I am so grateful for Parker J. Palmer’s Facebook post last week, Autumn, A Season of Paradox. It’s helped me a lot with the way I hold this season. Yes, autumn is a season of exhilarating beauty as I’ve been experiencing on my recent hikes taking photos. But as he also says, it’s a season when […]
That’s how I felt this morning walking along Ridge Road through Penguin Picnic Field – “oh, to be like a tree”. There was something so reflective about walking in the early morning fog that had me notice the trees and their solid presence. With the fog enveloping us I was more attuned to my body’s […]
Walking along Burma Trail this morning my eye was attracted to all the swamps. Beautiful swamps. And being at the height of summer they were lush and green as could be and, unlike most other summers at this time, they were full of water. My eye however focused on the trees: the trees surrounding the swamps […]
From a distance we could see the Great White Egret sitting patiently at the next bend in the river and as we approached it flew on ahead to wait, yet again, at the next bend in the river. Our 4-hour leisurely paddle along a stretch of the Beaver River south of Owen Sound was such […]
A beautiful evening for a paddle in my kayak at Lac Bernard. In fact, so beautiful I hated to end it, just hanging out to experience the progression of the setting sun over the lake. All that was missing was a glass of wine to celebrate another gift of nature’s presence.
I missed out skiing Burma Trail (Trail #3) this past winter. Its a delightful trail winding around and up and down with ascents and descents in either direction. Friday afternoon was so gorgeous I set out to explore it at this time of year. I hiked from Etienne Brule lookout, where #3 begins, to the Ramparts […]
The main object of this evening’s outing was to familiarize Callum with water. On our recent hikes I’d observed he was quite timid about creek crossings, so wanted to help him connect with and express his heritage (Retriever = water dog ) with some familiarization outings. This evening we explored a stretch of Chelsea Creek […]
It’s that time of year when a short absence changes everything. While I was away the weather here was miserable, so I’ve been told, and soon after arriving home gale type winds on Friday night brought down trees all over the place causing power outages. Again. The crews in the Gatineau Park have been busy with […]
Just before descending the downhill stretch at the Wolf Trail Lookout on Ridge Road we paused for water. We were surprised how quickly we’d skied from McKinstry Lodge so paused to take in all the beauty. A little later when we arrived at Trail 24 we also paused to take it all in with Jean […]
For me spring skiing always brings mixed emotions – overwhelming joy with the beauty along with grief over the imminent loss of the snow season. I just so love all the activities that winter snow allows, and especially the skiing, so at this time of year I experience such a sense of loss with it […]
