tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post8351077357980646166..comments2024-03-28T03:58:48.788-07:00Comments on creative savv: Pruning Trees and Land GirlsLilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-28142603654082757932023-03-27T20:32:30.123-07:002023-03-27T20:32:30.123-07:00Hi Laura,
I think today's kids are really miss...Hi Laura,<br />I think today's kids are really missing out, spending so much time on devices instead of outdoor play or building stuff. Like you said about balance, working outdoors or on a project often frees my mind, and I find new solutions to problems in other areas of life during these times. Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-11285632422070099102023-03-27T20:25:49.706-07:002023-03-27T20:25:49.706-07:00Thanks for your honest thoughts, Kris.Thanks for your honest thoughts, Kris.Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-8051883040870662792023-03-24T08:14:09.325-07:002023-03-24T08:14:09.325-07:00It's an okay show--sort of soap-opera style--f...It's an okay show--sort of soap-opera style--fairly intriguing but I've seen better. Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-51988388809646043352023-03-23T23:33:13.517-07:002023-03-23T23:33:13.517-07:00I don't mind getting dirty doing hard, physica...I don't mind getting dirty doing hard, physical work, but sadly my children, both son and daughter, don't like to get their hands dirty. And likewise their children don't either, except one grandson who is a carpenter apprentice. I wonder if it is because we live in a tech advanced world that yard work is too slow paced. You would think they would welcome the balance. Good that your daughters love being Land Girls.<br /><br />LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-67062922365180247292023-03-23T20:44:36.663-07:002023-03-23T20:44:36.663-07:00Hi Live and Learn,
I imagine working in a male-dom...Hi Live and Learn,<br />I imagine working in a male-dominated field has its challenges as well as rewards. Were the oil rigs out on the water? What an interesting field you chose.Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-32116771875284749132023-03-23T20:40:31.374-07:002023-03-23T20:40:31.374-07:00Hi Kris,
I only recently learned of the Land Girls...Hi Kris,<br />I only recently learned of the Land Girls show and haven't watched any episodes. I don't watch television very often, so I often miss out on entire programs. I'll have to check this one out.<br /><br />In my reading, I found out that about a third of the Land Girls came from cities like London. That sounds like a lot of young women leaving the cities. But maybe it also felt safer being in the countryside during the war. I would have chosen to be a Land Girl, too.Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-47700438966520465842023-03-23T20:36:36.547-07:002023-03-23T20:36:36.547-07:00Hi Alice,
Wow, thank you for sharing that info abo...Hi Alice,<br />Wow, thank you for sharing that info about your growing up years. You must have learned so much from your work in your dad's store. And it also explains your father's love of gardening and wanting to continue to plant every year, as he is able.Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-53711953654137145552023-03-23T17:44:54.381-07:002023-03-23T17:44:54.381-07:00Another vote to be a Land Girl here. I think it wo...Another vote to be a Land Girl here. I think it would very hard to have the constant attention that is required for factory work. But there was a great sense of pride in helping the war effort, so I think either job is one a woman would have wanted. Not the same as being a Land Girl, but I worked in male dominated field for a while as a geologist. I was in woods, and on the oil rigs with the rest of them. (But in full disclosure, much of my work was in an office, too.) At that point in time, there were still men (mostly older) who didn't think geology was the place for women. But men my own age were accepting.Live and Learnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493777474885053903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-52355595767521923172023-03-23T09:28:05.202-07:002023-03-23T09:28:05.202-07:00I've watched a few episodes of the PBS program...I've watched a few episodes of the PBS program, Land Girls, this winter. https://www.pbs.org/show/land-girls/ I'm sure it's over-dramatized, but you do get a feel for what would have been required of the women working these jobs. I have been interested in the Women's Land Army for awhile now. I would definitely have opted to do outdoor work versus factory work if I had been able to make the choice (I'm guessing that many women didn't want to leave their families to go to the countryside). Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-42266348790141873792023-03-23T04:28:40.148-07:002023-03-23T04:28:40.148-07:00I'm the same as you Lili! I am always helping ...I'm the same as you Lili! I am always helping equally with my husband together working on outside projects. My dad owned a lawn and garden store in my youth and I worked for him by selling lawn and garden products and even helping him fix lawnmowers. I love the first cutting of new grass smell in the spring, I love mowing the lawn, I love helping fix things and I even love having a chainsaw in my hand to cut limbs either for burning or a bonfire. If I were to choose what I would do during WWII, I also would do the farm/outdoors work.<br /><br />AliceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com