Nearly three-fourths of the our world`s surface is covered with water. The ocean is a complex biosphere and food source, and greenhouse gases are trapping the sun’s heat causing rising global water temperatures which stress marine and coastal ecosystems. The food chain from plankton up to the great whales is impacted by these climatic changes. As stewards of this Earth, we are obligated to protect the environment and the creatures that dwell in it.
To kick-off the new decade, the BRC founder completed a banjo named “The Dolphin” to portray the ocean which is under siege in its fragile roll as a food source. Although the dolphin is a magnificent creature of beauty, power, and grace, like all things that swim in the sea, it is vulnerable to climate change, plastics pollution, and overly-aggressive industrial fishing. Might we all take heed to the mother of pearl “Save Us” message at the 19th fret space and up-regulate our commitment to recycling and environmental conservation. The Dolphin is a BRC postcard to Mother Earth for Valentine`s Day.
The banjo was marketed via an online auction and sold. In the feedback profile of the auction website, the new owner reported,” Beautiful Dolphin themed 5-string Banjo. Fast shipping, Packaged well, Thanks!”
Departing the snowy Show-Me State, the BRC founder and spouse journeyed to Texas to visit grandkids and attend a spelling bee. As class projects, the new art teacher at their elementary school had her students fashion banjos from construction paper, yarn, paints, and glue.
Hundreds of these colorful images wallpapered the hallways of the school, including a “Picasso” banjo by an imaginative young artist. Is this banjo heaven?
After days of family fun in the Lone Star sunshine, the grandparents bid farewell to their cheery grandkids and returned home to the wintry Heartland and Missouri grandchildren who live only 3 blocks from our lakeside home and its BRC workshop. The lake is frozen-over, and a resident flock of Canada geese cautiously tread its slippery ice. Trumpter Swans, a protected species and the heaviest extant birds native to North America, visited here a month ago. Our world is a precious place.
P.S. Have a Happy Groundhog Day.
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