Goose Walk to the Coaticook

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022

I wanted to bring the goslings somewhere new and different, so I loaded them into the basket of the cargo bike to go for a ride. I didn’t know that geese don’t like riding bicycles. It would explain some things, tho! I suppose if they liked riding bikes, they could bike south instead of fly. Unfortunately, our geese can’t ride bikes or fly. To make the trip to the river easier on them, I put a big burlap bag over the basket.

 

I biked through the woods until I couldn’t go any further on the cargo bike, then we all walked.

 

 

 

It may well be a kilometer between the bike and where I wanted to go on the river.

 

 

 

By the time we got there, the geese were too exhausted to swim.

 

 

 

They sat in the grass and had a big snack.

 

 

 

Akiva was not too tired to play.

He brought Orange Boy in the boat to the river.

 

 

 

Huge rapids! The boat capsized! AAAH! HELP!

 

 

 

We returned a different way.

 

 

 

Unfortunately for the geese, it was no shorter.

They forgave us eventually.

 

The Upper Trail

Friday, July 8th, 2022

Splashing in the Coaticook (Waterville)

Friday, June 17th, 2022

First we walk down to the river,

 

 

 

 

then we go in.

 

Johnville Bog & Forest Park in Orange

Thursday, May 26th, 2022

 

 

 

 

L’Ile du Marais (spring-ish)

Sunday, May 15th, 2022

I took some photos of my kids.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children in the Woods, Winter

Thursday, March 17th, 2022

Obstacle #1

 

 

 

Grandparent Tree

 

Accès-Nature Waterville

Friday, February 18th, 2022

There is a lovely system of winter trails right here in Waterville.

We are using them.

 

Snowshoe Run

Thursday, January 27th, 2022

Johnville Bog in Monochrome

Friday, December 3rd, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Monster Backpack!

Friday, November 5th, 2021

For Akiva’s first day of first grade at his new school, I sewed him a new backpack! The design is all my own, fully lined, in two colors of orange canvas with generous and deep water bottle pockets, a rear pocket, and a MONSTER pocket on the flap. The shoulder straps are padded with felted wool from old sweaters. The closure under the flap is a drawstringβ€” my favorite kind.

 

 

 

Although designed for school books, it works fine for walks in the woods, too.

 

 

 

When we get to the place of the Grandparent Trees,

Iris demonstrates the effects of centripetal force.

 

 

 

Akiva demonstrates his own sort of force.