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- Haymakers: Watch Wonders (93)
- Q.1 Does your life have a purpose? (20)
- Q.2 Are you an art lover? (46)
- Q.3 Do you have a good imagination? (19)
- Q.4 Have you ever wanted to stop the clock? (19)
- Q.5 Do you believe in fate? (12)
- Q.6 Do you believe in fairy tales? (11)
- Q.7 Have you dreamed of being a champion? (44)
- Q.8 Do you crave a better life? (4)
- Q.9 Do you feel in control of your life? (9)
- Q10 Have you ever seen a ghost? (11)
- Q11 Do you believe in justice? (17)
- Q12 Is our Earth enchanted? (48)
- Q13 Have you ever been mistaken for someone else? (4)
- Q14 Do you believe your stars? (2)
- Q15 Do you sometimes fear the worst? (24)
- Q16 Have you ever had a psychic experience? (5)
- Q17 Can you speak another language? (16)
- Q18 Do you let your heart rule your head? (12)
- Q19 Do you love hedgehogs? (4)
- Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you? (61)
- Q21 Have you ever hugged a tree? (7)
- Q22 Do you love our Earth? FREE CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW! (16)
- Q23 Do you believe all the laws of physics? (15)
- Q24 Do you get enough time to yourself? (8)
- Q25 Do you believe in fairies? (4)
- Q26 Do you take poetry seriously? (7)
- Q27 Do you like gardening? (5)
- Q28 Have you ever lived in poverty? (10)
- Q29 Could you live without machines? (6)
- Q30 Did you ever watch the rain on your window? (3)
- Q31 Are you a charitable neighbour? (9)
- Q32 Are you afraid of the dark? (4)
- Q33 Do you believe in life after death? (7)
- Q34 Have you ever restored something? (5)
- Q35 Do you trust your instincts? (14)
- Q36 Should a good life cost the Earth? (15)
- Q37 Do you know how to have fun? (21)
- Q38 Have you built a house of cards? (3)
- Q39 Do you believe in magic? (30)
- Q40 Can you play a musical instrument? (23)
- Q41 Do you like surprises? (28)
- Q42 Do you enjoy drawing? (5)
- Q43 Do you believe in happy endings? (16)
- Q44 Is there anything worse than a fly at night? (6)
- Q45 Are you good at marbles? (3)
- Q46 Do you value a good education? (14)
- Q47 Do you know your history? (16)
- Q48 Have you ever played solitaire? (5)
- Q49 Do you ever think about the old days? (13)
- Q50 Do you miss someone you love? (3)
- Q51 Have you ever taken part in a protest? (12)
- Q51a How many people does it take to fill up the Earth? (3)
- Q52 Do you believe in miracles? (24)
- Q53 Do you prefer to keep warm? (6)
- Q54 Do you enjoy a bit of a mystery? (29)
- Q55 Do you believe in truth? (4)
- Q56 Do you believe rules are there to be broken? (12)
- Q57 Have you ever spied on anyone? (6)
- Q58 Do things happen for a reason? (37)
- Q59 Do you like surprises? (7)
- Q60 Have you ever experienced deja vu? (4)
- Q61 Have you ever worn fancy dress? (7)
- Q62 Have you ever helped the poor? (2)
- Q62a Is life logical? (4)
- Q63 Do you like the way you look? (1)
- Q65 Have you ever wished you could fly? (5)
- Q66 Do you have a favourite flower? (5)
- Q67 Have you ever decorated a tree? (2)
- Q68 Does the Earth have a spirit? (8)
- Q69 Do you put off to tomorrow what you could do today? (6)
- Q70 Do you like to look at the stars? (19)
- Q71 Is there something missing in your life? (1)
- Q72 Are you a good time keeper? (9)
- Q73 Do you like nursery ryhmes? (5)
- Q74 Do you like puzzles? (10)
- Q75 Have you ever put on a show? (40)
- Q76 Are you going to take action now to save our world? (34)
- Q78 Do you want to be part of the picture? (15)
- Q79 Have you ever looked into the shadows? (13)
- Q80 Have you ever searched for buried treasure? (5)
- Q80a Do you keep a diary? (4)
- Star Question - what happened to the blue ribbon? (6)
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- 25/12/2008: Eartha Dies
- 21/12/2008: Hallelujah
- 14/12/2008: Bush in Boots!
- 12/12/2008: Full Moon Close-Up <> The Day the Earth Stood Still!
- 04/12/2008: Riddle of Giant Rock Sculptures
- 03/12/2008: Smiley face in the night sky <> March of the Invader Ants!
- 02/12/2008: World Wrestling Entertainment: Britney Spears versus Billie Shears
- 14/11/2008: Prince Charles' 60th birthday
The Haymakers Survey
Archive for 06/09/2008
Woe decry industrial creep! <> 12 Magic Stones
06/09/2008 by admin.
One of the most important parts of our story is a poem called Shadows, which includes the verse:
“Ah, be ours the task to stop it, ours the task this Earth to keep. With imagination blot it, woe decry industrial creep. Woe decry that icy tear, “Forget me Not,” the time is Near.”
In our tale, the poem was passed to Julia by her Grandmother who advised her to, “Look out for the signs. You have the gift…” Charles Lamb’s journal reveals how the poem came about and who wrote it - that it captures concerns about the impact of machines upon Mother Nature.
Julia wondered if events in the poem were beginning to unfold in the world and at home. Well, Sarah believes the presence of a 50ft mechanical spider creeping about the streets of Liverpool (home of the Beatles) in icy rain represents the line, ‘woe decry industrial creep.’ The creation is by the french company La Machine. The spider is made out of steel and popular wood and is operated by up to 12 people.
Here’s a video of the spider caught in the snow!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool08/video/08/lamach_lee_snow.shtml
A read of the poem inspired Julia to examine the 12 white stones our dog, Malachi, had helped to discover. Funny then how a Labrador was discovered with 13 golf balls in its stomach - one of which had turned black and was decomposing. The dog named Oscar had apparently swallowed the balls when accompanying his owner about a golf course in Fife, which is strange in itself as Malachi passed Ben a fife to help inspire his thoughts and actions on the survey.
Commenting on the operation, the local vet said he’d never seen anything like it, claiming it was just like a magic trick!
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