Eddy Cannella

@eddyc.bsky.social

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I'm cynical but passionate and optimistic about the future. I'm into landscape fauna ecology especially in the arid and semi arid zones. 😁 PS not a huge fan of cat and puppy photos.

Art Nouvea designed wooden desk with intricate and fine fret work butterfly back.
Photo of my first ever field note book showing a page of notes from the trapping survey.
A baking dish out of the oven which used scrunched up baking paper that had been made wet under the tap as a replacement for aluminium foil.
A couple of pallet fauna refuges. The top has slices of tree trunk offering partial protection and the bottom uses hessian sacks aa the protection prior to placing wood mulch and soil over the pallet. Eventually, planting will be carried out around and on these mounds.
For years I have been pondering on the trope country needs people. I just couldn't understand why people would think country needs them, given people only evolved in the last 6 mil years, and modern humans have only been around for ~ 800k years. Yet life evolved on this plant 4 bil years ago, so humans have only been on this rock for a blink of an eye. The planet has not needed humans previously, nor does it now, nor will it in the future. So why this concept that country need people? Country, the planet did more than OK without people for so very very very long. This rock hosted huge changes in ecosystems, landscapes, and the evolution and extinction of so many species. Then I thought back to how being on country makes me feel. I recall the look on colleague's faces when they are immersed in country. Those wide eyes eager for discovery. The increasing awareness of their surroundings and time passed. The grins of joy at seeing and experiencing what country can give them. The joy at looking at flowers, or seeing kangaroos feeding on native grasslands. The immense joy of just sitting down in silence and taking country in with every breath. It is only then, I came to realise, Country DOES NOT need People, BUT People NEED Country. Not only do people need country for their survival but also for their mental and spiritual well-being. The serenity and perspective country imbues onto the human psyche is wondrous. I am not talking just of 1st Nations who still have that connection to country, but all Australians whose faces light up when immersed in country. Even the most ardent concrete jungle hominid eventually melds into the natural wonder of country. So for the time we are here, it would be nice to keep country healthy and in good repair so it can bring us joy. Let us become more aware of why all the profits one could achieve can never provide the solace and peace of being immersed in the grandeur of country. Country really does not need people, but people need country
This is a diagram of an inverse 3/4 risk pyramid. The tip of the pyramid is very small and refers to the use of offsets. To explain further. Generally, in a typical risk pyramid all sections are given equal height. It relays a sense of common shared importance only modified by the tapering of the pyramid to its tip. This particular pyramid places most of the emphasis on avoidance as the most important risk management measure. This is followed by, in even smaller bands, minimise, reduce and mitigate, and with the aforementioned tiny reference to offsets. As we go from avoidance to offsets on this pyramid we also find the qualities of these risk management options also decrease. To the left, I have declared the 3 more important aspects of risk management which decrease as we move from Avoidance to Offsets. These being, Preference (Avoidance is always preferred), Scientific Rigour (as we travel into offsets, there is less science and more speculation and convenience), and Ecological viability (impacts will threaten the ecological viability of any receiving environment, with offsets having no measurable value in maintaining ecological viability).
Gnamma hole on top of Mt Melville. This is 1 of many, and most constructed with this tear drop shape. They are dug into the granite to collect water and used by the local Indigenous groups.
Responses to a post I made a month ago. The same profiles posted similar responses to all other posts.
A photo of 3 jars of caponata and a small bowl of caponata. The jars are upside down waiting for the contents to cool and pop the lids.
A photo of the finished Peperonata in 4 preserving jars being upside down and cooling down, and a bowl of left-over peperonata for the week.
An image of Augusta Rodin's famous statue, the Thinker. It depicts a man sitting on a rock leaning forward with his chin resting on his hand in deep thought - hence without a chin, this statue could never be possible.
A bowl of flour and a jug of tepid water with flour, a pinch of sugar and yeast to make pizza base.
This is meme featuring a quote from Hajo Meyer, a polymath and Auschwitz Survivor who saw the dangers of Zionism very early. This is from an interview taken in 2010-11 and it should be taken in the context of a bigger discussion in that interview on Zionism: "Formerly an anti-Semite was somebody who hated Jews because they were Jews and had a Jewish soul. But nowadays an anti-Semite is somebody who is hated by Jews."
Again, the advantage of not eating lunch because you're too busy cooking. Zucchini and mint pasta.
Caponata being made. The olives, capers, celery are being added to cooke tomatoes, onions, and zucchini (which is not a traditional ingredient, but I like it). Once this cooks down a lottle, red wine vinegar and sugar is added and stirred in, followed by the cubed eggplants which have been fried off earlier.
A quote from Hajo Meyer, a polymath, physicist and Auschwitz survivor: "The Israeli government exploits the Holocaust to justify the unjustifiable: the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. It is an insult to the memory of the victims of Auschwitz. Zionism today is not Judaism. Zionism represents a betrayal of the universal values that Judaism stands for." This is taken from an interview in 2010 (he passed away in 2014) and it is as relevant today as it was 15 years ago.
Cartoon with a stick man standing in front of a screen showing a stone arrowhead on the left and a copper arrowhead on the right. He states "In the process of analyzing paleolithic stone tool making, I've stumbled on an improved technique for producing points and blades. Instead of stone, my method is based on the heating and shaping of copper ore." Below the cartoon, the caption reads "Too late, I realized that my entire archaeology dissertation had been based on a colossal misunderstanding."
Western Australian Emergency map for the afternoon of 30 December 2025, showing 6 bushfires in the south west of the State, all of which were lit deliberately or accidentally by humans. Currently we are talking a few thousand hectares, although two are still raging. There are other fires burning further south and north (Western Australia is a very large State - 2,527,013 square kilometres, and all fire prone.
A cartoon of Snoopy and Charlie Brown sitting at the end of a pier. Charlie Brown says, "We only live once, Snoopy", and Snoopy responds with "Wrong! We only die once. We Live every day!"
Emergency services map showing a large bushfire area at the northern edge of the Fitzgerald National Park in WA. This is a globally recognised biodiversity hotspot. Unfortunately, bushfire is common during holiday/tourist seasons.
Rain falling after a 38 Celsius day. There is blue sky in the background.
In contrast to the slightly sarcastic post text, this photo shows the beauty of King George Sound, Albany, Western Australia. The photo was taken from an elevated position overlooking coastal heath shrubland onto a granite lined coast and out to the sound. The deep blue sea and deep blue sky are delineated by a line of clouds separating the two.
A headline from The Age newspaper which focuses on the victim: "Tom Silvagni, you raped me: Victim says she will carry trauma for the rest of her life"
This is a meme posted on facebook showing a jellyfish with the words "The fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains gives hope to many people". The first response to the post says "Oh god, the MAGA cult may last longer than I thought".
A google map screen shot of the Esperance regions showing the massive levels of clearing replaced with monoculture crops, which have resulted in fires spreading through the region at very high speed. The problem is poor land management.
I was given a gift of a box of sweets, a free coffee card and a thank you note for volunteering in SCNRM western ringtail possum.
Three wood gouges for hand carving bowls.
The almost finalised dining table. It consists of three concentric octagonal shapes of around 1cm width and painted ,from the outside in, saffron red, burnt orange, and celestial blue colours. The center is a pale yellow circle with a golden teak pentagonal, which will be picked out in gold outline.
The beginnings of hand painting a mandala on my new dining table top. It consists of three concentric octagonal shapes of around 1cm width and painted ,from the outside in, saffron red, burnt orange, and celestial blue colours. The center is a pale yellow circle with a golden teak pentagonal, which will be picked out in gold outline.
Two spring vegetables quiches ready for the oven.
3 photos of my octagonal table top as it's being constructed and finished. The bottom photo shows the finished underside of the table after 10 coats of clear satin finish. The two photos above it, show an octagonal central area masked off, ready for the outer border to take on jarrah wood stain (photo at top left). The centre of the table will hold a hand painted mandala design, showing off all its imperfections.
Photo of Trump with a bottle of scotch, with the byline "I like my whiskey like I like my Women. 12 Years Old".
Hegseth's Mum calling him out as an embarrassment.
Meme: To save confusion Adobe PDF is a file format, Trump is a pedophile.
If Epstein were still alive he'd be in Trump's cabinet
Trump allows 17 Cartel family members into the USA
A photo of Tim Nolan, convicted of rape and pedophilia, but one of Trump's closest spiritual leaders.
A photo of the statue of Epstein and Trump holding hands.
Meme photo of Epstein and Trump: Trump and his pimp are smiling because they know they have an army of zombie cult worshipers defending them.
A bad photo of the final drawing of the Octagon on the table top ready for masking and cutting.
My table top waiting to receive the backing board. It is covered with a jumbled mess of squiggles created by applying the wood glue.
Photo of two wide planks being glued to make a 1200mm by 1200mm table top.
A meme depicting a photo of the raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima with the caption ANTIFA on the left, and a photo of Hitler at one of his rallies with the caption FA on the right. The title of the Meme is "For those who are still confused".
A before and after shot of a wooden cutting board beinf refinished. The near finished item is now flat with the majority of cuts sanded oit. All it needs is oiling.
Kestrel DROP 2 temperature and humidity logger.
The same pizza out the oven with a crisp base.
A white pizza ready for the oven. No tomato sauce base, just cheese and thinly sliced potato, with rosemary. No need for onion or garlic.
Misleading headline from The Age newspaper posted on Facebook claiming "Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters to block Melbourne bridge". The bridge was blocked by the police to stop protesters, not the other way round.
A sub-adult Honey Possum caught under licence. Photo taken for educational purposes.
A screen grab of Sponsors to the Biodiversity Conference held at University of Western Australia in October 2025. They include Rio Tinto, ANZ, South32, Woodside Energy, Alcoa - all implicated in massive environmental impacts.
3 hand-made lamps in 1930s Getty building style. 1 tall table lamp and 2 shorter bedside lamps. Made from salvaged Radiata Pine and Jarrah.
Photo of a mini Menang Noonga camp built in the long jump sand pit at the local oval. It consists of 3 mia mia shelters (made from sticks and foliage), a cooking pit (a tripod of sticks), and a spit like structures (two upright sticks with a horizontal stick across them). The shelters are around 30cm tall.
One of the bedside lamp blanks decorated with vertical rectangular slats of decreasing width of two opposite sides, and a single slat on one side with a pointed gable top tapering down to a narrower bottom. The remaining side is left as ia as it will be the back and where the wiring will exit the lamp stock. Sorry for the poor description.
Blanks ready for two bedside and one table lamp, made from a pine and a jarrah plank laminated to give a square cross-section.
Photo looking across King George Sound with dark ominous clods shadowing the waters.
The finished item described above with a clear satin coat.
Front view of an art deco styled desk picture stand. It consists of a solid stepped base and an upright backpiece using a golden teak triangle flanked by two oak stained trapezoids. A think black trim is used to outline the boundary between the triangle and the trapezoid shapes.
A wooden table picture display frame made in art deco style with a teak sunburst and its rays (strips of wood of different length radiating out from the half circle depicting the rising sun) acting as support for the back of the painting. The sunburst is attached to a 3 wood type sturdy base, which incorporates a raised lip to stop the painting sliding forward.