Author: janey pares edney

  • Birth of an exquisite beauty.

    Watch a monarch butterfly emerging from her chrysalis – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfyq4EGbtzk&t=5s This exquisite monarch butterfly transformed herself from a caterpillar in just 2 weeks!! Silently she slid from her chrysalis, wings crumpled and folded. Her fat abdomen pumped fluid into her wings which imperceptibly unfolded and expanded. Feeling her way into the world as a transformed…

  • Garden Jewellery – hanging by a gossamer thread.

    The wisdom of Gaia emerges from billions of years of Life – we are a part of this Life, but our behaviour does not appear to reflect this reality! This post is one example of the beauty and complexity and that we are surrounded by and I feel it is a salient reminder to us…

  • The Natural Phenomena Conference 2018

    The Natural Phenomena Conference 2018 ~ a nature education conference in the outdoors ~ Glenn and Janey are just back from presenting a workshop at this conference. It’s a fabulous venue just inland from the Tutukaka Coast, entirely outdoors and under canvas. Our workshop was about water – Water is Life and Life is Water.…