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How to Plan a Christmas Bird Count for Kids: Tips and Activities
This past December, I had the joy of collaborating with Alex Bodden, president of the South Okanagan Naturalist Society, to bring the first-ever...
Today was the perfect May Day. Mamas and their daughters wore beautiful dresses, some of boys wore colourful capes. The children gathered around a picnic table and wove together flower crowns. The crowns were made of willow branches and covered in balsam root flowers, lilacs flowers, daffodils, ribbons and other pretty things. Even my eldest son was keen on making his crown. My sister set up a face painting station nearby and had a steady flow of children eager to have their favourite thing painted on their face. I saw flowers, frogs, snakes and even a R2D2 proudly displayed on little cheeks.
What a wonderful community you are part of! It looks like a lovely day!
Beautiful! Sounds magical. Where did you get all the branches and flowers from? Did everyone bring some?