Monthly Archives: January 2024

NATURE AND NURTURE “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn” Benjamin Franklin There is something very special about the relationship between children and nature. If given the freedom to connect, they do so in a very gentle and unspoken way which is very natural to them. ItContinue reading “Kids and Nature”

Have you ever thought of walking through the land of Merlin where magic comes alive with every step you take? A place where, as you walk through the forests, the stories of the people who once lived there come alive through ruins, old farm machinery, and cars left behind long ago, and the only limitationContinue reading “Walk in the Land of Merlin”

The woody valleys of the Blue Mountains, from Craigleith to Creemore ON, were occupied historically by the several Iroquoian nations that were collectively nicknamed “Petun” by the French, meaning Tobacco, because they were known for their usage of tobacco, or petún, more so than their cultivation of it.  The people called themselves the Betan (Bay-ton), and theyContinue reading “Betan (Petun, Tionontati)”