rachelwooster
rachelwooster
| Forum role | Member since | Last activity | Topics created | Replies created |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Jul 29, 2013 (13 years) |
8 years | 2 | 1 |
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- Member
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Jul 29, 2013 (13 years)
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- 8 years
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Bio
Rachel has been called Wildflower since she was a wee-one and has been creating artwork just as long. She has always been concerned with history, nature, and the well-being of animals. She has done rehabilitation work with wildlife, foster work with cats, and spay education. The importance of volunteering and community was instilled in her from a young age by her parents. She currently is focused on restoring a historic Victorian home she lives in and creating an edible garden on the property. This current focus is allowing her to delve deeper into her love of history and combine that with her goal of living harmoniously with nature. Sharing these experiences and teaching them to her godson is of the highest priority to her. The future of our planet is dependent on us and how we teach our children, teaching them the importance of being caretakers and guardians of our planet is essential.
Her childhood was spent in rural Iowa and Ohio. This exposed her to farm life and a slower pace of life than what she later experienced in southern California as a teen and young adult. She spent much of her early adulthood finding her own balance between the convenience of city life and the joy of rural living. She has settled down in Boulder Creek in the Santa Cruz mountains. It is a small town with a very rural liberal hippy feel to it, which is important to her as a lesbian artist and writer. The ability to reconnect with nature and have a sense of community is giving her balance and joy in her life that has been missing for many years.
Her artwork is a reflection of the joy and love that she sees in nature and all living things. It helps to document, educate, and celebrate people living in harmony with nature.
Current Project – Felton California - 150 years of Rainfall Records & what the future may hold.
For 2018 she is gathering and cataloging Felton’s rainfall records in celebration of it’s 150th birthday. Add a bit of history, as well as context of world rainfall and droughts, and you get an idea of what the next 150 years of rainfall could be like for Felton. 150 years is a short period of time for our earth, but with recent events such as Cape Town in South Africa almost having ‘Day Zero’ this earth day, we need to learn what we can from the data we have. The full report and booklet is coming out October 2018.
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