by Karen Bush | Apr 1, 2019 | Tapestry
Foods and nutrition … Abigail and Felicity were ready and eager for a Tapestry Day now that the weather is on our side once more. We had a beautiful day for our foods and nutrition exploration: How to recognize, gather and eat that wonderful spring tonic –...
by Karen Bush | Jan 29, 2019 | Tapestry
Out into nature … We’ve had a few dry days and today’s forecast was sunny with a high of 10°C, so the conditions for my plan were as perfect as you could hope for in January. And my plan? The exciting craft of building a fire. I picked up Laureli and Cariana at...
by Karen Bush | Nov 26, 2018 | Tapestry
Food and nutrition … We are in the midst of a heavy rainfall warning, so we had an indoors day. We’ll miss our nature walk, but this gives us more time to work with foods and crafts. We started in on lunch preparation right away. First we talked about how plants...
by Karen Bush | Nov 12, 2018 | Tapestry
Photo above: listening to bird talkFood and Nutrition …Another gorgeous November day set the tone for our outing. Since our morning had a late start, we went right away to the garden to gather greens for our lunchtime salad. As anticipated, we found plenty of...
by Karen Bush | Oct 29, 2018 | Tapestry
Out into nature … Today’s forecast was for 10-15 mm of rain, so we felt very blessed to have dry and sunny weather while we explored Stoney Creek Park. I love this place – it feels like a world apart. The creek is so accessible and who can resist shallow,...
by Karen Bush | Oct 17, 2018 | Tapestry
Out into nature … With a gorgeous sunny day ahead of us, Abigail, Laureli and I headed for the garden to collect culinary herbs. Our goal was to harvest and discuss aromatic herbs, and each collect enough to season one pot of bone broth. This turned into a long...
by Karen Bush | Oct 2, 2018 | Tapestry
Out into nature … Although the weather forecast was not favourable – heavy rain predicted – we were blessed with a fairly dry window of opportunity for our visit to Clayburn Village. En route we took a small side trip to see a horse chestnut tree (Aesculus...
by Karen Bush | Sep 18, 2018 | Tapestry
First, out into nature … Laureli, Cariana and I headed out at ten o’clock to explore Clayburn Village. We parked by the old schoolhouse since much of the village parking was taken up by trucks and utility vehicles. The usually sleepy place was bustling....
