Chica Jo
From the Deep South…
Here are the thoughtful words Patricia Hoffmann, Living Streams Project Manager & Environmental Education Officer, shared about Velvet’s...
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Coddiwomple:
verb /kod’ ә wom pәl/
To travel purposefully towards a vague destination.
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Chica Jo
- Mar 22, 2012
- 1 min
Our Eel Swims to Auckland’s Zoo!
Yes, our Travelling Tuna Tapestry found her way to the big city and was welcomed there by the Auckland Zoo before heading off to the...
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Chica Jo
- Mar 21, 2012
- 1 min
Eel Runs Triathlon!
Well, Velvet wasn’t actually in the race but she was excitedly paraded along the Waihopai River at the start of Environment Southland’s...
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Chica Jo
- Mar 20, 2012
- 1 min
Velvet Stretches Around Whangerei Town Basin
Thanks to the great organizing skills and creative ideas of Kim Jones, the National Coordinator for the Whitebait Connection, Velvet...
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Chica Jo
- Jan 8, 2012
- 2 min
175 Foot Giant Jaguar Seen on A-Mountain Today!!!
With the help over 50 friends, neighbors, and volunteers WE DID IT! We carried the jaguar and all its glorious biodiversity up and down...
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Chica Jo
- Jan 5, 2012
- 1 min
A Panel for the Underfrogs!
I was speechless today when the Fed-Ex guy arrived with a new Sewing Spots Together panel freshly made over the holidays by Nathalie Aall...
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Chica Jo
- Jan 5, 2012
- 1 min
“Hey mom, if a jaguar and an allosaurus got into a fight, who would win”?
The Tucson Children’s Museum not only displayed Sewing Spots Together last week, but the young visitors created a whole new panel for the...
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Chica Jo
- Jan 2, 2012
- 2 min
Our Jaguar Joins Beyond-Tucson
From the Beyond-Tucson website: “The tragic shooting events of January 8, 2011 shook our Tucson community, affecting each of us deeply....
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Chica Jo
- Dec 28, 2011
- 1 min
New Zealand’s National Aquarium Hosts Our Eel!
Velvet is currently on display at the National Aquarium in Napier. How cool to go see our handmade tuna, as well as the real live...
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Chica Jo
- Dec 27, 2011
- 1 min
Velvet Swims to Hawke’s Bay
Thanks to the flexibility and patience of Gabriela Gomez Fell and others in Hawke’s Bay Velvet was enjoyed by many, including visitors to...
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Chica Jo
- Dec 16, 2011
- 1 min
Tuna in Wellington!
Due to all the busy-ness here in the desert with the growing jaguar tapestry, one would think that with regards to the dear eels that a...
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Chica Jo
- Nov 15, 2011
- 1 min
Velvet’s Pak-n-Save Swim to Featherston’s Community Centre
An excerpt from Featherston Community Centre’s November Newsletter: “Greetings from the Featherston Community Centre! VELVET: the...
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Chica Jo
- Nov 14, 2011
- 1 min
Nathalie Aall’s Rainforest Reality
Nathalie Aall, who recently received her masters in biological sciences (with a focus on herpetology) from West Virginia’s Marshall...
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Chica Jo
- Nov 13, 2011
- 1 min
Jaguar Spotted in Tucson Mountains!
Ok, it’s a jaguar made by of old clothes and scrap fabric, but it’s a beauty… and it’s growing every day! I hope you’ll join me and...
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Chica Jo
- Oct 29, 2011
- 1 min
Details of Jaguar Head and Tail…
I thought it would be sweet to share some of the little details of biodiversity within the jaguar’s home range (from the Amazon to...
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Chica Jo
- Oct 29, 2011
- 1 min
Velvet Deals With the Oil Spill
D.O.C. – Te Papa Atawhai Ranger Trudi Ngawhare was sad to send a a message recently that due to the situation with the Rena in Tauranga...
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Chica Jo
- Oct 25, 2011
- 1 min
Our Jag Joined National Geographic and NPS at the 2011 BioBlitz!
On day one, local school kids flooded the park and this crazy jaguar lady tried to teach an uncountable number to sew on the BioBlitz...
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Chica Jo
- Oct 18, 2011
- 1 min
Velvet Returns to the Wairarapa and Mt. Bruce!
Velvet, the tapestry tuna, is on display in all her present glory at Pukaha Mt Bruce over the school holidays. It takes a lot of work...
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Chica Jo
- Oct 17, 2011
- 1 min
Velvet Competes with Rugby World Cup!
At well over 40 meters and growing (so much that the postal service is afraid of us!) Velvet recently appeared at the Sir Edmund Hilary...
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Chica Jo
- Sep 22, 2011
- 2 min
Introducing: “Sewing Spots Together”….. Make Room for the Jaguar, NZ Eels!
“Sewing Spots Together” uses hands-on, public art making to bring people in Arizona and beyond together to discover and value the...
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