We went for a nature walk last weekend and I snapped tons of photos; photos of my kids, of wildflowers, of bees and dragon flies. My kids want to know the name of every plant and creature we see. My wildflower knowledge peters out somewhere around Cornflowers and Queen Anne's lace. One of the flowers that peeked my interest was this light pink-purple beauty, which seemed quite … [Read more...]
The Second Hike
On Good Friday we went for a walk at the local nature preserve, Ojibway Park. It was chilly and wet out. As we were driving across the city towards the park we almost turned around and went home, as it started to drizzle. The rain stopped and then came down a bit harder as we got closer to the preserve. We pulled into the parking lot and debated even getting out of the car. The … [Read more...]
Camping with Tigger
A few weeks back I went on a camping trip with my mom, my sister, and both of the kids. Something about camping transformed my youngest child into Tigger. T-I-Double G-Errrrr. You know, non-stop bouncing trouncing fun? And well the most wonderful thing about Tigger is that there is only one. Whew. Great news that, because while I love my daughter dearly I … [Read more...]
The Endangered Rusty Patch Bumble Bee
We were camping at Pinery Provincial Park last weekend, and I saw several of these endangered bees over the course of our visit. Or at least I thought I did. Taking a look at the photo now I'm not 100% certain he matches the description. What do you think? … [Read more...]
Summertime Bubbles!
Photo credit: Holly Pageau … [Read more...]
Scenic Caves Nature Adventures, Must See Fun at Blue Mountain
On our second day at Blue Mountain, we spent the morning at Scenic Caves. When I had mentioned to people that I was visiting Blue Mountain, over and over I was told that the one not-to-be-missed place was the Scenic Caves. And they were right. It was an amazing experience, one my girls and I won't soon forget. First we rode the Big Rock Railroad, a tractor style train which … [Read more...]
Blue Skies in My Happy Place
At the Pinery, photo credit: my talented sister … [Read more...]
Fresh Flowers
photo credit: taken by my talented sister … [Read more...]
Who Needs a Sandbox When You’ve Got Snow?
F is for… Fishing!
My favourite place to be, in a forest in Ontario... fishing on a fine Fall morning. … [Read more...]
Wishing… {Wordless Wednesday}
Meeting a Dragon
While the big one is at school, this is what the little one does.... She visits the park and meets a dragon. … [Read more...]
Heebie Jeebies
Ms. Spider here has taken up residence by my side door and frankly she gives me the heebie jeebies. I'm not normally arachnophobic but to see such a large spider so close to home, does make me nervous. … [Read more...]
Fishing with my Rainbow
As I mentioned before, a little while back I took the girls camping for the first time. It was also Rainbow's first try at fishing. I worried a bit how she'd react, for one thing I was using worms as live bait. But the fact that worms were dying to get on my hook didn't phase her at all. In fact she named them. Slimon. Slimantha. Wuwu. Erp. We caught a small pumpkin fish and I … [Read more...]
Into the Woods… Camping & Kiddos
Last week I neglected the blog and took off for four days of camping. It was glorious. I love to camp. I love to hike and fish. Yet it's something I hadn't done since becoming a mom over five years ago. So I was excited to go, and I knew I would enjoy it but I worried about taking the kids. Taking a two year old camping? What the heck was I thinking? My mom, my sister and I … [Read more...]