Now we are three

It’s been some time since I wrote a proper post.  In January, I began homeschooling Grace.  She now joins me and Chuck for our daily hikes.  In the beginning, she talked a lot and tread heavily down the path.  But she has learned to step lightly and look with eyes and ears.  We’ve seen many birds as well as deer and beaver and muskrats.

Lately, the geese have been very vocal and we love to laugh at them as they scream at each other and flap their wings vigorously.  I never think of birds having tongues, so it’s especially funny to me to see their pink tongues protruding as they scream.

Grace spotted a red tailed hawk’s nest and we love seeing the pair work on their home together.  They bring back sticks and carefully arrange them.  As they fly to and from the nest, they can their feathers and you can really see how their earned their name.

I know we’re not free of cold and snow quite yet.  But I’ve heard the great blue herons are coming back to roost.  Before long the woods will be loud with springtime birdsong and brown will give way to green.

I can’t wait for Grace to really see the wonders of spring this year!