Make some black currant syrup
Make some black currant syrup just like grandma use to make. Black currant syrup, commercially known as Ribena, can be served mixed with cold water in the summer or hot water in the winter for a black currant toddy. It is a fun activity to do with your kids and even more fun if you have been picking the black currant from the bushes in your garden.
Access to Natural Resources and Private Property Rights
So I went to Maine to get away from the city and take a dip into Nature. Some may object that driving from Canada, for 2 days – and 1000 km – to Maine, would seem like a huge detour (with a major carbon footprint attached to it). And, yes, this is true, but for someone who grew up 75 m from the sea (and married to someone who spent all his summers at the seaside), letting go of the idea of salt water as a necessary ingredient in a real summer, was just too hard. Then a good neighbour offered us a week at her mom’s house in Down-East Maine, and all of sudden we had a wonderful excuse to go.
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Wildflowers : flower art
One of my first nature discoveries as a child was picking wildflowers. I played with them and brought them proudly to my parents. I was lucky to have parents and grandparents who taught me the names of the flowers and some of the myths that surrounded them. For me picking wildflowers is in many ways a symbol of a childhood in nature.
Picking berries and making pie from the garden
A little greeting from my parent’s backyard in Norway. Since we have arrived, our days have been full of hikes in the forest or adventures by the sea. Yesterday, was a “stay close to home” day as we relaxed in my parent’s backyard.
Get Your Smokey On
By Russell Gienapp
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hope you are out enjoying nature this summer regardless if it is in the city or out in the wild nature. Having a campfire brings back many childhood memories for me camping with my family. I still remember the epiphany I experienced eating my first smore. Who knew what kind of magic you could create with a marshmallow, chocolate and two graham crackers.
Christmas and meeting on the beach in Florida
Read about Christmas in July in Minnesota and how dads are meeting on the Beach in Florida.
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