Sandra Dodd, this made me think about you. I'm picking spinach, oranges and many different herbs in my mother in law garden with one of "those cars" that I forgot the name.Nice photo of the supports around the wheel. Picking spinach and oranges in the same place is amazing, to someone from New Mexico. :-)
When we learned how to ride a bike, we thought that first way that we learned was the only way that a bike could be ridden. There was just no other way. Having ridden over 10,000 miles of roads and over 50 bike trails in the past six years, I can tell you that my initial experience on a bike was nothing like I've had as an adult. As with my cycling, I've realized there is more than one way to live our lives. Living life based upon principles is a better way for me than living by rules. It's more honest, respectful, truthful, and makes much more sense. Principles have allowed me to figure out that music is a journey and not a destination that ends when I reached a certain age. Principles have allowed me to realize that riding a bike is a means and not an end. Principles have allowed me to think further about better ways to parent than using someone else's rules. Principles, in short, do not limit me the way that rules once did.
SandraDodd.com/benrules
When I was a little boy, I lived by myself,
And all the bread and cheese I got I put upon a shelf;
The rats and the mice, they made such a strife,
I was forced to go to London to buy me a wife.
The streets were so broad, and the lanes were so narrow,
I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheelbarrow;
The wheelbarrow broke, and my wife had a fall,
And down came the wheelbarrow, wife and all.
Magda Sayeg es una joven artista americana que descubrió en el tejido el placer de crear arte. Su movimiento llamado “La Guerrilla del Tejido” ya tuvo varios ataques alrededor del mundo, como México, China, Australia (Sidney y Canberra) Italia (Venecia y Milán), Suecia, Holanda, Alemania, Francia, Inglaterra.
The inscription above the door is from Proverbs 20:1, which reads: “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” In front of an inn, a hopelessly inebriated young woman is being helped into a wheelbarrow. Although the woman’s low-cut dress and red stockings mark her as a prostitute, her rich and exquisitely delineated clothing indicate a more privileged status. Jan Steen subtly conveys the message that not only are those of superior position as susceptible as the lowly to the sins of drink, but that their disgrace is perhaps more pitiable because of the distance they have fallen.
I haven't found any real wheelbarrows, Sandra, but I did find this model one.
And this one illustrated on a wall. Unfortunately there was a poster in the way on the bottom right. I'll still keep my eyes peeled for the real thing.
(Links changed, but I've brought images from the Wayback Machine.)
Tony Robinson has a new series of humorous history books for kids. They're quite British and some of the jokes and references don't translate to American English or culture, but I got a set for Marty and for me. Marty knew about this story. 
The campaign produced three major petitions in 1891, 1892 and 1893. The 1893 petition with 31,872 signatures was the largest ever gathered in Australasia.
http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Places/Memorials/KateSheppard/
Wheelbarrows carry more goods from place to place using less force than a person could carry them. In fact, a person would have to make several trips to carry the items by hand. With the help of the wheelbarrow's two simple machines---the lever and the wheel and axle---people can save time during the process of hauling.I think there might be more to mention in the way of ergonomics, and in traditional details that create more functionality than is at first apparent.
The contemporary design is similar to the Ancient Chinese vehicle, except it uses straight boards and a car tyre.
The machine and the men pushing it are both called "roboteiros".
I found an explanation on a page on sustainable transportation, that defends the design.The Chinese WheelbarrowFor being such a seemingly ordinary vehicle, the wheelbarrow has a surprisingly exciting history. This is especially true in the East, where it became a universal means of transportation for both passengers and goods, even over long distances. The Chinese wheelbarrow - which was driven by human labour, beasts of burden and wind power - was of a different design than its European counterpart. By placing a large wheel in the middle of the vehicle instead of a smaller wheel in front, one could easily carry three to six times as much weight than if using a European wheelbarrow. |
Compared to a two-wheeled cart or a four-wheeled wagon, a wheelbarrow was much cheaper to build because wheel construction was a labour-intensive job. Although the wheelbarrow required a road, a very narrow path (about as wide as the wheel) sufficed, and it could be bumpy. The two handles gave an intimacy of control that made the wheelbarrow very manoeuvrable.There are two versions of the longer article, and each has a few photos the other doesn't have:
Funny—Kai saw the picture of the sand-barrow in your blog while I was looking at it, and asked if I could put the sand back in it! It's the first nice day of Spring, so I hosed it down (we'd been using it to haul firewood!) and patched up its holes, and put the sand back in. He played out there for hours—but he's so tall now, he has to stoop down to get in there!Jo, in Australia
I asked, "Spring starts on the first of the month and not the equinox?"
Jo wrote, "Yes, it's very odd...after growing up in England, I can never get used to it."
Candace Piuma is an amazing gardener & a wonderful artist. Come see her jewelry this week-end at Chama's Studio Tour. She's at Iron Horse Realty across from The High Country.The High Country (restaurant and bar) is where Irene performs pretty often, with her harmonica-playing friend, Dylan Loman. Irene has worked there for years, landscaping and bookkeeping and sometimes working in the package store.
