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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C95866.4775F0F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SATURDAY AFTERNOON - WOLFVILLE WATERSHED PRESERVE If you want kids to come with you into the woods, you have to be = realistic; they rarely want to get up with the sun. After a morning = running around the farmer's market with his friends, I convinced my = eight-year old son to go for a short walk on the Wolfville Watershed = property. We took a dog (for diversion and to set the pace) and set a = tangible and desirable (for an eight-year-old) objective - we would walk = to the concrete dam and see if the little headpond was frozen. We had a very nice walk, with a few noteworthy highlights. The headpond = was indeed lightly frozen over, and we had good fun skimming rocks = across the ice. We saw lots of ravens and chickadees, both of whose = calls Joseph likes to imitate. We saw a small flock, maybe a dozen or = more birds, of something sparrow-sized in the tops of some pines, but I = handed my binoculars to Joseph instead of getting a good enough look to = identify them myself. I figured it was more important for him to see = them than for me to know what they were. The highlight, however, was = finding some very finely preserved deer prints in the mud, and after = helping Joseph determine which way the deer was headed, following the = tracks to the base of a wild apple tree, where teeth marks were = discernible on several frosty apples both on the tree and on the ground. The exchange of woodscraft (of sorts) went both ways, too, for as we = walked my son explained to me the plots and casts of several Star Wars = movies, knowledge that may someday come in handy if I ever get lost in = some other galaxy (like a movie theatre or a shopping mall) where the = things I understand are of no consequence. Andrew Steeves Wolfville, NS ------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C95866.4775F0F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6001.18148" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P align=3Dleft>SATURDAY AFTERNOON =97 WOLFVILLE WATERSHED PRESERVE</P> <P align=3Dleft>If you want kids to come with you into the woods, you = have to be=20 realistic; they rarely want to get up with the sun. After a morning = running=20 around the farmer=92s market with his friends, I convinced my eight-year = old son=20 to go for a short walk on the Wolfville Watershed property. We took a = dog (for=20 diversion and to set the pace) and set a tangible and desirable (for an=20 eight-year-old) objective =97 we would walk to the concrete dam and see = if the=20 little headpond was frozen.</P> <P align=3Dleft></P> <P align=3Dleft>We had a very nice walk, with a few noteworthy = highlights. The=20 headpond was indeed lightly frozen over, and we had good fun skimming = rocks=20 across the ice. We saw lots of ravens and chickadees, both of whose = calls Joseph=20 likes to imitate. We saw a small flock, maybe a dozen or more birds, of=20 something sparrow-sized in the tops of some pines, but I handed my = binoculars=20 to Joseph instead of getting a good enough look to identify them = myself. I=20 figured it was more important for him to see them than for me to know = what they=20 were. The highlight, however, was finding some very finely preserved = deer prints=20 in the mud, and after helping Joseph determine which way the deer was = headed,=20 following the tracks to the base of a wild apple tree, where teeth marks = were=20 discernible on several frosty apples both on the tree and on the = ground.</P> <P align=3Dleft></P> <P align=3Dleft>The exchange of woodscraft (of sorts) went both ways, = too, for as=20 we walked my son explained to me the plots and casts of several Star = Wars=20 movies, knowledge that may someday come in handy if I ever get lost in = some=20 other galaxy (like a movie theatre or a shopping mall) where the things = I=20 understand are of no consequence.</P> <P align=3Dleft></P> <P align=3Dleft>Andrew Steeves<BR>Wolfville, = NS</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_024F_01C95866.4775F0F0--
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