Monday started off with stream clearing in Westmoreland for the last time this year, yay! We had an amazing lunch at Catherine's house. We really appreciated!!! The BBQ and ice cream was amazing! After the lunch, we drove to Westmoreland Nature Park and Linden Hill Pond to analyze the best place to install the Deluxe [...]
On Monday morning, we prepared envelopes with wildflower seeds for the children at Mary Poppins Summer Camp, in the afternoon we delivered trees to Englewood school and had a scavenger hunt with the kids there! On Tuesday, we did water testing which ended up taking longer than usual due to technical difficulties, after that we [...]
On Monday, Kensington Water Shed came to help us clear another branch of the Westmoreland River. Tuesday, Kensington came back with a chainsaw to take care of the bigger logs. Thank you Barry, Heather, Zack and Hannah for all of your help. We also did water testing at the same time. Wednesday was very productive [...]
On Monday August 5th, our crew held an event at the Mary Poppins Summer Camp at Englewood School! We prepared a "Nature Scavenger Hunt" for the children to do around the outside of the school! This was a great way to get the kids outside with nature and a great way to get them thinking [...]
Monday morning we began the day at Westmoreland stream cleaning again! This day had a bad heat warning, so in the afternoon we caught up with our blog posts, entered the water testing data into the computer and unpacked our stuff from the Crapaud Exhibition. On Tuesday, we cleaned a cute stream in Desable, on [...]
On steamy hot Saturday July 27th, we went to the Crapaud Exhibition all day long! We arrived at 8:00 am and prepared for the day. Juliana treated all of us to a lovely pancake breakfast before the crowd arrived. In the kids activity building, we helped kids build their very own bird feeders and then [...]
On Monday morning, we started our week back at the Westmoreland River, continuing to clean up the stream! In the afternoon we prepared and numbered our bird feeders for the Crapaud Exhibition, began researching bird feeder information and also posted a blog post for week 7. On the cold rainy Tuesday morning we went to [...]
For the first two days of this wonderful week we worked and worked and worked away at the Westmoreland River, which was a complete mess when we first began but with time and our hard work we have cleared a lot of it. On Wednesday morning, we got the opportunity to watch Rosanne MacFarlane and [...]
Our week started on Monday morning in Victoria, planting trees all-day with the help of our trusty wheelbarrow. The next day, we all hopped into the little Blue KIA and did a road trip around the South Shore, collecting water quality data. Stream cleaning down at Linden Hill Pond concluded our day. Wednesday, Linden Hill [...]
This week we started with a Canada Day event at Merry Pop-Ins Childcare Centre with activities such as play doh, looking at worms through magnifying glasses and identifying island species. Tuesday, we planted trees down at Noonans and had the opportunity to eat lunch under the Bridge. The middle of our week consisted of becoming [...]
