It was a glorious summer day. With my son on my back and my daughter on my shoulders, I hiked up to one of the most beautiful spots I know. There on the crest of a granite outcropping I could see sunlight dancing on the surface of a distant lake, green and verdant...
Stop for a moment. Take one large breath in and smell the air around you. With every breath in and every breath out (about 23,000 times per day), we smell the world around us. We are awash in odours of all kinds, from the pleasant fragrance of Lily or the sharp and...
Who has not been enchanted by the delicate and colourful wind dancers known as butterflies? There is something heart-warming about the gentle flutter of a butterfly, or as one poetic person rephrased it – a “flutterby” – sailing from flower to flower. One...
It’s a cold February day. A delicate layer of frost edges the corner of each window and mounds of snow smooth over bushes and trees. Birds are huddled under eaves, fluffing their feathers, reminding you that winter is well and truly here. Meanwhile, the kids are...
Do you want to catch an underwater, jet-propelled bug snatcher? What about a gyrating pond skater? Or how about nature’s scuba diver? You can discover these and more by exploring the amazing critters that live under the surface of the water. All you’ll need is a...
Sometimes we think that life is more complete when we’re “plugged in”. Our smart phones, tablets and computers help us to discover the world in new ways. We can connect to friends overseas; we can search out tidbits of information in fractions of a second. At the same...
