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Backyard Bliss!

I look forward to winter.
What kid doesn’t?

Free-falling fluffy flakes,
feel them, foophfooph on your face.
Taste them on your tongue.
Pack them tightly into balls, …
stack these tall to make a wall, . . .
fling them at your friends.

Snow is fabsolutely funderful!!!

Ah, snow --
Fashions our formidable friend
into a frisky fiend.
First, she fidgets at the door.
Then, flings all fours forward --
forming frosty footmarks
fully in freshly fallen, fluffy flakes.

Delightful!
domestic dog galloping track pattern
Domestic Dog galloping pattern
Early this year, on a day that promised a good, old-fashioned snowstorm, I was wishing her 'dominant dog' tracks away, for — when I finally caught up with her — there in the snow, throughout the yard, were traces of more delicate kinds — of both furry and feathered folk — trampled underfoot.

Lovely, intricate, interweaving trails . . .
track patterns mouse, human, domestic dog, american robin, short-tail shrew, cottontail rabbit
Across the Top: American Deer Mouse (bounding); Entering Left: Human (walking carefully) & Domestic Dog (galloping); Entering Right: American Robin (hopping). Short-tailed Shrew (trotting) & Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (in no particular rush)

What a sight!

The storm did come to us later that day.
Sadly, all the tracks were tucked deeply away — but,
With keen awareness, all senses in tune, . . .
There was much to discover in days to come soon.
track patterns  mouse, human
Human with American Deer Mouse bounding pattern
Stay tuned for the exploits of my dear friend, Mouse!

book cover  Trails & Travel  Nature Awareness Activities for Kids
​​Trails & Travel 
Nature Awareness Activities for Kids
 

​is a Kindle eBook designed for parents and teachers who desire to encourage children in their natural curiosity of the wild world. Loaded onto your mobile device, this e-book is designed for use ​while hiking on the trail and while traveling in the car.​

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