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   * We received a warm response to our artist talk which was a summary of the first residency with foam and gave an overview of what we hoped to achieve at this residency. It was apparent due to the interruptions by the children during the talk, that by framing the project as a family in residence the concept would be developed and grow at the speed family life would allow. The level of uncertainty in respect to the demands of the children is the driver in respect to the rate of progress.
-  * Wonderfully, we were approached after the talk by people who wanted to share anecdotes about the weather.
+My Artist talk can be found here {{http://www.sarahneville.com/downloads/93/artist_talk.pptx.pdf}}
+  * Wonderfully, we were approached after the talk by people who wanted to share anecdotes about the weather.I listened to a story about snow in the South East of South Australia, Kalangado, when a woman's mother left her and her three siblings in a car to dance in the snow. I spoke to an older mother and daughter team who suggested 'waste not want not' and 'a stitch in time saves nine' should come back for reinterpretation.
+  * In the forum following which was going to be about artists working with ideas about the future, but ended up being an introduction to the artists, I found myself quoting from organic farmer Nick Kentish.
+==== Nick Kentish ====
+  * He always wondered what the sheppards were looking for? Did they want dry weather so they could enjoy their day or as most Australians would wish, rain so there would be feed for the sheep? The ancient proverbs are very human lifestyle centred.
+  * Weather patterns these days are more random, hotter or colder when unexpected so there is more discomfort. Its like having one hand in boiling water and the other in freezing water, it is not pleasant. However the average temperature is still very much the same.
+  * With agriculture timing is everything. If there is an untimely cold snap or an unseasonable heat wave then crops are ruined. In South Australia we have more crops than any other state. When the weather throws an unseasonal temperature change then the effect state wide is catastrophic. Crops do not recover quickly, they grow annually.
+  * There is less carbon now in the soil than in the atmosphere. Too much mining has tipped the balance. So soil is now unable to hold enough moisture.Farmers are now investing in soil carbon mostly by returning the crop to the soil rather than burning.
+  * Adding nitrogen through clover helps the soil to grow organic fungi and bacteria.
+  * You can't control the climate but you can work on soil chemistry.
+  * Weather lore yarn : Flying over the Pilbra all the cattle were lying down. They were resting up because rain was coming, the air pressure was low.  For the next week they would be standing up in a flood and somehow they new and were preparing themselves.
 ==== Notes from 20140608 ====