Two weeks and counting...

So, first let me try some "Trebuchet" on you...no, that's not green, it's the font, must be French.

You see, this is my opportunity to just let go--although hopefully at not too much expense to you.  This blog is also my diary of our upcoming journey, and I want to tell you a little bit more about what we're leaving behind.

  Presently, I work for CCS Disability Action, an organisation that works with people with disabilities to help them have an ordinary life.  That means all the opportunities that we all take for granted on a daily basis.  My place in all of this has been to oversee the development of the community gardens here and the ongoing programmes associated with work reflecting our organisational (That's organizational for all of you Americans reading this.) values and mission.  I have to say that I have truly enjoyed the process and have learned and experienced so much in my 5 1/2+ years working here.  To say that I will miss my colleagues and the folks with whom I have associated and gardened with is a true understatement.  It's part of what has prepared me for the upcoming journey.

As many of you who know me who are reading this realise (another 's' instead of 'zed'), organics is not part of my background or education; whereas ornamental gardening has been my main area of experience and expertise.  That being said, with the feedback I'm getting back from Master Gardeners in the States, it appears that we are all moving organically forward--and for good reason! 

Organics & permaculture (read: 'permanent agriculture') will be a large part of the foundation of what we are planning going forward at Cloudplay.  In this day and age, if you are not looking at logical and resourceful ways of producing at least some of your own food, well, you may well be paying exorbitant prices for such neglect and what you eat in the future!

So quickly, back to the present...2 more weeks and we'll be saying 'goodbye' to this land we love (If there is a more beautiful country than New Zealand in the world, we'll put that next on our list as a 'must-see'!).  Given the increasing (and future skyrocketing) costs of travel, it may be some time before we return.  All of the last-minute details to take care and the many people to see before we're off may make for a few shorter entries, but my goal is to keep us all informed of the journey.