Nature Sense Walk
I’m breaking from March’s Fishful Thinking Resilience theme because I felt compelled to go on a Nature Sense Walk with AJ this week.
We’re spending more time outside, the kids are stretching those Winter-tired muscles, and I am enjoying letting some fresh air into the house.
Earlier this week, as AJ and I were walking back home from the elementary school after dropping the other kids off for the day, I was overwhelmed by the evidences of Spring. And, in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, we decided to make our walk home into a “green” Nature Sense Walk. We looked around for everything green. First, we noticed the obvious: grass, leaves, needles, plants. Then we started seeing green everywhere! Shutters, mail boxes, power boxes, cars, street signs. Suddenly (when we opened our eyes to it!) green was everywhere! I even handed AJ a camera and we took turns taking pictures of green things together.
After we’d exhausted the green, I had AJ close his eyes and concentrate on the sounds around us. He heard birds, wind, cars, foot steps. He held tightly to my hand, with full trust in Mommy, as I led him blindly down the path to our house.
It was a good walk. A little longer than our normal walk home, maybe, but good. Satisfying. AJ and I were reminded once again that there is so much to appreciate. So much to notice. We just have to open our eyes (or sometimes close our eyes!) to notice them.
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Twitter: Mommy2Benny
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What a fun exercise! I love Spring, when all the green comes up to revive the world and make things new.
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Twitter: candyandcakes
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Wow! Beautiful pictures! One day I want to invest in a great camera! Happy Sits Day and Happy Spring!
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Twitter: _melroxx_
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Nice post! Happy Saturday!
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Twitter: GrammieDiaries
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What a sweet post. You know AJ will remember this. My kids (now grown) remember their walks with my mom around the neighborhood when she used to babysit them. They learned different things like what you taught AJ during your walk. You’re making memories and it’s sweet that you’re sharing ‘em.
Can’t wait for full blown Spring. We got 77degrees yesterday and about the same today
Can you believe you were just taking those crazy snow pictures recently?
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Twitter: gilliauna
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What a wonderfully creative activity! *Smile* Just beautiful. And the picture collage is absolutely terrific! It gives me an overwhelming urge to take a walk, actually.
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Ooooh, I cant wait until we start seeing some green around here. I was cleaning out my flower bed last week and I did see some tulips trying to peek thru. Lets just hope that yesterdays snow dump didnt hurt them…..
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Hey- visiting from SITS- and I think your walk is such a brilliant idea that I am going to do that with my son this afternoon … your pictures are qiute good! Hope you can stop by my place when you have time- and Yippee I am now following you!
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Twitter: fromtracie
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I love it! Those are some great green pictures. What a fun idea.
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Twitter: Alli_n_Son
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What a great idea. It’s amazing what you can find once you start looking for it. I can’t wait until my little man gets older so we can do things like this.
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Twitter: mommysstillfab
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Sometimes, we need to quiet the senses… it’s something I learned in Yoga, and I think it carries true through so many things in life.
What a great walk.. and a great lesson.
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Twitter: writingthewaves
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I LOVE this post SO much. The pictures are awesome! You inspired me to take Noah on a Nature Sense Walk today too. What a great way to welcome and celebrate Spring! So happy it is finally here, I can’t even tell ya!
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Twitter: sarahviz
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Gorgeous pictures! I think this is a great reminder that we all need to “stop and smell the roses”. I personally tend to get so caught up in what I need to get done that I forget that my boyz will only be this age once! They would love for me to actually go WITH THEM and explore in our backyard woods. So thanks to you, and to Fishful Thinking, for inspiring me to drop the vacuum and the dustcloth and to just SAVOR and EXPLORE!
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