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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 pattern
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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 . . . |
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)
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What a sight! |
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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. |
Human with American Deer Mouse bounding pattern
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Stay tuned for the exploits of my dear friend, Mouse!
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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. |