Little Green Things

   Hi.

This CD project is for your children who are the Little Green People of Planet Earth. Follow the link at the foot of the page for a flavour and a free download of the song ‘Compost Bin’.

Little green things is a blog about things and kids environmental and musical, and their parents, teachers, carers, families, pets etc..

I’m going to stay with the main themes, music, sound and environmental awareness and relationship.

Have you got slugs? We have. This year we’ve had loads of them due, I suppose, to the rainy summer we had in the UK. Slugs tend to mean s-l-o-w moving music to me and my little ones [Kiran 4, Jakayah 20 months]. Ash, 14, keeps away from them other than pulling the boys off when they want to tread and spread slug jelly all over the paving slabs. And snails. Plenty of snails. Jakayah calls them, “EEeuugh!”. He can’t say snail yet.

S-l-o-w moving music with small instruments and sounds, slimy sounds you can make with your mouth.

Slugs and snails and… what’s missing? Something that boys are made of? Ah yes. Puppy dogs tails. I can’t quite figure where that bit fits in really but certainly our boys have the slug and snailness about them. I suppose that if you take a wagging puppy dog’s tail and all it conveys, the excitement of being filled with life force and energy and love and happiness, and “What’s next, What’s next?” then that mixture does indeed convey aspects of little boys very well.

Sugar and spice. Yep. My daughter’s always had those aspects to her but I wonder if the original writer of the rhyme was being completely honest when they included “All things nice” in the equation? Or were they a little biased? Because I’ve seen the sugar and spice in my boys and I’ve seen the slugs and snails in my girl at times.

Strictly speaking we’re all made of molecules [the clay of the earth?], and before that, atoms, and before that electrons and before that gravity units and perhaps even as part of the process, thinkons [units of directed thought from human-like consciousness]. We’re all basically living clumps of fully-integrated material. As is our planet, all held together and apart in our perfect spaces by various forces and beautiful cosmic harmonies of one sort or another.

So this year I left the slugs alone exceprt for the odd attempt at ‘humane’ drowning in saucers full of beer whilst my plants and herbs established their footing in the garden soil. I didn’t use the blue slug pellets – never have – because I don’t want the birds to be harmed and I want my kids to see that even a degree of ‘pests’ is acceptable in the grand symphony.

If you fail                To see a snail                     Sliming round the yard

Don’t be bugged.     When you find a slug       The snail will seem quite hard.   

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ps. Yes, I know it’s ‘frogs and snails’ in the original but I’ll deal with those fellers later.