Oct. 6, 2006 - Autumn is here
'Fall' is here, that's evident. For the last month the leaves have been changing to various shades of yellow, orange and red. Now they are falling like confetti and covering the green and gold grass.
How much fun it is to shuffle through the leaves in our yard or stomp on the curled, crunchy leaves on the road! The air is redolent with the aroma of a spice cupboard: nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, cloves.
This is the best time of year to find different types of leaves for our notebooks! The wind blows the leaves from their trees into our neighbourhood.
...So although our yard doesn't have a Cottonwood, we find it's immense leaves at the feet of our Paper Birches. The Trembling Aspens' small heart-shaped leaves are a surprising treasure, found mixed with those of our Wild Rose bushes. The Maple keys hang onto the parent tree, while the leaves find other resting places beside a Mountain Ash.
What a wonderful opportunity for a nature treasure hunt! Brisk wind, fresh air, spicy smells, brilliant colours, interesting shapes and textures, and the sound of leaves scuttling as they travel across roads...
We hope you have a terrific time enjoying your season (be it Autumn or Spring) on a nature walk with your family, today!
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