> is one of the best.<\/p>\n

I was also excited to read this article about the renaissance of the cassette tape<\/a>; this time last year was spent knee-deep in cassettenalia while I prepared TAPE; one of the podcasts for The Domestic Soundscape Cut and Splice series and I enjoyed this article, refreshing the interest in tape for 2010.<\/p>\n

Animal Links<\/p>\n

Lately there has been a spree of amazing animal posts around the Internet.<\/p>\n

I loved this post<\/a> on Devon Fine Fibres about a Bowmont Braf Wether called Cuthbert<\/a>. All my favourite shepherding blogs are full of bittersweet joyous\/sad lambing news at the moment and I love reading about all the news from the fiber farms, but there is something especially funny and moving about this post in particular.<\/p>\n

I do like it when people write about the bond they experience with their animals and I was reminded while reading about Cuthbert of a lovely post a few months ago on Barbara Parry’s blog, about her Llama, Crackerjack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I also very much enjoyed Deb Robson’s discussion of different kinds of fibres and the importance of preserving rare breed fibre animals<\/a>, over on The Independent Stitch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Relatedly, I was very sad to read recently that Mudchute Farm have lost some of their sponsorship<\/a>, which has made it hard for them to continue the work they do there with rarebreed animals. I think Mudchute is one of the most important projects happening in London today and I am considering sponsoring a sheep<\/a> or making a regular donation if I can work out the fundage. City farms are incredible; they help to bridge gaps in knowledge about where food comes from, they provide a very necessary oasis away from the madness, they keep urban spaces green, and they provide vital education.<\/p>\n

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Mudchute farm; Llamas, Oxford Down sheep and Whitefaced Woodland sheep.<\/p>\n

In related sheep news, I was delighted to read this article<\/a> about a head teacher being reinstated, after having earlier resigned from her position following death threats and abuse. The reason Andrea Charman received such abuse was that she allowed the school’s lamb to be slaughtered, and the resultant chops to be auctioned off so that the school could buy more farm animals. The article explains the whole situation really well; I was just glad that Charman is back in her job and that people are recognising how valuable it is for us to actually explore where our meat comes from.<\/p>\n

In other ovine news I was excited (whilst researching the ultimate Nordic knitting voyage of my dreams) to discover the existence of a historic document entitled The Sheep Letter<\/a>, which was a document drawn up in the Faroe Islands in 1298. The sheep letter concerns the importance of sheep and rules for sheep breeding in the Faroe Islands.<\/p>\n

My final favourite animal link is the wonderful Mousehunt<\/a> detailed over on Rattling On<\/a>, a wonderful Blog I’ve recently found via Colleen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Appreciating the Everyday links<\/p>\n

Mundane Appreciation are working on a supermarket\/food project at the moment which looks very exciting; I love this Mundane Appreciation video<\/a> concerning Supermarket shopping habits and enjoyed reading through their Food<\/a> questionnaire.<\/p>\n

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I Go To The Supermarket<\/a> from Mundane Appreciation<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On a slightly different note, I enjoyed very much the celebratory nature of The Knitting Goddess’ Printer Ink yarn colourway<\/a>. The Cyan, Magenta and Process Yellow that make up printer ink rarely get to shine and I really liked the idea for using something so everyday and office\/domestic as the basis for a colourway.<\/p>\n

Colleen<\/a> also alerted me to Oliver Burkeman’s amazing article on To-Do lists<\/a>; this was especially pertinent when I read it a few days ago, but we always need further information on To-Do lists and I did enjoy reading this immensely.<\/p>\n

That wraps up the linkage for today, numbers and knitting next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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