Tottie Tomato began her life here on hankering for yarn.

And, she’s undergone all manner of transformations.

Such a busy life for a little tomato!

She now has her own blog in which she and I share our love for spool knitting, crochet, tatting, knitting, small loom weaving, sewing, doll making, puppets, wood working, recycling and eco crafts, to name just a few.

She’s just getting started, but do check her out: Tottie Tomato

Image source: Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright

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Terri posted a wonderful entry about Earth Day on Salt Spring Island: Earth Day Weaving

and mentioned to her mom about all the ‘R’ words that I used to use in the environmental puppet shows that I wrote, built and performed for 20 years or so….

A few of the ‘R’ words that I used to pitch like mad in the puppet shows:

Re-think: Has to be the most important as we Re-consider how we treat our beautiful blue planet.

Re – use

Re claim

Restore

Re-create

Repair

Renew

Reduce

and of course: Recycle

And, there are other earth-keeping words that begin with the letter ‘C’ (ROTFLOL…. it’s starting to sound like Sesame Street!)

Compost

CREATIVITY

Caring

Compassion

Connection

Committment

Contentment

and ‘G’:

Greening

Gardening

Grace

Graciousness

And the letter ‘e’:

Einstein

Environment

Excitement

And, ‘I’:

Inspiration

Intelligence

Integrity

and ‘h’

for HOPE and HOME and HERE and HOW?

How many other words and concepts of stewardship can you add to this list? I’ll start the list with:

‘ACTION’ because my mother always said:

‘Actions speak louder than words’.

So… let the earthkeeping begin!

PS: Yes, I wove the Earth puppet, and the ‘R’ puppet was made with reclaimed stuff.

Terri Bibby, Saori Master, added these words in a comment and I thought that they were so important that I didn’t want anyone to miss them:

“S” – sustain, sustainability, support, stewardship, stand (as in stand for what you believe in), stop & start - many uses for these, share, Saori (Yay! – using up all the bits & pieces, and of course the creativity from your list)

and I add: SEE to the list of important ’s’ words

and sisterhood, and family and kinship…

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